KUCHING: The Raja Puan Muda Perak Darul Ridzuan, Datuk Seri Diraja Tan Sri Tunku Soraya Tunku Abdul Halim Mu’adzam Shah, arrived in the city for a four-day official working visit. She arrived at the Kuching International Airport (KIA) yesterday at 5.50pm and was welcomed by Girl Guides Association Malaysia, Sarawak
KOTA SAMARAHAN: Japanese Professor Tatsuhiro Ohkubo from Utsunomiya University visited the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS), Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) as part of the international exchange programme between the two universities here recently. Tatsuhiro’s visit was in conjunction with the student mobility programme, ‘EduTour2023’, in which he accompanied
MIRI: The “I Support SDG” #BatuPertama campaign, launched in support of sustainable development goals in Borneo, has gone viral, attracting participation from all over Malaysia. The campaign, which encourages people to take a picture of a stone and post it on social media with the hashtag #BatuPertama, has seen overwhelming
KUCHING: For nearly two years Misi anak Junau was relying on gas cylinder wheels to move about in her house. Problem is the amputee has had no cash to spare for a wheelchair. Fortunately for her, non-governmental organisation Hope Place came to know about her plight and reached out to
MIRI: Programmes relating to Go-Kart competitions might revive interest in the sport, and thereby further encouraging healthy living practices among the community. Transport Minister Datuk Seri Lee Kim Shin said the Miri area in particular that has a Go-Kart circuit can be used to promote the sport to the youth
KUCHING: The cooperation and commitment of Sarawak civil servants are very important in making efforts to achieve a high-income, developed state in line with the goals of the Post-Covid-19 Development Strategy (PCDS) 2030. Premier Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Abang Johari Tun Openg said that the commitment of civil servants will
SARIKEI: Work on the Batang Rajang Bridge project at Jalan Pasi-Tanjong Manis is proceeding smoothly after being held up slightly by the Covid-19 pandemic. Deputy Minister for Urban Planning, Land Administration and Environment Datuk Len Talif Salleh who visited the project site recently expressed satisfaction with the work progress. Sarawak
KUCHING: The Sarawak Health Department has advised non-emergency patients to go to any of the numerous health clinics in and around Kuching for treatment, rather than crowding the Sarawak General Hospital’s (SGH) Emergency and Trauma Department (ETD). Its director Dr Ooi Choo Huck said this in a statement following recent
KUCHING: The Ministry of Food Industry, Commodity and Regional Development has welcomed the federal government’s initiative in providing assistance or incentives to paddy farmers. Its minister Datuk Seri Dr Stephen Rundi Utom commended the initiative as it helps in encouraging the paddy farmers to continue planting paddy and improve the
KUCHING: The lack of budget allocation for esports does not mean that the government is not supporting the industry at all. This is because assistance may come in other forms, said the deputy of Malaysia Esports Federation Afiq Fadhli Narawi He said the government may provide indirect support through various
