KUCHING: The Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as the Moon Festival or Mooncake Festival, is a traditional festival celebrated in Chinese culture. Similar holidays are celebrated in Japan (Tsukimi), Korea (Chuseok), Vietnam (Tết Trung Thu), and other countries in East and Southeast Asia. It is one of the most important holidays
KUCHING: Researchers from the Centre for Sago Research (CoSAR) at Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (Unimas) announced that they have finally finished the genome sequencing of the sago palm. This comes some 200 years after written records first made mention of evidence of sago trade between Singapore which was a key port
BINTULU: Oil palm industry players have been urged to increase machinery use to reduce the continued dependence on foreign workers which could affect the sector in the long term. Deputy Minister of Plantation Industries and Commodities, Datuk Willie Mongin said the oil palm plantation industry is a sub-sector that is
KUCHING: A ‘Fly Me to the Moon’ Mid-Autumn Festival and Market will be held here. The festival organised by the Kuching South City Council (MBKS) will be held at Palmarium Garden and residence No.6, Jalan Tan Sri Datuk William Tan on Sept 10 and 11 from 10am to 9pm. “These
KUCHING: Six finalists will compete to determine the top two who will move on to represent the state at the national level Bintang Kecil competition. This year’s Bintang Kecil Sarawak Zone will be held at Auditorium P. Ramlee RTM, here, on Sept 10 at 9pm. “This year’s finalists are Elle Precious
KUCHING: Thirty students took part in a community service project to clean up Trombol Beach here. The clean-up was carried out by St Joseph’s Private Secondary School in collaboration with Padawan Municipal Council. “Participating in a beach clean-up event is a better way to conserve the environment by removing trash
KUCHING: Food and Beverage 2022, Singapore’s biggest B2B trade show is back physically for the first time since the onset of the pandemic. It will return across four days from Sept 5 until 8 at the Singapore EXPO with over 2,000 exhibitors and 50 international group pavilions with an expected
KUCHING: Ayub Dahari will replace Siti Rodziah Bunsu Drahman as the new general manager of SeDidik Sdn. Bhd. effective today. He was born on Jan 18, 1965 and is a native of Bumi Kenyalang from Kampung Sageng, Simunjan. Ayub graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Marketing and majored in
KUCHING: The Ministry of Women, Childhood and Community Wellbeing Development has expanded its focus on early childhood development by adding three kindergartens and two nurseries, bringing the total number of SeDidik Early Childhood Education Institutions (IPAKK) to 98 this year. Its minister, Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah said this includes PPR
KUCHING: The Kuching Tattoo Festival, which was organised for the first time in Kuching, will be held on September 30 until October 2, 2022. Featuring more than 80 tattoo artists from all over the country, the festival is organised by Skrang Tattoo in collaboration with Inkzation Tattoo Studio located at