KUCHING: Sarawak is looking into collaborating with a key player in the automotive chip industry to develop local talent in chip design. The potential collaboration surfaced after a recent meeting between a Sarawak delegation led by Education, Innovation and Talent Development Minister Datuk Roland Sagah and Melexis NV in Tessenderlo,
SIBU: Sibu Rural District Council (SRDC) councillors are urged to be more proactive in looking after the areas entrusted to them. Bukit Assek assemblyman Chieng Jin Ek said councillors should also work in groups to reach out to the people to solve various issues. He pointed out that the areas
KUCHING: Sarawak has achieved international recognition once more when the state Land and Survey Department (JTS) received the Special Achievement in Geographic Information System (GIS) (SAG) Award at the 2022 Esri Consumer Conference in San Diego, California, United States. JTS with their project, Electronic Land and Survey Information System (eLasis)
SIMUNJAN: A new retaining wall to prevent further erosion of the Simunjan riverbank has been approved. The project is listed under the Integrated Regional Samarahan Development Agency (IRSDA). Energy and Environmental Sustainability Deputy Minister Dr Hazland Abang Hipni said the RM74 million 525-metre long erosion control project was among the
SAMARAHAN: The Medical Device Authority (MDA) will help the state government to make technical evaluations and allow COVID-19 screening products to enter the market. Public Health, Housing and Local Government Deputy Minister Michael Tiang Ming Tee said the role of the agency, which has been operating for 10 years now,
SAMARAHAN: The Sarawak government through the public health committee is working on the issue of different pricing of Covid-19 self-test kits in urban and rural areas. Chairing the committee, Deputy Minister for Public Health, Housing and Local Government Michael Tiang Ming Tee said the higher prices were due to logistics
KUCHING: The state government is drafting the conditions and requirements for the recognition of natives under the Interpretation (Amendment) Ordinance 2022. The ordinance which was passed by State Legislative Assembly on Feb 15 and published in the Sarawak Gazette on Feb 25, however, has yet to come into force. Deputy
PADAWAN: Parking woes at the Rajah Charles Brooke Memorial (RCBM) Hospital here will soon be a thing of the past when a new parking is completed next month. Work on the parking began today and is expected to be completed in the next two to three weeks. Batu Kitang assemblyman
KUCHING: The Federation of Sarawak Journalists Association (FSJA) has invited Deputy Premier Dr Sim Kui Hian to attend the Kenyalang Journalism Awards (KJA) 2022 function. Led by president Andy Jong Wan Joon, the association paid a courtesy call on Dr Sim at Wisma Bapa Malaysia here recently to hand over
SERIAN: The Al-Muttaqin Mosque in Kota Samarahan which underwent renovations will be ready by September this year. Interior decoration works are now fully underway in the mosque following the handover of the completed project in 2021. Kota Samarahan Mosque Welfare Trust Board chairman Datuk Mohd Naroden Majais said related works