KUCHING: You need permits to bring orchids from other countries to Sarawak as well as to export them to other countries. During the recent 13th Asia Pacific Orchid Conference 2019 (APOC13) here, the Sarawak Forest Department issued a total of 183 permits. It said in a press statement 92 Orchid
KUCHING: Swinburne Sarawak achieved outstanding results, surpassing the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) world pass rates, when the June 2019 examination results were released recently. In this seventh exam sitting since Sept 2017, Swinburne not only saw its accounting major graduates Jocelyn Liew and Angelene Chin pass the Strategic
By Nur Ashikin Louis & Lee Shaw Wei KUCHING: Thirty-one Sarawakians were presented citizenship approval letters and citizenship certificates at Kuching UTC here. Of the 10 certificates presented yesterday, one was for the application of citizenship under Article 15(1) of the Federal Constitution, six under Article 15A and three under
By Rahimi Rahim MUKAH: Institutions of Higher Learning (IPT) Mukah Youth Carnival will be held in conjunction with the 12th Mukah Polytechnic Convocation here on Aug 3. The carnival is jointly organised by Mukah Polytechnic together with the Education Ministry, Mukah Parliament Youth Organisation and several other organisations including Mukah
KUCHING: “Sometimes we show unity in subtle ways through sharing of food, helping each other during challenging times, such as facing births and deaths. “We also show unity through celebrations, both big and small. We are Sarawakians. We recognise each other as friends, as family. We unite, not divide; and
By: William Chai KUCHING: Contestant No. 21 of the Miss Hardware Beauty Pageant, Dr Angel Chai, captured the hearts of the judges with her excellent performance in the Chinese traditional dance and singing contest. For her effort she was awarded the Miss Talent subsidiary title during the semi-final of the
KABONG: Yayasan Sarawak is giving out the school uniform vouchers to help poor pupils buy their school uniforms. Kabong assemblyman Mohd Chee Kadir reminded his constituents that the vouchers should not be used to buy other items. He said the vouchers were given out to pupils at all schools in
MIRI: Sarawak United Peoples’ Party (SUPP) is shocked and “fully understands and in full agreement” with the Minister of Welfare, Community Well Being, Women, Family and Childhood Development Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah’s reaction over the decision to discontinue the Sarawak Special Committee on Citizenship. “It came as a shock to
By Rahimi Rahim MUKAH: A 45-year-old teacher Hadefi Daud, who was involved in the ‘Karnival Pesta Sukan dan Kebudayaan Perkhidmatan Pelajaran Sarawak’ (PSKPP), suddenly collapsed at a multipurpose court in SMK Mukah here around 11.40am yesterday. Mukah district police chief DSP Jimmy Panyau said Hadefi was playing hockey during the
KUALA LUMPUR: Hope Place Kuching founder Kelvin Wan was invited by UTS Marketing Solutions Sdn Bhd to give a talk on charity work and volunteerism in Kuala Lumpur recently. With more than 1,500 staff members, 35 heads of departments and managers benefited from the talk that encouraged every staff member