KAKUS: Twelve longhouses and 170 households here have been receiving food aid under the Bantuan Khas Sarawakku Sayang (BKSS) 6.0 package since yesterday (June 6). The longhouses are Rh Merayang Gerina, Nanga Malat, Ulu Anap, Tatau; Rh Johnny Mancha, Rh Nyanau Sandum; Rh Thomson Achun; Rh Mawang Mat, Takan; Rh
KUCHING: The Ministry of Infrastructure and Port Development (MIPD) urged construction industry players to comply with the current construction standard operating procedures (SOPs) laid down by the Ministry of Works (MoW) and the Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB). MIPD Minister Tan Sri Datuk Amar Dr James Jemut Masing reminded that
KUCHING: The gathering of several longhouse residents in Sungai Durin on the night before the Gawai Day celebration on May 31 has sparked a new Covid-19 community cluster in Sibu. The new cluster named as Sungai Durin Cluster is among the four newly reported clusters in Sarawak today (June 7).
KUCHING: Sarawak recorded 703 Covid-19 positive cases today (June 7) – up by 103 cases from the June 6 figure of 600 – raising the state’s total number of positive to 51,874. The State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said 346 cases or 49.21 percent of the total cases detected were
KUCHING: Francis Hii Lu Sheng couldn’t have asked for a more fitting birthday present today (June 7). He turned 60, and was happy to be able to receive his first dose of the AstraZeneca (AZ) vaccine. Hii was among the 1,000 people, mostly aged 60 and above, to receive the
KUCHING: The first day of the opt-in AstraZeneca (AZ) vaccination programme at Borneo Convention Centre Kuching (BCCK) here went smoothly today (June 7). Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg, who was at the centre, was pleased with the arrangements, saying the facilities were people-friendly and that the management
Hybrid approach, jab first, registration later for rural community Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg KUCHING: The Sarawak government is going all out to ensure that all eligible Sarawakians, especially those in the rural areas, get the Covid-19 vaccine. Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg said
KUCHING: Vaccine recipients, please take note. If you think you will be given a queue number that will enable you to take the vaccine much earlier by arriving at vaccine centres well before the actual vaccination appointment time, you are in for a big disappointment. It’s not going to happen. Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) advisor Datuk Seri Dr Sim Kui Hian said instead, early comers (to Stadium Perpaduan) will be seated in a separate waiting area. “This is to avoid chaos and overcrowding which will result in long waiting times and decreased efficiency of the vaccination process,” he said in a Facebook post last night (June 6). He said the new crowd flow management in place at the stadium will help prevent frustration among recipients. “So, remember, those who have already received the appointment date and time will just need to arrive 30 minutes before their appointment,” he said. Dr Sim, using an analogy of the experience of boarding a flight, said it’s just like one not having to to go to the airport in the morning when the flight is in the afternoon. “Even in transit ,when you don’t get out of the airport, the boarding gate doesn’t open,” he said. In the meantime, he expressed gratitude to the numerous agencies under the federal and state governments for managing the crowd during the vaccination process and continuing to monitor, refine and improve the whole process.
KUCHING: The announcement by the Ministry of Education (MoE) to postpone this year’s Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) public examination to 2022 comes as a great relief to students. This is the second consecutive year the exam is being put off, following a similar decision last year. On Sunday (June 6), Senior Education Minister Datuk Dr Radzi Jidin announced the written SPM examination has been postponed to March next year. The oral and practical examinations will be held a month earlier. The government made the decision after looking into the present Covid-19 pandemic which has affected the students’ studies. What some of the students say: Isaac Law “This is a good opportunity for us and we should not take it for granted. The decision to hold the exam next year will give us more time to get ready. I feel that if the SPM is held this year, it would cause many of us to panic as for almost half of the year, we have been studying online which is quite challenging for us. I hope the Covid-19 situation will improve as soon as possible so that all of us can return to school and concentrate on our studies.” Dillon Unting “Sitting for SPM next year is good because I can have more time to study. It is not something unprecedented as the previous batch also went through the same predicament. Hopefully, this time around the MoE will fix the exam date earlier so that all of us can be better prepared.” Muhammad Irfan Aniq Azizi “On the good side, we will have more time to prepare for the exam. But the sad part is that we will be taking the exam at the age of 18 where we should already be preparing to enter college. Having said that, we take it as a challenge to learn and succeed.”
KUCHING: The selection of community leaders must not be used for political mileage nor their appointment by political patronage, said Sarawak United People’s Party (SUPP) Bawang Assan chairman Senator Robert Lau. Instead, he said the paramount condition is that the best person is nominated to serve. “The recent debate on
