KUCHING: A well managed Sovereign Wealth Future Fund can become active in the financial market, including the share market, to support or invest in counters, which are fundamentally sound. Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (Unimas) board member Dr Gregory Hii stated that in a way, the fund could also function as a
KUCHING: Parti Sarawak Bersatu (PSB) is appealing to the Election Commission (EC) to recount the results for the Lubok Antu parliamentary constituency during the 15th general election (GE15). Johnical Rayong Ngipa, who was the PSB candidate contesting in the constituency said he is not satisfied with the results after he
KUCHING: The recent passing of the Sarawak Sovereign Wealth Future Fund Board Bill during the 19th State Legislative Assembly (DUN) sitting, will of course, put Sarawak ahead and as a role model to other states in Malaysia. Three academicians when contacted by New Sarawak Tribune recently, are of the opinion
SIBU: Marine police here arrested two locals for allegedly possessing 70,000 litres of diesel without any valid permission from the Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs (KPDNHEP). The operation codenamed ‘Op Kontraban’ was carried out around 8.30am on yesterday (Nov 21) when a team detained a suspicious cargo vessel
ASAJAYA: A coconut fibre factory in Kampung Semera Sadong Hilir was damaged in a fire on Today (Nov 21). A spokesman from the Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) said firefighters from the Asajaya and Kota Samarahan stations were deployed to the scene after receiving an emergency call around 8pm. The
KUCHING: Customs officials have thwarted an attempt to smuggle aluminium waste worth over RM2 million overseas. Its director Dr Ahmad Taufik Sulaiman in a press conference this morning (Nov 22), said a total of six containers declared as copper and aluminium flakes for export to overseas were inspected at Senari
SIBU: A foreign woman allegedly fell to her death from the fifth floor of the Wisma Sanyan shopping mall here today (Nov 21). Sibu OCPD ACP Zulkipli Suhaili said the victim, in her 40s, was found covered in blood on the ground floor around 2pm. An investigation team was deployed
MUKAH: An accident between a motorcycle and a car along Jalan Mukah-Balingian left a man with injuries to his thigh and face Today (Nov 21). Civil Defence Force (APM) Mukah officer Capt Zuriza Sharkawi, in a statement, said the accident happened near a petrol station around 11.40 am. A three-member
DALAT: Four members of a family were left with nothing but the clothes on their back after their single-storey house at Kampung Hilir, here was razed to the ground on yesterday (Nov 20). A spokesman from the Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) said the incident happened around 6.15 pm. Firemen
KUCHING: The 12th floor of a building under construction in Tabuan Dayak caught fire this morning (Nov 21). Authorities were quickly alerted of the incident around 10.30am when the building emitted thick black smoke which can be seen all the way from areas near Satok and Petra Jaya. Firemen from
