Wednesday, 30 July 2025

Author: Adeline Liong

Gong Xi Fa Cai to you all!

To all Chinese New Year celebrants, Gong Xi Fa Cai! Wishing you good health, wealth and happiness. Today is a special day for Chinese throughout the world; it is the eve of the Lunar New Year 2019. In many Chinese homes today, there will be either a big reunion lunch

Time and tide indeed wait for no man

Members of my WhatsApp group for school friends were in shock earlier this week. We learnt of the sudden death of one of our schoolmates and a regular contributor to the group. She died after falling asleep in the bathtub in her home overseas. For some of us who might

Sarawak’s proud, historic association with hornbills

Sarawak has been known as the Land of the Hornbills for ages. The world may or may not know about this. After the  launch of Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) on January 19 and the recent GPS Flag Rally from one end of the state to the other (Lawas to Kota

Getting ready for the Chinese New Year

Yesterday, as I was passing by a recycling centre at Tabuan Laru in Kuching, I saw a group of  people sitting or standing outside it. Some were busy sorting out used clothes and other things left at the centre by members of the public.  At this time of the year,

When there is a will, there is a way

The story of a young woman who mastered the art of playing sape only after two months caught my attention recently. My initial reaction after reading the story was “Wow! How fantastic!” I am no musician but I have always been intrigued by the sape, especially the interesting sounds that

Let’s live life to the fullest

Today at the stroke of midnight, we will bid farewell to 2018 and welcome 2019. All over the world, there will be boisterous New Year’s Eve celebrations to welcome 2019 in style. Many families I know are welcoming 2019 with either modest barbecue parties at home or modest dinners at

A reminder of my roots

Chinese all over the world celebrated the Winter Solstice Festival on Dec 22, 2018. One of the traditional Chinese festivals, it is marked by the making and eating of tangyuan or balls of glutinous rice, which symbolise reunion. Made of glutinous rice flour and sometimes brightly coloured, the dumplings are

Let’s stop spread of rabies fast

If you are a dog lover, now is not the time for you to adopt puppies or dogs in Sarawak. There is currently a rabies outbreak in the state and since the epidemic was declared on June 30, 2017, the disease has so far claimed 15 human lives. A 64-year-old

Educate the public on MA63

How much do you know about the Malaysia Agreement 1963 (MA63)? It is a legal document that spells out the terms for the formation of the Federation of Malaysia signed in London on July 9 1963 between Great Britain, the Federation of Malaya, Singapore, Sabah (previously North Borneo) and Sarawak.

Let’s bring our own re-usable shopping bags!

Dear friends, do you know that effective from Dec 1, 2018, there is a No Plastic Bag Campaign involving most of the big supermarkets in Kuching city every Saturday and Sunday? If you go shopping at these supermarkets next Saturday and Sunday and thereafter, remember to bring your own re-usable