KUCHING: Eight members of the Sarawak Public Accounts Committee (PAC) and six exofficio members including a clerk of PAC are among a delegation attending the International Centre for Parliamentary Studies 5th Annual Public Accounts Committee Symposium held at Strand Palace Hotel, London, England from 16-17 October. The Sarawak PAC delegation
KUCHING: Main Committee of the Sri Aman Benak Fest 2017 yesterday made a courtesy on the Head of State Tun Pehin Sri Abdul Tai b Mahmud at Astana Negeri in Kuching. The courtesy call led by Assistant Minister of Community Well being Datuk Francis Harden Hollis who is also the
KUCHING: Universiti Technologi Mara (UiTM) Sarawak signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) with the Minist r y of Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development yesterday to develop an objective and holistic instrument to measure the readiness of pre-schoolers to receive formal education in Year 1. The six-month long
MUKAH: A new public toilet costing RM100,000 was recently completed at Taman Awam Pehin Setia Raja which is located in front of Menara Pehin Setia Raja here. Dalat/Mukah District Council (MDDM) Walikota, Haji Kadir Haji Jamil was happy that the toilet had been completed. “Toilets are very important for visitors
KUCHING : Piasau State Assemblyman, Dato’ Sebastian Ting said to solve the problem of Mulu tourism industry in the long run is through construction of roads from Miri to Mulu National Park. The road is important for both the international tourists and also to c a t e r f
KUCHING: Head of State, Tun Pehin Sri Haji Abdul Taib Mahmud received a courtesy call from the ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia to Malaysia, Rusdi Kirana at Astana Negeri here, yesterday. The coutresy call was made following Rusdi’s appointment as the new Indonesian ambassador to Malaysia on 17 August.
KUCHING: A sharing session on e-government in Estonia, Europe and a clinic on digital economy took place at Wisma Bapa Malaysia here on Monday. The guest speaker was Executive Director and Chairman of the Management Board of the Governance Academy, Estonia, Dr Avro Ott (PhD). The objective of the sharing
KUCHING: Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi (Dr) Abang Johari Tun Datuk Abang Openg and his wife Dato Juma’ani Tun Tuanku Bujang attended the Saberkas Triennial General Assembly Dinner on Sunday night. Abang Johari who is also Saberkas President congratulated newly elected Deputy President Datuk Abdul Kar im Rahman Hamzah who won
KUALA LUMPUR: Affin Holdings Bhd will offer more retail loans and realign its image of ‘corporate-loan bank’ in tandem with its reorganisation exercise, said Group Chief Executive Officer, Kamarul Ariffin Mohd Jamil. He said the bank, which was previously known as corporate loan-centric, aimed to grow its retail loan sector,
TOKYO: Toyota Motor Corp yesterday said it would begin testing selfdriving electric cars around 2020, which will use artificial intelligence (AI) to engage with drivers, as the company competes with tech firms to develop new vehicles. The car, whose concept model was unveiled earlier this year at the Consumer Electronics
