KUCHING: Members of Kembara Anak Sarawak Club arrived in Hanoi, Vietnam yesterday to continue their expedition to reach the summit of Mount Fansipan, the highest peak in Indochinese peninsula. According to the club’s president Yusuf Buji, the hikers left Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) at 6.10am to Noi Bai, Vietnam.
KUCHING: The water supply problem plaguing the state’s rural areas, particularly in the identified critical and stressed areas, will most likely be a thing of the past by end next year. According to Water Supply Assistant Minister Datuk Liwan Lagang, the Rural Water Supply Department (JBALB), which has been entrusted
By Dah Ikhwan Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s recent warning that action would be taken under the Sedition Act if calls for Sarawak’s secession threaten public order did not come out of the blue. Instead, it was more likely a calculated move to pre-empt any call for Sarawak’s independence in the
KUALA LUMPUR: Gearing up for Visit Malaysia 2020, Sharp Electronics (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd (Sharp) has inked a Memorandum of Joint Collaboration Partnership with Tourism Malaysia. The partnership will see Sharp and Tourism Malaysia jointly produce the world’s first 8K Ultra High Definition (UHD) Visit Truly Asia Malaysia 2020 promotional videos
PUTRAJAYA: Calls to Befrienders helpline is free-of-charge effective Aug 1. This follows the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) initiative to join forces with eight telecommunications operators to waive call charges made by customers to the Befrienders. They are Celcom Axiata Berhad, Digi Telecommunications Sdn Bhd, Maxis Berhad, Telekom Malaysia Berhad, TIME
MIRI: Two robbers robbed a senior journalist of an English daily here of his valuables including RM450 in cash while he was doing his laundry at a self-service launderette in Permyjaya. The men did not harm the 49-year-old victim when they robbed him at 12.15pm on Tuesday. After the robbery
MIRI: Several villagers from Logan Entasan, Marudi yesterday lodged a police report against a firm for encroaching into their Native Customary Rights (NCR) land. The land measured 1,267 hectares. A group of 10 people led by Micheal Bigol arrived at Miri Central Police station (CPS) at round 2.30pm to lodge
By Farhanah Mellon KUCHING: Approved parking fees for licensed carparks in Sarawak are RM3 for the first four hours and RM5 per day. However, Kuching North City Commission (DBKU) member Datuk Wee Hong Seng found out that the approved rates were not clearly stated for members of the public, especially
By Allan Jay & Alexius Khung KUCHING: SMK Kuching Town No 1 has been selected as one of three schools in Sarawak to compete in the National-level Anti-Dengue Mission Competition 2019. The schools will be competing against schools from throughout the country in Kuala Lumpur, said Local Government and Housing
Comply with labour provisions, employers told KUCHING: Private sector employers must comply with the provisions for employees who are required to work on gazetted public holidays. The Department of Labour Sarawak, in a statement yesterday said if an employee is required to work during the day of the substituted public