15 attend digital asset workshop
KUCHING: Fifteen participants from Sarawak and Peninsular Malaysia participated in the NFT Workshop Series for the March intake on April 8. The workshop was organised by Urban Jungle Asia in collaboration with non-fungible tokens (NFT) communities PandaPunks, Rafsans and Fancy Fox Club, as well as Me.Reka which provided the online video conferencing platform. An NFT […]
Damai Virtual Run
Virtual frog race receives overwhelming response
KUCHING: The Ninth Borneo International Frog Race 2021 has received an overwhelming response, attracting participants from all over Borneo despite being held virtually for the first time. “Sarawak is home to almost 120 amphibious species. “The mountainous areas are home to countless plant and animal species such as pitcher plants, orchids, palms, birds and mammals. […]
CONFAB to tackle digital challenges
KUCHING: The 12th International Conference on Information Technology in Asia 2021 (CITA’21) was launched by Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (Unimas) vice-chancellor Professor Datuk Mohamad Kadim Suadi here on Wednesday (Aug 25). Unimas said the conference had been successfully organised biennially over the past 22 years and “it is the first time in CITA’s history that it […]
STB’s virtual event pays off
Thirty sellers and 200 buyers get connected KUCHING: The Sarawak Tourism Board (STB) kicked off its first virtual B2B event with the launch of its inaugural Sarawak Tourism Virtual Product Update (B2B) today. The virtual update aims to connect 30 sellers mainly from Sarawak’s travel and tour services sector with over 200 buyers from Malaya […]
Use archives for flashes of inspiration, creative types advised
KUCHING: Creative industry players should now start to look into archive materials for inspiration in their media productions in order to bring the country’s creative industry to greater heights. “Archive materials can actually be an inspiration for filmmakers. They can see what kind of movies that they want to produce based on the archive materials,” […]
Norfifiana is the champion
MUKAH: Norfifiana Nordile emerged as champion of the Politeknik Mukah (PMU) Electrical Engineering Project Innovation Competition & Exhibition (EIPEX) December Session 2020 here recently. Her winning project is Water Quality Monitoring System and supervised by Gordon Kechendai Nyanggau. The first runner-up was Mohd Adam Johny, with a project entitled Uvc Germicidal Storage, and supervised by […]
Rainforest World Music Festival 2021 goes virtual
KUCHING: For the first time in its history, the Rainforest World Music Festival (RWMF) 2021 will be held virtually and for free. This is after a year of not being able to witness the big music and cultural festivals in Sarawak amid the Covid-19 pandemic. Sarawakian performers Alena Murang, Kemada, Sang Rawi, At Adau, Tuku […]
City council pledges to deliver quality services
MIRI: The Miri City Council (MCC) will continue to deliver quality services to Mirians despite the challenges brought about by Covid-19 pandemic. Mayor Adam Yii Siew Sang said the council had made several improvements on their service delivery in order to meet the high expectations of Mirians. “Despite the difficult conditions brought about by the […]
Talk of experience with cancer on 15th of March
MIRI: In conjunction with the International Women’s Day, Pustaka Miri will talk to cancer survivors to motivate and inspire people battling cancer. The talk will be held virtually on the 15th of March at Pustaka’s official Youtube channel and official Facebook page (pustaka.sarawak) starting at 10am. Noraini Salleh Alision, a cancer survivor has been invited […]
