Wednesday, 6 August 2025

Author: Natasha Jee

‘Smart City, Better Living’

Reporting from China ZHEJIANG, China: Hangzhou in Zhejiang Province, China, the first to develop into a smart city in 2016, attributes its ‘smart’ status to a supportive local society. Hangzhou is also the first city to go cashless thanks to Alipay, a mobile phone payment application launched in 2003 by

Zhejiang Daily advances via digital technology

Reporting from China CHINA: The presence of digital technology has brought massive transformation to a traditional print media to become one of the most well established omni-media (all-encompassing and media) platform in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China today. Zhejiang Daily, which was founded in May 9, 1949, and the leading newspaper

Capped petrol price inflexible

KUCHING: It is up to Deputy Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Minister Chong Chieng Jen now to fight for Sarawak on the targeted petrol subsidy scheme for the B40 group in Sarawak. Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg hoped that Chong would do the right thing and fight

A fight to the last

KUCHING: The Sarawak government will fight to the last to protect the state’s rights to its oil and gas resources. Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg assured Sarawakians that the government was firm on its stand and urged them to bear with him while he continued the fight.

Fire victims receive donations

MIRI: Residents, whose houses along Sungai Niah, in Batu Niah town were destroyed by fire, have received assistance. Women, Family and Childhood Development Assistant Minister Rosey Yunus presented donations in the form of household goods to the fire victims yesterday. No one was injured in the Friday night incident. The

Record crowd at Siniawan music fest

BAU: The Siniawan Country Music Festival (SCMF) 2019 this year recorded the biggest crowd with 20,000 country music lovers attending the festival. The fourth edition of the festival themed ‘Take me home to Siniawan Country Music Festival 2019’ at the ‘cowboy town’ of Siniawan started last Friday and ended on

Always lock your car             

MIRI:  Don’t ever leave your car unlocked even when you are changing one of your tyres. A 62-year-old woman learned this valuable lesson after losing a bag she placed on the front passenger seat while she and her husband were replacing a tyre in front a supermarket here on Sunday

Is this what the WKB2030 is all about?

KUCHING: Any oil and gas subsidy given by the Pakatan Harapan (PH) government would be most unfair if Sarawak and Sabah don’t get the same. Deputy Chief Minister Tan Sri James Jemut Masing made this point in response to Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Minister Saifuddin Nasution Ismail’s remarks. However,

Society raises RM200K at charity sales

KUCHING: Kuching Life Care Society (KLCS) charity sales held at the Kuching City South Council (MBKS) Community Hall yesterday raised over RM200,000. That’s RM200,000 for its Hospice and Palliative Care Centre project. Thus far the society has raised over RM8 million whereas to have a building with full medical equipment

State seeks autonomy in healthcare

KUCHING: The Sarawak government wants the federal government to give the state administrative autonomy in healthcare sector and more funding for its operation so that it can better manage its healthcare services. Local Government and Housing Minister Datuk Dr Sim Kui Hian said with administrative autonomy, the state government could