KUCHING: Santubong MP Datuk Seri Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar said he was amazed at the audacity of Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng in stating that Pakatan Harapan (PH) has fulfilled 60 per cent of their promises contained in their election manifesto. This is because of all the 60 items under
KUALA LUMPUR: Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hasan held a courtesy visit to the International Trade and Industry (Miti) Minister Datuk Ignatius Darrel Leiking at Wisma Miti. Awang Tengah, who is also the Minister of International Trade and Industry, Industrial Terminal and Entrepreneur Development led the state
Commercialising Sarawak’s biodiversity KUCHING: Sarawak Biodiversity Centre (SBC) has been urged to continue to pioneer ways of integrating local communities in the process of discovering new uses for Sarawak’s biodiversity with a view to commercialising the products. Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg said engaging the indigenous communities
KUCHING: As one of the richest and oldest biodiversity hotspots in the world, Sarawak could potentially spearhead its development for the global market. Biodiversity refers to the variety of plant and animal life in the world or in a particular habitat, a high level of which is usually considered to
BAU: Petronas has responded to being sued by the Sarawak government by filing in court its statement of defence yesterday. The federal government-owned oil and gas corporation is being sued for having failed to pay the state’s five per cent sales tax (SST) on petroleum. Petronas’ move was confirmed by
Sarawak rejects Putrajaya’s special grant KUCHING: The state government cannot accept Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng’s announcement on a special grant to Sarawak because the review was done without consulting the state. Assistant Minister in the Chief Minister’s Department (Law, State-Federal Relations and Project Monitoring) Sharifah Hasidah Sayeed Aman Ghazali
KUCHING: From the First Malaysia Plan (MP) to the 11MP, the state government has allocated a total of RM96.9 billion for development. Deputy director of the State Implementation Monitoring Unit (Simu) in the Chief Minister’s Office, Josenthiana Manggie, said under the 11MP from 2016 to 2020, it received the biggest
KUCHING: SAS, a key player in the global analytics market, has announced a partnership with Swinburne University of Technology Sarawak Campus to jointly set up a Centre of Excellence (COE) for collaborative advanced analytics. This marks the first university partnership for SAS in Sarawak. Slated to be operational in
Wan Junaidi cites Constitution KUCHING: Santubong MP Datuk Seri Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar says he has no problem with the declaration of assets but only if the related documents are kept in the Speaker’s office for reference and record. If the documents were to be published and posted on websites,
KUCHING: A new residential international school here is expected to take in its first batch of students next year. This is one of the five such schools proposed by the state government. The others will be located in Kota Samarahan, Sibu, Miri and Bintulu. Education, Science and Technological Research Minister
