Author: Natasha Jee

Action Council discusses projects performances

KUCHING: Members of the Action Council, a joint Sarawak – Federal government action committee, met to discuss development issues in the state yesterday. The meeting, held at Wisma Bapa Malaysia here, was chaired by its joint chairmen Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas representing Sarawak and Works Minister

Unimas bags 15 Pecipta 2019 awards

KUCHING: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (Unimas) secured two special awards, four gold, two silver and six bronze medals at the International Conference and Exposition on Inventions by Institutions of Higher Learning 2019 (Pecipta 2019) held recently. Unimas also secured the coveted Best of the Best Award with a project entitled ‘Smart

State to invest in workforce upskilling

KUCHING: Sarawak needs to invest more in workforce reskilling and upskilling to produce a skilled workforce essential for unlocking the potential of digital economy. Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg said rapid advances in technologies such as nanotechnology, artificial intelligence (AI), data science, robotics, cybersecurity and other emerging

Digital Village is tech rich

KUCHING: Award-winning Kuching-based tour and travel company Amogha Tours and Travel Sdn Bhd has signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) with a local tech startup ARx Media Sdn Bhd. At the signing ceremony, ARx was represented by their founders Jimsley Lim, Nicholas Bong and Louis Muk while Amogha Tours was

Swinburne volunteers help clean up beach

KUCHING: Alumni and students of Swinburne University of Technology Sarawak campus were among a group of volunteers who had dedicated their time and energy to clean up Belungei Beach in Lundu recently. Eleven members of the Swinburne Alumni Association Malaysia (SAAM) and those from the Swinburne Green Club managed to

Hawkers given face masks

KUCHING: Hawkers operating at Mile 3, Kota Sentosa, Mile 10 and Sungai Maong markets recently received N95 type face masks from Kota Padawan Municipal Council (MPP) and Sarawak United People’s Party (SUPP) Batu Kitang branch. The masks were jointly distributed by Batu Kitang assemblyman and MPP chairman Lo Khere Chiang,

Head-on collision unavoidable

KUCHING: The establishment of Village Community Management Council (MPKK) by the federal government will create disunity among village folks. Lecturer of Faculty of Social Sciences Dr Lucy Sebli said this is because the MPKK will only serve the interest of the federal government, thus a head-on clash with the present

Putrajaya thinking of taking over Sarawak?

Please don’t do it in Sarawak, the last bastion of unity in the country. KUCHING: Putrajaya’s decision to form the Village Community Management Council (MPKK) in Sarawak shows it may be thinking of taking over Sarawak, said Santubong MP Datuk Seri Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar. He added that if the

Cat gets a mask

KUCHING: The iconic cat statue at the Pandungan roundabout is set to protect itself from the haze. Kuching South City Council (MBKS) mayor Datuk Wee Hong Seng and other councillors yesterday put on a piece of cloth as a face mask on the cat to remind the public to wear

Once beaten twice shy

We were ‘robbed’ before, surely not for the second time KUCHING: Deputy Chief Minister Tan Sri Dr James Jemut Masing is entirely against the creation of the Majlis Pengurusan Komuniti Kampung (MPKK) by the Federal government, saying it’s an attempt to interfere with Sarawak affairs. The Parti Rakyat Sarawak president