KUCHING: The Trefoil Guild Girl Guides were awarded the Asia Pacific Leadership Award for Service to Girl Guiding/Girl Scouting recently. Girl Guides Association Malaysia vice president Raja Puan Muda Perak Tunku Soraya Tunku Abdul Halim Mu’adzam Shah acknowledged the impressive accomplishment. “Let us be the best role models for the
KUCHING: The potential of 5G technology in transforming Sarawak’s digital economy was showcased at the Mobile World Congress Barcelona (MWC) 2023. The technology exhibition, organised by Ericsson and Digital Nasional Berhad (DNB), featured the successful delivery of a lecture by senior lecturer Dr Syafiqah Saidin from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM)
KUCHING: Ten food premises under the supervision of the Padawan Municipal Council (MPP) have been ordered to close by the Kuching Division Health Office for failing to meet cleanliness standards. MPP chairman Lo Khere Chiang said the closure of the seven coffee shops, two bakeries and one restaurant in Kota
KUCHING: The Padawan Municipal Council has warned that anyone caught dumping renovation or construction waste illegally will face fines and potentially even jail time. Its chairman Lo Khere Chiang said under the Local Authorities Cleanliness By Law 1999, the first offence will result in a fine of RM1,000, while a
KUCHING: The Sarawak Forestry Department is collaborating with Van Hall Larenstein (VHL), University of Applied Sciences, from the Netherlands, on forest conservation and reforestation efforts. During a recent courtesy call on director Datuk Hamden Mohammad, Dr Peter van der Meer from VHL expressed his intention to work with the Sarawak
KUCHING: Deputy Minister in the Premier’s Department (Law, MA63, State-Federal Relations) Datuk Sharifah Hasidah Sayeed Aman Ghazali has expressed her support for the open fishing competition held at Pangkalan Kampung Lintang to become an annual event. The competition, Sharifah Hasidah added, is held in conjunction with the celebration of the
KUCHING: The Sarawak government is committed to creating an eco park with the principle of ‘plant and care’ in every residential area of the Samariang constituency for the preservation of the environment and local community. Samariang assemblywoman, Datuk Sharifah Hasidah Sayeed Aman Ghazali believes that an eco park approach that
KUCHING: Deputy Minister in the Premier’s Department (Legal, MA63, State-Federal Relations) Datuk Sharifah Hasidah Sayeed Aman Ghazali has hailed the recently announced budget allocation as a positive development that could boost infrastructure development in Sarawak. According to her, the allocation could have a significant impact on the state’s economy and
KUCHING: Five talented students from Sarawak will be representing the state during a visit to the Nasa Headquarters located in Washington D.C., United States in March. The Change Maker, a group of five students from SMK Bintulu – Edwin Ting, Issac Yong, Jayden, Sean Lee, and Yiek Siew Hao, who
KUCHING: The existing infrastructure, facilities and amenities in Lundu need to be upgraded before focusing on attracting tourism investors, said Tanjung Datu assemblyman Azizul Annuar Adenan. He said various issues, including beach erosion in Sampadi, should be addressed before private investors can come in to invest. He was speaking during
