Wednesday, 6 August 2025

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Grace Wong to vie for Sportwoman of the Year

In the women’s category, SEA Games gold medallist Grace Wong Xiu Mei will face a stiff fight with promising ping pong player Karen Lyne Anmak Dick for the Sportwoman of the Year award. Three others are Gillian Lian Siew Gior (tenpin bowling), Nurul Hidayah Abdul Karim (taekwondo) and Nur Azrenna

We act on evidence

KUCHING: Sarawak Energy has assured its customers that it has an established internal process in dealing with meter tampering cases.  The company said its utility arm, Syarikat Sesco Berhad’s meter inspection team adhered to a stringent and systematic procedure to ensure that all evidence were collected, examined and preserved as

Welder dies on first day at work

KUCHING : A West Malaysian, Ngan Boon Kong, 44, from Perak was found dead yesterday   at about 1.35pm at a construction site at Jalan Kg, Asajaya.   According to the work site supervisor, it was Ngan’s first day at work as a welder. He said he did not know if

Land owners to get titles from Awang Tengah

KUCHING: A total of 531 land titles will be issued to their respective owners at a ceremony to be held at the Bau Civic Centre near here today. The land titles are issued under Section 18 of the state Land Code following the completion of the second stage of native

MPKK is a political ploy

BARAM: The planned establishment of the Majlis Pengurusan Komuniti Kampung(MPKK) is a political game of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) government. According to Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas, the ultimate aim is to take over the state from Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS). “A deputy minister from the PH

Road at Simpang Tiga undergoes resurfacing

KUCHING: Resurfacing works to the road at Simpang Tiga here will commence today. The Public Works Department (PWD) advised road users to be careful when driving on the stretch of road while work is still in progress. In a press statement issued yesterday, the department also cautioned road users and

Emergency allocation needed for SMK Mukah

MUKAH: The state Education Department is currently seeking an emergency allocation from the Education Ministry to assist Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan (SMK) Mukah, said its director Dr Azhar Ahmad. In the incident on Monday, the top floor of the school’s three-storey dormitory block which housed male students was razed by fire.

Cities of medieval charms

Our trip to France has brought us from Paris to Tours to Bordeaux. Each city has their own beauty and attractiveness. Paris have the Eiffel Tower, Arc de Triumph, Notre-Dame Cathedral, and Louvre museum among others. Tours has the beautiful and vibrant old city centered around Place Plumereau where some

Head to Canberra for a dose of video game nostalgia

Visitors to Australia’s bush capital Canberra over the next six months will be able to dabble in some 80 classic video games, from ‘Pac-Man’ and ‘Donkey Kong’ to ‘Angry Birds’ and ‘Minecraft.’ The city’s National Film and Sound Archive (NFSA) is to host Game Masters: The Exhibition, a touring annual

The Ikea Museum in Sweden’s Smaland, where it all began

Yes, the Ikea Museum in Almhult does serve Swedish meatballs. Some people say they’re the best ones, says Pontus Johansson, the museum’s event coordinator. “We’re not kidding ourselves either: Ikea is simply connected to food,” says Johansson, stressing they are produced according to the same standards as everywhere else in