SARATOK: The condition of the quarters that teachers reside in at schools should be seen as a priority, along with the upgrading of school buildings. Kalaka assemblyman Mohamad Duri said, by looking at the school buildings, one would immediately notice they are in decrepit conditions. Therefore these many dilapidated schools
SARATOK: The government is finalising the project design to upgrade the Al-Muhtadin Mosque for which a special allocation has been made available by Premier Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Abang Johari Tun Openg. Kalaka assemblyman Mohamad Duri said improvements would be made to the district mosque, which can accommodate 1,800 worshippers,
KUCHING: “The recognition that I accepted today is like selling silk, and ended up buying mastuli”, says senior training officer of Civil Defence Forces Malaysia (APM) Sarawak Captain (PA) Azamsah Apearal. According to him, he obtained a much better replacement from what he had sacrificed previously. Recently he was bestowed
BETONG: The Malaysia Civil Defence Force (APM) plans to set up more offices in the Betong Division, particularly in the Pusa, Saratok and Kabong areas. This was revealed by Betong District Civil Defence Officer (PPAD), Lieutenant Desem Samuel. He said setting up more offices was consistent with the aim to
DEBAK: The Federal government needs to look at increasing the number of public service members in the three main sectors, namely education, health and enforcement. Deputy Community Welfare Minister Mohammad Razi Sitam said that Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim in Budget 2023 to be presented this Friday is expected
SARATOK: A total of RM1.4 million allocated under the Rural Transformation Programme (RTP) for the Kalaka constituency last year was distributed for three main projects in Kampung Kupang here. Kalaka assemblyman Mohamad Duri said half of the amount was for road construction to ensure better connectivity to the village. “We
SIMANGGANG: Parents need to be more prepared when children get older and move into their next phase of growing up, especially after circumcision. Batang Lupar MP Mohamad Shafizan Kepli said in the villages, circumcision is usually considered the beginning of a child becoming ‘single’ even though it does not mean
SARATOK: Non-Chinese parents sending their children to Chinese National Type Schools (SJKC) will foster racial harmony from an early age. Kalaka assemblyman Mohamad Duri said the composition of bumiputera children in most SJKCs in rural Sarawak was thus higher. He said religious education, especially Islam, at SJKCs was also not
SARATOK: Kalaka assemblyman Mohamad Duri has expressed concern that there are homes in his constituency still waiting to be connected to the electricity grid despite their internal wiring being done 10 years ago. “I personally reviewed and discussed with the complainants because I understood they have been waiting too long.
SARATOK: Several infrastructure improvement projects will be carried out at SK Kampung Kupang this year, said Kalaka assemblyman Mohamad Duri. He said the projects included repairing the teachers’ quarters, upgrading the football field and building a petanque court. He explained that when the projects were completed, teachers could live in