KUCHING: The Kuching District Health Department has confiscated 45 boxes of health products from a store here. The confiscated items categorised as food were worth more than RM2,000 and violated healthcare regulations. “This special ops was to ensure the labeling and advertising for health food and beverage products did not
KUCHING: The state government will develop an e-commerce master plan, said the Chief Minister. “The e-commerce world is still developing rapidly and it is not too late for us to take part in it, therefore we suggest that we develop a Sarawak e-Commerce Master Plan so that we have a
DEMAK: Seventy firefighters attended the second series of the Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) Enhancement Programme (Borneo zone) yesterday. Bomba director-general Datuk Mohammad Hamdan Haji Wahid officiated at the event which was held at Penview Convention Centre (PCC) here. The five-day programme which commenced yesterday involves zone and station chiefs
KUCHING: Pakatan Harapan (PH) as a ruling government should not brag about being more generous than the previous Barisan Nasional (BN) administration, said Assistant Minister in the Chief Minister’s Department Datuk Dr Abdul Rahman Junaidi. “Of course, Sarawak and Sabah had always been allocated bigger budgets compared with the states
DEMAK: The Fire and Rescue Department will acquire modern assets to deal with the challenges posed by climate change. Its director-general Datuk Mohammad Hamdan Wahid said the department would bid for the necessary funding under the 12th Malaysia Plan (12MP). “Currently, Bomba’s tasks have been challenging following the climate change
KUCHING: The Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) is in the planning phase to set up more mountain and cave search-and-rescue (Mocsar) teams, says Bomba director-general Datuk Mohammad Hamdan Wahid. “It’s to facilitate faster emergency response in case of incidents. “Currently, there is only one Mocsar team in the country, and
KUCHING: Limkokwing Institute of Creative Technology (LICT) final year students from the Faculty of Communication, Media and Broadcasting hope to spark an awareness on responsible trash disposal among city dwellers. On Saturday, 96 volunteers joined hands in a clean-up activity at Kuching Waterfront, Carpenter Street and India Street as part
KUCHING: Ninety-six per cent of Sarawakians are reportedly unhappy with the Budget 2020 allocation to Sarawak. Sarawak Patriots Association conducted a two-day survey involving 20,000 respondents aged 25 to 70 years through a Whatsapp and WeChat installed in their smart phones over the weekend. SPA president Datuk John Lau in
KUCHING: A state-level Buy Malaysian Products Campaign carnival and Hawkers and Small Traders Celebration Day 2019 will be held at MJC Batu Kawah here from Oct 18 to 20. Themed ‘Malaysia Made Products’, the three-day event, organised by the Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs (KPDNHEP), aims to promote
Kuching South City Council (MBKS) mayor Datuk Wee Hong Seng spent Sunday morning visiting the MBKS swimming pool and the Song Kheng Hai Hawker Centre cum Recreation Centre to see their condition first hand. He took the opportunity to talk to people he met while he took note of their