KUCHING: A minimum wage hike will cause a domino effect on the cost of doing business which will in turn be passed on to the people, said Sarawak Timber Association (STA) in a statement on Wednesday (Feb 9). “While they may actually be receiving more ringgit in their pockets with
KUCHING: A coalition of 58 Malaysian trade unions and worker organisations has urged the Malaysian Employers Federation (MEF) to stop weaponising Covid-19 to suppress minimum wage increase. Labour Law Reform Coalition (LLRC) ticked off MEF for arguing that wage hikes would result in an increase in the cost of small
KUCHING: Travel agents have rallied behind the government’s new Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for Umrah trips which will take effect next Monday (Feb 14). In giving its backing Malaysian Association of Travel and Tourism Agents (MATTA) Umrah & Hajj Vice President, Mohd Azri Abd Razak said it was very pleased
KUCHING: A Malaysian Space Board is expected to be established with the enactment of the Malaysian Space Board Act 2022 on Jan 25. Introduced by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Information (MOSTI) the Act will regulate space-related activities for security purposes, space object registration and also provides for space-related
KUCHING: A man was sentenced to seven months imprisonment by the Magistrates’ Court here on Wednesday (Feb 9) for threatening to kill his father. Luwis Setar, 37, pleaded guilty to the charge, which was read out by an interpreter before magistrate Syarifah Fatimah Azura Wan Ali. He was charged with
KUCHING: The Sarawak Touch Association (STA) team is focusing on team formation in preparation for the National Touch League (NTL) 2022 which takes place at Equestrian Park, Putrajaya from Feb 26 to 27. Its president Hafisz Rachman Drahman said the players would begin their training session on Sunday (Feb 6)
KUCHING: Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hasan received a courtesy visit from managing director (MD) and chief executive officer (CEO) of Taiyo Yuden here on Friday (Feb 4). The outgoing MD and CEO of Taiyo Yuden, Yoshio Akimoto was accompanied by the incoming MD and CEO Masashi
KUCHING: A non-governmental organisation has come out in support of the Health Ministry’s plan to ban the sale of cigarettes and all smoking-related products to those born after 2005. It said the ministry’s rationale that this could drastically reduce the number of cancer deaths in future had merit as globally
MIRI: The Miri Division Health Office has received an initial supply of Pfizer vaccines on Jan 29 for the National Immunisation Programme for Children (PICKids) here that is scheduled to begin on Monday, Feb 7. A fraction of the supplies was distributed to health clinics in rural areas that had
KUCHING: The Omicron has now replaced the Delta as the dominant circulating Covid-19 variant in the state, says Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (Unimas) Institute of Health and Community Medicine (IHCM) director Prof Dr David Perera. According to Perera, a detection rate of seventy eight per cent of the Omicron had been