SIBU: Shipbuilding industry players are looking forward to better days ahead although the global economy has not had much cause for celebration. Sibu Shipyards Association (SSA) chairman Ting Hua Ang, while fully aware of the situation, pointed out that growth and spending have continued to move forward despite an unfavourable
SIBU: MagnumCares ushers in the Year of the Rabbit with its flagship CSR (corporate social responsibility) festive programme ‘Welfare Homes Outreach’ that runs for more than three decades, in anticipation of the upcoming Chinese New Year (CNY) celebration. Parts of the activities include angpow distribution, CNY cheque presentation and the
SIBU: Sarawak Teachers’ Union (STU) Sibu and Sibu District Education Office will jointly organise an online Sijil Pelarajan Malaysia (SPM) Mathematics Workshop Saturday (Jan 14) starting 2 pm till 4.30 pm. The workshop sponsored by Laila Taib College will be officiated by the Sibu District Education Officer Ahli Chikba. This
SIBU: Persiaran Brooke’s Komuniti Rukun Tetangga (KRT) in collaboration with National Population and Family Development Board (NPFDB) will hold a cervical cancer awareness programme in front of Nur Sejahtera Clinic at Jalan Chew Sik Hiong here with minimal cost on Jan 14 (Sat) from 9 am to 12 pm. According
SIBU: Junior Chamber International (JCI) Mandarin Sibu successfully conducted its first meeting of 2023 Board of Directors recently. At the meeting, its Immediate past president, Alex Kong, passed the gavel to the incoming president Boston Ho, symbolisng the official transfer of power. According to Ho, the plan of action for
SIBU: Rajang Port Authority’s (RPA) total throughput has recorded an average growth of 6.5 per cent annually in the past five years. Announcing this, its General Manager Datin Helen Lim pointed out that even during the times of MCO (Movement Control Order) due to the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, RPA
SIBU: Ports are vital for economic development as they enable trade and support supply chains. Infrastructure and Port Development Deputy Minister Datuk Majang Renggi said the efficiency of a port directly affects the economies of the country, since more than 85 percent of global trade is transported via sea and
SIBU: A trading company was fined RM3,500 by the Magistrate’s Court yesterday for contravening Employees’ Social Security Act 1969. The fine was imposed by Magistrate Oon Kork Chern after the company’s representative entered a guilty plea. The charge against the company located at Teku stated that as a principal employer
SIBU: A woman was fined RM5,000, in default three months’ imprisonment, by the Sessions Court here for violating the Trade Description (Optical Disc Label) Act 2010. Sessions Court judge Marutin Pagan meted out the sentence against Wong Lee Chin, 43, from Lorong Old Oya. According to the charge, she had
SIBU: The Magistrate’s Court here yesterday fined a youth RM3,000, in default of three months’ jail for committing mischief. Magistrate Oon Kork Chern imposed the fine on Dave Wong Yan Dao after he pleaded guilty to the offence. Wong, 20, from Upper Lanang was charged with wrongful loss namely causing