KUCHING: It is totally baseless to say that money allocated by the federal government for the state’s road management was not spent but kept in the State Road Maintenance Trust Fund. Finance Second Minister Datuk Sri Wong Soon Koh said this in response to the road maintenance fund issue raised
The Tourism, Art, Culture, Youth and Sports Ministry will be organising 57 development programmes for Sarawak youths this year. Its minister Datuk Abdul Karim Hamzah said the ministry will continue to collaborate with Saberkas to organise the youth transformation programme “Kawan Ku Sayang Keluarga Ku Kenang” (KKSKK) which had been
Sarawak has secured 21 business events during the first quarter of this year, which translates to approximately RM30,330,300 in direct delegate expenditure, which will be disbursed from 2019 to 2022. Tourism, Arts, Culture, Youth and Sports Minister Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah said the revenue would ultimately return to Sarawak
A total of 5,070 (49.14 percent) Sarawakian babies out of the 11,508 babies born from Jan 1 to April 25 this year have registered for the Endowment Fund Sarawak (EFS), said Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah in her winding-up speech. The minister
Where does Sarawak Pakatan Harapan (PH) stand regarding the amendment to the Federal Constitution, asks Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah. The Tourism, Arts, Culture, Youth and Sports minister said he was puzzled when Sarawak PH supported both the amendment to Article 1(2) of the Federal Constitution when it was first
Since Pakatan Harapan (PH) took over the federal government, funding from the Federal Ministry of Tourism, Arts, and Culture for supporting events in Sarawak has been dwindling from RM2.2 million in 2015 to only RM150,000 last year. Tourism, Art, Culture, Youth and Sports Minister Datuk Abdul Karim Hamzah said it
KUCHING: Sarawak recorded tourist arrivals totalling 1,117,843 from January to March this year compared to 1,075,560 for the same period last year. This is an increase of 3.93 per cent over the corresponding period last year. Tourism, Arts, Culture, Youth and Sports Minister Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah said the
A masterplan study on traffic congestion in Kapit division will be carried out. Local Government Assistant Minister Datuk Dr Penguang Manggil said the study would commence by the third quarter of this year and was expected to complete within a period of six to eight months. He said Kapit town
A total of 244 welfare recipients from Serembu constituency have benefited from monthly welfare assistance under the Sarawak Social Welfare Department last year. Community Well-being Assistant Minister Datuk Francis Harden said the total expenses spent on various welfare assistance was RM77,202. The assistance broke down into the following categories: Senior
As at March 31 this year, 24,035 hectares (59,390 acres) of Native Customary Rights (NCR) land in Layar Constituency has been approved for perimeter survey. Urban Planning, Land Administration and Environment Assistant Minister Datuk Len Talif Salleh said that the approval was made under the new initiative programme for the
