Saturday, 13 December 2025

Author: Ma Chee Seng

Support charity screening of “Rajah”

SIBU: Sibu Life Care Society invites public support for the March 9 charity screening of the film “Rajah” at the King’s Trioplex cinema. According to the managing chairman, Rory Wong, up to 500 seats with RM30, RM50, and RM100 movie tickets are available for the charity showing. He stated that

Sarawak needs more sustainability efforts: Dr Hazland

KUCHING: Deputy Minister for the Ministry of Energy and Environmental Sustainability Dr Hazland Abang Hipni hopes the state government and Petronas will engage in more sustainability efforts. He said this after a corporate briefing by Petronas on the topic of enhancing activities in Sarawak that are relevant to sustainability. The

UNIMAS holds social responsibility event at Sibu school

KUCHING: Schools need adequate Information and Communication Technology (ICT) infrastructure for student achievement, teaching and learning. UNIMAS recently held a university social responsibility (USR) programme in collaboration with the Sibu District Education Office at SK Jalan Deshon, Sibu to provide and upgrade ICT facilities for improved Wi-Fi connectivity to all

CENTEXS and ITE Education Services, Singapore ink MoU

KUCHING: Centre of Technical Excellence Sarawak (CENTEXS) and ITE Education Services, Singapore inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on today (Feb 21). The MoU is aimed at developing and implementing specific projects to support Sarawak’s workforce, including developing technology programme and curriculum, setting up infrastructure and facilities, implementing a quality

RM2m groundbreaking playground in the works

KUCHING: A playground anchored on the concept of fun and learning, complete with digital features and AI technology, will be developed at a cost of RM2 million under a pilot project here. The project, which is the first of its kind to be implemented in Sarawak, will be developed in

Abdul Rahman calls for bigger effort to beautify city

KUCHING: More corporate and private entities as well as NGOs should join the effort to beautify the city. Deputy Minister for Utility and Telecommunication Datuk Dr Abdul Rahman Junaidi said these included enhancing open spaces and roundabouts to make them more user-friendly. “I welcome more corporate organisations and NGOs to

Onus on grassroots leaders to press for better coverage

KUCHING: Community leaders and village chiefs must raise the question of poor telecommunications coverage with their respective assemblyman besides the authorities. Sarawak Multimedia Authority (SMA) General Manager Ts. Dr. Zaidi Razak who gave the advice said with the data, they may carry out inquiries and justify to the federal government

Join FAMA festival’s matching programme

KUCHING: Entrepreneurs are encouraged to take part in the Federal Agricultural Marketing Authority (FAMA) Festival’s matching programme with importers from Hong Kong, Thailand and Brunei. Sarawak FAMA deputy director of operations Ramli Mat Sani stated that Feb 24 and 25 would see the launch of a matching programme at Miri

Expanding Rahmah concept to banking and insurance sectors

KUCHING : The Ministry of Domestic Trade and Cost of Living (KPDN) plans on proposing the idea of ‘Rahmah’ to the banking and insurance sectors in an effort to lessen the burden borne by the people. According to its minister, Datuk Seri Salahuddin Ayub, a meeting and engagement session with

Public invited to join charity run

KUCHING: The Malaysian Red Crescent Society (MRCS) Kuching Branch is inviting the public to take part in the ‘Run To Save Lives 3.0’ programme on June 18. According to John Jong, the charity run is being organised in collaboration with the Kuching Book Lovers Association and the 38 Love Foundation