KUCHING: In conjunction with the Gawai Dayak Festival, the Sarawak Chin Woo Association’s Women Wing held a charity campaign to support needy groups like the disabled, widowed, and hardcore poor. With the support from Sarawak Chin Woo Association, the Women’s Wing purchased the necessary daily necessities to be given to 100
KUCHING: Rumah Ngaji Sarawak will host the World Quran Hour programme in collaboration with Jabatan Agama Islam Sarawak, MYDIN Vista Tunku, Islamic Information Center (IIC) and Sarawak State Library on June 7, from 10am to 11am at MYDIN Vista Tunku, Petra Jaya here. The Quran Hour is an hour
PUTRAJAYA: The donations by the people and companies to the ‘Tabung Harapan Malaysia’ trust fund to help the government pay its debt are tax deductible, said Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng yesterday. “So, please retain the receipt as required under Subsection 44 (6) of the Income Tax Act 1967. You
KUCHING: Sarawak Energy’s retail and operations arm, Syarikat SESCO Berhad would not be charging the 6% Goods and Services Tax (GST) for electricity consumed starting today (June 1, 2018) onwards. In a press statement issued yesterday, the electricity provider said that it was due to the recent announcement that Malaysia’s
SIBU: Gawai Dayak which is celebrated by the Dayak community in Sarawak marks the end of the padi harvesting season and the beginning of a new planting season. However, in this modern era, the majority of the Dayak community are no longer planting padi, instead, they choose to become oil
KUCHING: Deputy Chief Minister and Minister of Infrastructure Development and Transportation, Tan Sri Dr James Jemut Masing, officially launched the first digitised platform for Sarawak Lorries Transport Association (SLTA) at RH Park, 9 ½ Mile, Kuching-Serian Road here on Tuesday night. The aims of the platform are to provide free
KUCHING: Deputy Chief Minister, Tan Sri Datuk Dr. James Jemut Masing has denied that the recent 14th General Election was a Dayak tsunami. He said the majority of the Dayaks still voted for the Barisan Nasional (BN) government. “Malaysians are making themselves heard and it is a Malaysian tsunami! Barisan
SERIAN: Taee’s Kumau Gawai competition aims to develop better understanding of the culture and heritage of the Bidayuhs in Serian. Organiser, Girumpung Batan Asal Kpg Taee in cooperation with JKKK Kpg Taee hope to bring various single females from Kuching, Bau, Lundu, Penrissen, Padawan and Serian in conjunction with the
KUCHING: Kolej Sunway Kuching has successfully maintained its Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) Platinum Approved Learning Partner status for the eighth consecutive year, over 16 consecutive examination sittings. The college remains the first and only institution of higher learning in East Malaysia to achieve this prestigious accolade. Platinum status
PUTRAJAYA: Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad announced several important decisions taken at yesterday’s Cabinet meeting, including a special payment for some civil servants and all government pensioners as well as the abolition of the Goods and Services Tax (GST). At a press conference held after his second Cabinet meeting
