KAPIT: Domestic Trade, Co-operatives and Consumerism (MDTCC) Deputy Minister, Chong Chieng Jen, was here yesterday morning on a fact-finding visit. Specifically he was looking into the shortage of fuel here as was highlighted by local newspapers a few days ago. Earlier on he was downriver in Song for a similar
KUCHING: Sarawak Business Federation (SBF) has appealed to the government and the relevant authorities to conduct a thorough investigation into the allegations of mismanagement and misconduct in Human Resource Development Fund (HRDF). According to SBF secretary-general Jonathan Chai, SBF has agreed with the views and proposals of Malaysian Employers Federation
KUCHING: Six areas in Batang Rajang, Sungai Miri and Sungai Sarawak have been gazetted as “Anchorage Areas”. In a press statement issued here yesterday, Sarawak Rivers Board (SRB) said the six areas were Kampung Banyok and Tanjung Sadit at Batang Rajang (Sibu Anchorage Area); Kampung Barong and Sungai Tapang Besar
SIBU: Sibu Central Market (SCM) can be best described as the top tourist spot in town. There are 1,100 hawker stalls in the market on weekdays and an additional 400 to 500 stalls on weekends when Ibans and Orang Ulus (minority people from the interior) jam the “tamu” (open-air market)
MIRI: The construction of a concrete drain and a road linking to Kuala Batu Satu fishermen’s boatsheds is expected to be completed by the end of April this year. This was revealed by Tourism, Arts and Culture Assistant Minister Datuk Lee Kim Shin yesterday after visiting the project site. “Hopefully,
MIRI: Seventy-six villagers from Kampung Long Bedian led by their headman, Leslie Lah Anyie, held a press conference at Dynasty Hotel here yesterday clarifying that they were not involved in a recent blockade of a logging road near their settlement. Leslie said those who put up the blockade comprised a
KUCHING: Then Jun Chung emerged the winner in CL Khoon Electronics’s Grand Lucky Draws and won a brand-new Perodua Axia car. The draws were held yesterday at CL Khoon Electronics in Saradise Kuching and was part of their 33rd anniversary. CL Khoon managing director Chong Lian Khoon and director Cybell
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SHAH ALAM: Semenyih assemblyman Bakhtiar Mohd Nor, 57, died at Kajang Hospital at 4.45am yesterday from a heart attack. Political secretary to Selangor Menteri Besar Borhan Aman Shah, said Bakhtiar’s remains were brought to his family home in Batu 19, Jalan Sungai Lalang, Kolam Memancing Teratak Tekala, Semenyih. “Final funeral
KUCHING: The number of Sarawak-based companies listed on Bursa Malaysia has been reduced by one with the delisting of Weida (M) Bhd yesterday. Weida, which was listed on Malaysia stock exchange in 2001, was taken private by its major shareholder, Weida Management Sdn Bhd, via a selective capital reduction (SCR)
