Saturday, 21 March 2026

Author: Faruqi Jeniri

STB partakes in Internationale Tourismus-Börse (ITB) Berlin

BERLIN: The Internationale Tourismus-Börse (ITB) Berlin started on Wednesday with the Sarawak delegation engaging with international tourism trade partners and travel agents who were keen in doing business with Sarawak. In a press statement issued yesterday, the Sarawak Tourism Board’s participation in the worlds’ largest travel fair revealed that they

Miri’s Wireless Walk to be upgraded

MIRI: The City is set to have another new tourism attraction with the upgrading of the Wireless Walk project, a popular food stalls and busking spot, to start soon. Miri City Mayor, Adam Yii Siew Sang said that the upgrading project was expected to cost RM5 million with funding from

Results for H&L CNY Spend n Huat contest

KUCHING: H&L Supermart yesterday released the lucky winners of the CNY Spend n Huat contest. The prize-giving ceremony will be held at H&L Kuching Sentral on March 11, at 2pm. Releasing the results via a H&L press release yesterday, its retail marketing officer, Tristan Lai Chen Yong said from its

State Library to upgrade ESTHER database today

KUCHING: Sarawak Stat e Library will be performing the Upgrading Ezproxy Server for its online database (ESTHER) today. This is to ensure continuous quality in Sarawak State Library’s services. Due to this activity there will be interruption in accessing the online database access. The Library would like to apologise for

MAHSC AGM launched by Tourism Assistant Minister

KUCHING: Th e Malaysian Association of Hotels (MAH) Sarawak Chapter held its Annual General Meeting (AGM) on February 28 at Astana Wing, Riverside Majestic Hotel here. The AGM he aded by the Chairman of MAHSC, Haji Ibrahim Nordin was launched by Assistant Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture, Datuk Lee

M’sians face rising costs of living, says economists

KUCHING: The recent public forum on the subject of ‘GST and PERIUK NASI KITAK’ (GST and your rice bowl) held here received an encouraging response from the student community, members of the public and friends from non-governmental organisation (NGO) circles. 80 people turned up las t Saturday night at a

STIDC’s POYOD programme enters second round

KUCHING: The first Pool of Young Designers (POYOD) group comprising six University of Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) graduates with a Bachelor Degree (Honours) in Designing Technology were selected to participate in this programme since January 2018. Select ions were based on the Sarawak Timber Industr y De v e l o

Unimas’ student motivation programme at SMK Kapit 2

KAPIT: Bukit Goram Assemblyman Jefferson Jamit Unyat advised the students here to take up science and math subjects seriously to aim for higher studies in healthcare fields like nursing, medicine and medical studies. “I would like to see many of our youths become professionals in healthcare industries like nursing, technicians,

SPM 2017 results out on March 15

PUTRAJAYA: A total of 443,883 candidates of the 2017 Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) can obtain their examination results on March 15. In a press statement issued on Tuesday, the Ministry of Education (MOE) revealed that out of the total, 386,331 candidates came from government schools, government aided schools and government

Lodgians reach out to Home Of Peace

KUCHING: The Lodge International School Prefects journeyed to the Sumiran Eco Camp on the February 25 and 26 where they took part in a team building exercise and carried out community service at the ‘Home of Peace’. The Home of Peace is a refuge for the elderly poor undertaken by