KUCHING: The announcement on the fee to hire foreign workers in the country under the Labour Recalibration Programme (RTK), which will remain at RM1,500, has been welcomed by the business community here. Sarawak Housing and Real Estate Developers’ Association (SHEDA) Kuching chairman Datuk Sim Kiang Chiok said this was a
KUCHING: Teachers in Sarawak are entitled to receive the Interior Incentive Payment (Bantuan Insentif Pendalaman or BIP) for as long as they meet the set criteria and requirements. Sarawak education director Datuk Dr Azhar Ahmad said teachers, who serve in schools entitled to receive the special allowance, are eligible for
KUCHING: The Ministry of Education (MoE) will try to fill at least 50 per cent or 1,500, of the estimated 3,000 shortage of teachers in Sarawak before the new school session commences in March this year. Its minister Fadhlina Sidek said this is an effort to overcome the problem of
KUCHING: Pertubuhan Pembangunan Insan Sarawak (PPIS) is encouraging healthy individuals to come forward and donate blood to save lives. In line with such a cause, its president Manjeet Kaur said that the association together with the Lions Club of Kuching and the Malaysia Red Crescent Kuching Branch will organise a
KUCHING: Isolated thunderstorms are expected in the inland areas of Sarawak until next week. According to the warning issued by the Malaysian Meteorological Department (MetMalaysia), the isolated thunderstorms are expected to occur in the afternoon and at night from today (Jan 27) until next Thursday (Feb 2). Except on Monday
KUCHING: Tourism, Arts, and Culture Minister Datuk Seri Tiong King Sing has hit out at Permatang Pauh’s PAS MP Muhammad Fawwaz Mohamad Jan for asking a shopping a mall at Seberang Jaya in Penang to stop openly promoting alcohol beverages. Describing Fawwaz’s statement as irrelevant, Tiong said extremist culture that
KUCHING: Minister of Tourism, Arts, and Culture (MOTAC) Datuk Seri Tiong King Sing has submitted a proposal to the Minister of Home Affairs to increase the number of immigration checkpoints at international airports from the current four to six. He said that this is in order to accommodate the large
KUCHING: The Kuching Autistic Association (KAA) will be organising a food fair and charity sale at the Association of Churches in Sarawak (ACS) Building on July 16. Its president Dr Catherine Chen said that event is one of its major fundraising programmes to be held this year. “Do come, and
KUCHING: The society has been called upon to show continuous support and care for people with autism so that they can reach their full potential. Deputy Minister of Women, Early Childhood, and Community Wellbeing Development II Mohammad Razi Sitam said that efforts to support and nurture autistic children require the
KUCHING: It is about time the people changed their mindset and embraced the recycling habit in view of the increasing amount of solid waste being generated today. Padawan Municipal Council (PMC) deputy chairman Senator Datuk Ahmad Ibrahim said solid waste was increasing because of the growing population, rapid economic development
