LUNDU: Sarawak is very committed in wanting to become a net exporter of food and food products through its agricultural sector by the year 2030. Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas said towards this end, new plans and projects are being worked out while others have been implemented
KUCHING: The Sains Toastmasters Club (STMC) held its installation dinner cum anniversary celebration at Hilton Hotel here, recently. Its chief executive officer Dr Anderson Tiong, District 87 director Wong Toh Hee, Division D director Donna Barclay and other distinguished Toastmasters, members and guests were present at the installation of the
KUCHING: Do not release Kong Ming Deng lanterns (sky lanterns). You can be penalised because it is illegal to do so. Kuching South City Council (MBKS) mayor Datuk Wee Hong Seng gave this warning during his visit to Kenyalang Park Market here yesterday. The purpose of the visit was to
KUCHING: Accusations of “selective amnesia”, “deliberately misleading”, “half-truths” and “careful omissions of facts” have been hurled at Pelawan assemblyman David Wong Kee Woan. Apparently, he had rubbed Progressive Democratic Party (PDP) president Datuk Seri Tiong King Sing the wrong way politically to get that kind of comeback from him. A
KUCHING: Community leaders were briefed on Kuching South City Council (MBKS) iPeople Application and Sarawak Energy Berhad (SEB) Cares at the MBKS Building here yesterday. Speaking at the briefing, MBKS mayor Wee Hong Seng stressed that the council must adopt digital technology to serve the public better. He explained, “The
KUCHING: The public have been strongly advised not to play with the Kong Ming Deng lantern (sky lantern) during the Mooncake Festival. Kuching South City Council (MBKS) Mayor Datuk Wee Hong Seng stated this after a ceremony to light lanterns at the iconic cat statue in Padungan on Wednesday. “We
KUCHING: The unemployment rate in Malaysia can go below 3.3 per cent through the National Dual Training System (NDTS). Education, Science and Technological Research Assistant Minister Dr Annuar Rapaee said this when officiating at the third state-level NDTS convocation at Borneo Convention Centre Kuching here. “In Sarawak, we talk about
KUCHING: Businesses should not take advantage of the current haze situation to put unreasonable prices for face masks. Bandar Kuching MP Dr Kelvin Yii Lee Wuen said this in a press conference here at the Democratic Action Party (DAP) headquarters yesterday. “In this situation, many are going to shops to
KUCHING: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (Unimas) new students have grouses about the poor quality of food served to them during the orientation week recently. “We have received several complaints from the new students,” Sim Kiat Leng, special assistant to Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs assistant minister Chong Chieng Jen, told a
KUCHING: Energy, Science, Technology, Environment and Climate Change (MESTECC) Minister Yeo Bee Yin will make an official phone call to her counterpart in Indonesia to address the smoke haze that is currently enveloping the country. Bandar Kuching MP Dr Kelvin Yii Lee Wuen said he was in contact with the