MIRI: Miri Mayor Adam Yii is hoping that the Public Works Department (PWD) will continue providing grass cutting services in areas under its (PWD) jurisdiction. “After all, we Sarawakians also pay taxes,” he said. Yii made this comment after holding Miri City Council (MCC) meet-the-people session yesterday morning at Miri
KUCHING: Sarawakians generally want to see an improvement in their economic status in 2019. People interviewed by Bernama indicated this as their wish for the new year. One of them, Sim Choong Soo, 42, a real estate broker, said he really hoped that the state government administered by Gabungan Parti
Sarawak is aiming to deliver world-class civil service to the people by 2020 in line with the benchmark of the world standard, said Deputy State Secretary (Performance and Service Delivery Transformation) Datuk Dr Sabariah Putit. “We have two more years to transform our civil service into world-class standard,” she said
Many people equate tourism with tourists on holidays, but the tourism industry is much more than that. It is critical for tourism industry players to identify who their customers are, where they come from and what are their needs. While it is usual for the layman to stereotype tourists, it
The digital gaming industry might be booming, but it’s not at the expense of analogue games involving boards, cards and other such primitive physical objects, according to the organisers of the world’s biggest public trade fair for board games. Whether it’s catching a killer, cracking a secret code, winning a
From Edinburgh to Lisbon by way of Berlin, the chilly thrill of a New Year’s dip appealed to many looking for a bracing way to ring in 2019. How cold? “Nine or nine-ten (degrees Celsius), but it’s fine, it feels good,” said Claudy, who took part with around 1,000 others
Italy’s Uffizi Galleries called on Germany on Tuesday to return a still-life painting by the Dutch master Jan van Huysum, which was looted by retreating Nazi troops in World War Two. “Germany has a moral duty to return this painting to our museum”, said Uffizi chief Eike Schmidt, who is
A new building is being constructed to house the landlocked ship MS Finnmarken, which will be the centerpiece of the new Hurtigruten Museum in Stokmarknes, Northern Norway. The 1956 ship arrived at the museum in 1999 and is open to visitors all year during business hours. With its stately interiors
WASHINGTON: The United States warned its citizens Thursday they could face arbitrary action by authorities when they visit China, following the detention of a number of Canadians. Updating a travel advisory, the State Department maintained its previous guidance that Americans should “exercise increased caution” in China but stopped short of
CHICAGO: Major automakers on Thursday announced slowing 2018 sales in the US even as the industry maintained close to its overall total from the previous year, defying expectations. Overall, the North American auto industry maintained a healthy sales total, boosted by low unemployment and tax cuts. A total of 17.3
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