KUCHING: The new director of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) Sarawak office, Razim Mohd Noor revealed that the state commission would be focusing on prevention this year. He revealed that MACC has made 2018 as the year of Prevention. “So, we will intensify our efforts in preventing corruption in society
KUCHING: Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Abang Openg received two courtesy visits at his office yesterday morning. The first was a delegation from Malaysian Armed Forces Veteran Association (PVATM) led by its president, Roland Demong Radin. The aim of the visit was to invite the Chief Minister to
KUCHING: Kuchingites are invited to join the Chap Goh Meh 2018 Celebration, to be held at India Street Pedestrian Mall here this coming Saturday. Themed ‘Celebration of Prosperity and Diversity’, this year’s Chap Goh Meh Festival will start at 8pm. “This is the second consecutive year Kuching City North Commission
KUCHING: The Sarawak State Government is collaborating with IBM Corporate Service Corps to equip its selected government agencies with strategic know-how as it embarks on its digital transformation journey. According to Dr. Abdul Rahman Deen, Deputy Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Research Sarawak, IBM will
KUCHING: A recent survey amongst 4,468 respondents found that most people (82 per cent) believed that the increase in costs of living in recent times is due to the implementation of GST. Is this a fair assessment? And why ? If you have been trying to make some sense of
PENGERANG, Johor: PETRONAS in collaboration with the Department of Occupational Safety and Health Malaysia (DOSH) yesterday launched a new framework which will allow self-regulation in the management and operations of the Pengerang Integrated Complex (PIC). The framework, known as Pengerang Integrated Complex OSH Administration Transformation (PICOAT), gives the empowerment to
KUCHING: Sarawak Invention, Innovation & Design Exposition (SIIDEx) 2018 will be held for three days starting 2 March and ends on 4 March. It will be held at PCC Demak in Kuching. SIIDEx 2018 is an initiative undertaken by Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Sarawak Branch and the Ministry of Education
BARCELONA/SEOUL: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd unveiled its flagship Galaxy S9 smartphone on Sunday with an emphasis on visual applications for social media, hoping to attract tech savvy young consumers to weather a market slowdown. With the global smartphone market set to stay flat or even shrink after meagre growth of
BARCELONA: Japan’s Sony Corporation is turning its focus to 4K high-definition video recording in its new Xperia XZ2 smartphone to differentiate itself from rivals that have caught up in camera technology. Unwrapped at Barcelona’s Mobile World Congress on Monday, the XZ2 features Corning Gorilla Glass 5 on both the front
BARCELONA/HELSINKI: Seeking to capitalise on their comeback over the past year, the makers of Nokia phones are expanding to include a premium Android smartphone, their first, and a remake of one of its biggest hits of the 1990s, the 8110 “slider” phone. Set up by ex-Nokia executives who have licensed