Author: Neville Timothy Sanders

Innovate and be creative, agencies told

KUCHING: Agencies within the Ministry of Tourism, Performing Arts and Creative Industry were told to be creative and innovative to improve their delivery of services. Its Minister Datuk Seri Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah said creativity would allow these agencies to compete and come up with fresh ideas for the benefit

Recreational park to get RM500,000 makeover

KUCHING: Pending Recreational Park will be refurbished over the next three months with the aim of turning it into a multipurpose park. Kuching South City Council (MBKS) Mayor, Datuk Wee Hong Seng, said the effort which will be carried out over 14 weeks beginning Aug 22 at a cost of

Pustaka children’s festival in September

KUCHING: Pustaka Negeri Sarawak or Sarawak State Library in Petra Jaya here will organise a children’s festival from Sept 3-4. According to Pustaka’s Facebook page, the festival would be a great opportunity for children ages four to 12 to experience and participate in 10 activities divided into what they termed

Towards achieving sustainable development goals

SAMARAHAN: Samarahan has taken steps toward achieving sustainable development goals. As such, students from a local secondary school here have been introduced to the importance of environmental care and sex education among teenagers through sustainable development goal (SDG) programme. Organised by Kota Samarahan Municipal Council (MPKS), the programme was hosted

300 delegates to attend water conference

KUCHING: The Borneo International Water and Wastewater Exhibition and Conference (BIWWEC) to be held on Oct 17-19 here will be launched by Premier Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Abang Johari Tun Openg. Director of Rural Water Supply Department cum organising chairman of BIWWEC 2022 Chang Kuet Shian said it will carry

TYT receives visits from organising committees of two events

KUCHING: Head of State, Tun Pehin Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud received two visits today. The first visit was from the committee members of the Sri Aman Benak Festival, led by Deputy Minister for Education, Innovation and Talent Development, Datuk Francis Harden Hollis. Harden said the courtesy call was to invite

Library holds Knowledge Camp

KUCHING: A Starry Night themed Knowledge Camp was held on Aug 13-14 by the Sarawak State Library (Pustaka) here. The programme, which was held at its compound in collaboration with Sarawak Family Camping, American Corner and Malaysian Librarian Association (PPM) involved 55 participants from 11 families. Among the objectives of

DTTAS to hold education fair

SIBU: Another education fair will be held by the Dayak Think Tank Association Sarawak (DTTAS) to give school leavers in the rural area information on education, training and education funds. It will be held on Sept 16-17 at Sibu Jaya Community Hall, from 9am until 5pm. Secretary of Sibu DTTAS

SDMC praised for excellent management of Covid-19 pandemic

KUCHING: The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) has been praised for its outstanding management of the Covid-19 pandemic. Datuk Rodzi Md Saad, the director-general of the National Security Council (MKN), shared that Sarawak also had done an exemplary job in rolling out its vaccination programme. “The NSC is very thankful

Ministry looking forward to fully-digitalised platform in foreign manpower hiring

KUCHING: Minister Datuk Zuraidah Kamaruddin welcomes the agreement made by the Indonesian government to allow its workers into Malaysia, effective Aug 1. She added that, however in order to simplify the process of hiring foreign workers, the Ministry of Plantation Industries and Commodities (MPIC) acknowledged that the process must be