Wednesday, 13 August 2025

Author: Natasha Jee

Stop the racial card

KUCHING: Democratic Action Party Socialist Youth (Dapsy) should quit playing the racial card and avoid causing disharmony in Sarawak as unity is one of the state’s greatest assets. Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) information chief Datuk Idris Buang said putting Chinese characters on road signs to win the hearts of

Go through proper channel

DAPSY ROAD SIGNAGE KUCHING: Democratic Action Party Socialist Youth (DAPSY) should have gone through the proper channel before pasting Chinese character on road signs here, said Sarawak Federation of Chinese Associations (SFCA) president Datuk Richard Wee. He said while it was good to have multilingual road signs as it showcased

Don’t break the law, DAP youth told

ROAD SIGN FIXATION KUCHING: Democratic Action Party Socialist Youth (Dapsy) has been advised to not take things into their own hands and be a law breaker. Sarawak United People’s Party (SUPP) Stakan branch chairman Sim Kiang Chiok said Dapsy should instead write in to request Kuching North City Commission (DBKU)

One new case detected

KUCHING GOES BACK TO YELLOW KUCHING: Kuching returned to the yellow zone after one new Covid-19 case was reported yesterday, bringing the total number of positive cases in Sarawak to 687. Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said the new case was a local transmission, involving a 26-year-old Indian national working

SUPP chides Dapsy over unlawful act

KUCHING: Democratic Action Party Socialist Youth (Dapsy) has been chided for disregarding the law by putting up Chinese characters on road signs in the city. Sarawak United People’s Party (SUPP) Women chief Kho Teck Wan said their action had set a bad example for normal citizens. “There were occasions when

Cheap political stunt, says rep

DAPSY ROAD SIGNAGE KUCHING: Democratic Action Party Socialist Youth (Dapsy) has been criticised for using the issue of road signs to gain political mileage. Batu Kitang assemblyman Lo Khere Chiang said putting up Chinese characters on road signs in the city for political mileage was a stupid act. “Leave the

Suffice to use BM or English

DAPSY ROAD SIGNAGE KUCHING: It is sufficient to just use either English or Bahasa Malaysia on road signs as both are official languages in Sarawak, opined Parti Rakyat Sarawak (PRS) Women chief Datuk Seri Doris Sophia Brodie. She said the English language was an international language and almost everyone across

Defacing road signs is vandalism: Abdul Karim

KUCHING: What the Democratic Action Party Socialist Youth (DAPSY) did to the road signs in the city centre here is tantamount to vandalism, said Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah. He said as such Kuching North City Commission (DBKU) and the relevant authority must be

‘Reading Seeds’ programme to be streamed online

KUCHING: Sarawak State Library is organising a programme entitled “Reading Seeds: DIY Sensory Boards For Babies & Toddlers” which will be streamed online on Aug 20. The programme will be available on the library’s Facebook page and YouTube channel starting from 2pm. Reading Seeds is an early childhood development literacy

Seeking Chang Yee Loong’s next of kin

KUCHING: Hospital Sentosa Kuching is looking for the next of kin a male patient named Chang Yee Loong who had passed away at Sarawak General Hospital (SGH) here on Aug 4. Chang, 52, had been in Hospital Sentosa since year 2000 and his last address was No. 661, Jalan Batu