KUCHING: More than 6,000 people of various races thronged the Gawai Raya gathering at Kuching City South Council (MBKS) yesterday. Head of State Tun Pehin Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud officiated at the event. Also present was his wife Toh Puan Raghad Kurdi Taib. The event also saw the presence of
KUCHING: Head of State Tun Pehin Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud said the spirit of togetherness in a multiracial society must be preserved and continued for the future generations. “We have celebrated Hari Raya, Gawai, Chinese New Year, and other festivities together. This is Sarawak’s nature,” he said during a Gawai-Raya
KUCHING: Two more Senior Citizens Activity Centres (PAWEs) will be set up in Sarawak this year. One will be in Petra Jaya and the other one in Sibuti. Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Dr Wan Ismail yesterday revealed the good news to a big crowd at the state
KUCHING: Both teachers and students must be guided in order to prevent a repeat of the incident which involved a secondary school male teacher caning a female student in Johor Bahru. Mental Health Association Sarawak (MHAS) chairman Dr Ismail Drahman said people as emotional beings sometimes act irrationally, but physical
KUCHING: Close cooperation between Sarawak government and Putrajaya will ensure development projects in the state are completed on schedule. Several “sick” projects in the state and other major projects in future call for this cooperation, said Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas. “Sarawak wishes to assure the federal
KUCHING: Sarawak is beautiful like a pearl that everybody wants to get hold of. This latest description of the state was made by no less than the chief minister himself when he spoke at “Majlis Ramah Mesra Aidilfitri Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) Zon Kuching 2019” at Pullman Hotel last
KUCHING: The Sarawak government using its own money for development and infrastructure in the state, is not to tell people that it has plenty of money and want to be sombong (show off), but it must be done for the better future of the state and its people. Chief minister
KUCHING: The completion of the waterfront project in the vicinity of the historical Batu Kawa town will make it as another tourist attraction here. The first phase of the RM10 million project has already commenced early April this year and expected to be completed in 18 months. Chief Minister Datuk
KUCHING: In saying that Sarawak will be bankrupt in three years under Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS), the Democratic Action Party (DAP) is practising dirty politics. This is because a finance minister (Lim Guan Eng in this case) must not politicise the very thing that he is in charge of –
Five areas identified Bako-Buntal Sungai Maong-Segedup Gita Baru Kampung Senari Lundu-Sematan KUCHING: The state government has identified five areas where affordable houses will be built. These areas are Bako-Buntal, Sungai Maong-Segedup, Gita Baru, Kampung Senari and Lundu-Sematan. Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg said the government understands housing