KUCHING: A 23-year-old man was arrested for possession of a stolen motorcycle. The suspect from Serian was riding a motorcycle along Jalan Tabuan.at 3.00am on Thursday when a police patrol team stopped him. When the police checked the motorcycle he was riding, they found that it was reported stolen in
KUCHING: Under the state-funded 11th Malaysia Plan (11MP) projects, a revised total of 945 projects with a ceiling of RM20 billion were approved for implementation for the period 2016 to 2020. This was said by Second Minister of Finance Dato Sri Wong Soon Koh during his winding-up speech at the
KUCHING: A total of 941, 801 hectares have been gazetted by the government as Totally Protected Areas (TPAs) comprising 37 national parks, 14 nature reserves, and five wildlife sanctuaries. Second Minister of Urban Development and Natural Resources Datuk Amar Haji Awang Tengah Ali Hasan (pic) said the Government targetted to
KUCHING: The state economy experienced a modest growth at 3.2 per cent in 2016. According to Second Minister of Finance Dato Sri Wong Soon Koh, last year’s figures were affected by global uncertainties and lower commodity prices. However, he said that the state economy is expected to expand by 3.5 per
KUCHING: Sarawak’s economy is expected to grow at 3.5 per cent to 4.0 per cent in 2017. This was pointed out by Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hasan in his winding-up speech of State Legislative Assembly (DUN) sitting held at new DUN here, yesterday. He said, state
KUCHING: The completion of the State’s second trunk road that links the populations in the rural areas will help to boost the State economically. According to Minister of Infrastructure Development and Transportation Tan Sri Datuk Amar Dr James Jemut Masing, more than 60 per cent of Sarawak’s population reside between
KUCHING: Second Minister of Finance Dato Sri Wong Soon Koh has called for more allocation of funds from the federal government to assist in efforts of developing the state, especially in rural areas. “These rural areas in Sarawak are still largely underdeveloped as compared to our counterparts in Peninsular Malaysia.
SERIAN: Human Resources Minister Datuk Seri Richard Riot Jaem hopes to make Serian a hub for skills training and the related services. In an exclusive interview at his office at the Perkeso Serian office building here recently, the six-term Serian MP said several major development components would contribute to creating
KUCHING: The federal government has established a special task force (PPK) in addressing the problem of the indigenous people who are without personal identification document. Minister of Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women and Child Development Datuk Fatimah Abdullah said that the initiative is specifically for Sarawak only which gives the community
KUCHING: The current grid generating capacity in the state is at 3,544MW to meet the power demand of 3,315MW in 2016 compared to about 3,000MW in 2015. Minister of Rural Electricity and Water Supply Dato Sri Dr Stephen Rundi Utom said the new 624MW Balingian coal-fired power station is expected
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