SADONG JAYA: The rest and relaxation (R&R) spot at Batang Sadong-Sungai Buluh has been completed. According to a Sarawak Public Communications Unit (Ukas) report, Simunjan assemblyman Awla Dris said the project costing RM300,000 would provide a welcoming place to stop and re-energise for long-distance travellers. He added that the facility
KUCHING: The Bandar Kuching Service Centre has funded the repainting of St Paul’s Primary School’s entrance archway. According to Bandar Kuching MP Dr Kelvin Yii, due to constant exposure to sun and rain, the paint had not only peeled off but was also mouldy. “With funding from my office, the
SELANGAU: A grant from the Minor Rural Project (MRP) totalling RM260,000 was given to 23 village development and security committees (JKKKs) and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) here. The allocation was handed over by Tamin assemblyman Christopher Gira Sambang during the Ngiling Bidai programme at Rh Ending, Ulu Dijih last Friday (July
KUCHING: Sarawak Bumiputera Entrepreneurs Chamber (DUBS) president Datuk Abang Helmi Ikhwan said given the current stage of the country’s development, it is reasonable to consider the flexible working hour policy but not the four-day work week. “In my opinion, flexible working hours may be necessary to suit specific circumstances such
KUCHING: The newly refurbished Riverside Majestic Hotel (RMH) is opening its doors for business after undergoing renovations and upgrading works during the course of the pandemic over the last two years. Sarawak Economic Development Corporation (SEDC) chairman Tan Sri Datuk Amar Abdul Aziz Husain said the refurbished five-star hotel will
KUCHING: There is presently no need to implement a four-day work week policy, said the Congress of Unions of Employees in the Public and Civil Services (CUEPACS) Sarawak. Its chairman Omar Bahrein Unin said with the current situation, priority should be given to helping, facilitating, and giving motivation to the
KUCHING: Shortening working hours in a country that has many public holidays needs to be reevaluated. In stating this, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) Human Development Programme Associate Professor Dr Abdul Halim Busari said the economic and social aspects as well as work life balance must also be taken into account
KUCHING: Kenyalang Beras Biris, which is synonymous to the Simunjan and Gedong districts, is now available in high end supermarkets in Peninsular Malaysia. Its foray was launched by Premier Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Abang Johari Tun Openg at Lalaport in Kuala Lumpur today. In an immediate reaction Batang Sadong MP
PANTU: The ‘Sacha Inchi’ herb crop has a great potential to increase the household income by 2026, said Deputy Health Minister II Datuk Aaron Ago Dagang. According to the statement by UKAS, he stated that the plant can produce various products such as Black Sacha oil which contains Omega 6,
KUCHING: Sarawak will need to register an annual growth rate of 6 to 8 per cent to be a developed state by the year 2030. “Meaning, the state government would need to spend a lot on the economy such as in development projects,” said the Premier’s Political Secretary Fazzrudin Abdul