KUCHING: About seven disabled (OKU) athletes from Sarawak have been selected to go to Kuala Lumpur in May for the final circuit of Para ASEAN Games in September. This was disclosed by Sarawak Tenpin Bowling Association president Dunstan Lim in a courtesy call to Minister of Welfare, Women and Community
KUCHING: Sarawak Bumiputera Women Entrepreneurs Chamber (Dewanita) will hold its DUBS Carnival in conjunction with pre-Gawai celebration on 29 April until 9 May at Paragon Street Mall, Bintulu. This was disclosed by Dewanita State Chairman Hajah Juita Drap during a courtesy call to Minister of Welfare, Women and Community
KUCHING: A seven-day period has been given to 117 North Korean workers whose work permits have expired to voluntarily surrender following the launch of the 3 + 1 programme starting yesterday. Their employers are also given the same grace period to do the same. Deputy Home Minister Dato’ Masir Kujat
KUCHING: A total of 112 Immigration personnel not only received their Excellence Service Awards but also BSN Premium Savings Certificates worth RM1,000 each in a ceremony held at Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, Jalan Tun Datuk Patinggi Haji Abdul Rahman Yakub here yesterday. The ceremony was officiated at by Deputy Home
KUCHING: A total of 309 primary school pupils from Petra Jaya parliamentary constituency benefit from the ‘School Uniform Aid 2017 Session’ programme. Tupong State Assemblyman Fazzrudin Abdul Rahman officiated at the programme organised by Yayasan Taqwa Wilayah Persekutuan in collaboration with Member of Parliament for Petra Jaya and Persatuan Pendidikan
KUCHING: Sarawak for Sarawakians (S4S) will be organising the ‘Sarawak Rights & Referendum Ordinance’ forum on 23 April 2017 at Kenyalang Theatre Hall from 10.00am until 4.00pm. With coordination from Sarawak Dayak Iban Association (SADIA) and Kuching Traditional Handicraft Studies Society (KTHSS), the forum is open to all general public
KUCHING: Malaysia’s badminton duo Chooi Kah Meng and Low Juan Shen lost to Biao Chai and Wei Hong of China 21-6, 21-19 in the second round in Celcom Axiata Malaysia Open 2017 at Stadium Perpaduan in Petra Jaya here, yesterday. Low admitted that they lost their focus when playing against China.
KUCHING: Twenty-three senators who are executive committee (exco) members of the Malaysian Senator Council from Dewan Negara are in Kuching until 6 April (today) for their official visit. Earlier, the senators visited Sarawak Cultural Village (SCV) on Tuesday morning and later attended a dinner at Pullman Hotel here. Speaking during
LAWAS: Sarawak Bumiputera Teachers Union (KGBS) Lawas Branch organised several events in conjunction with the Golden Jubilee celebrations of 60 years of KGBS at Lawas level recently. According to its spokesman who is also KGBS Lawas Branch Chairman, Mudihi Kader Abdullah, among the activities held were petanque competition between KGBS
KUCHING: Twenty participants attended the inaugural ‘Lean Implementation Workshop for Managers’ organised by the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) at Hilton Hotel here, yesterday. According to Sarawak MITI Director, Griffith Jones Goba, the workshop is introduced this year and Sarawak is the first state to organise it. “The