All out fans support KUCHING: Newly-formed Sarawak United team are enjoying overwhelming support from local football fans who put high hopes on them to do well in the league. A check on the team’s Facebook page found that the team’s fan club has hit 2,600 members, who all wished Sarawak
Move to help absorb retrenched LBU workers underway LBU RETRENCHMENT KUCHING: The Ministry of Infrastructure and Ports Development plans to absorb some of the workers who were retrenched by Lebuhraya Borneo Utara (LBU). Minister Tan Sri Dr James Masing said that his ministry was preparing a cabinet paper on the
Tennis KUCHING: Sarawak Lawn Tennis Association (SLTA) will proceed with its three major international tennis tournaments here. The tournaments which are organised by SLTA and the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and supported by the state government and Sarawak Sports Corporation (SSC) are the 35th Sarawak Chief Minister Cup (1) ITF
KUCHING: The 11th edition of the Sejijak Regatta will be held here for three days from April 10 to 12 this year. Organising committee advisor Mohd Nusi said the competition was open to 7, 10, 15, 20, 25 and 30 paddlers of the ‘perahu bidar’ races. He said teams competing
KUCHING: Sarawak emphasises on and practises responsible tourism and welcomes private initiatives to enhance the industry, said Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah. He said in all its tourism events, the ministry had always inculcated responsible tourism, and urged all industry players and members of the
KUCHING: UCSI University has been ranked the nation’s best private university for the second year in a row, according to the QS World University Rankings 2020. Chief operating officer of UCSI University Sarawak campus Mukvinder Sandhu said yesterday UCSI University rose 39 spots to be ranked 442 amongst the world’s
KUCHING: Three videos produced by university students have won the videography outstanding award in the Sarawak Youth Talent 2020 poster and videography competition. The three winners were Daphne Chong Yan Xin with her video entitled “Sarawak — My Home”, Aizuddin (A Friendly Traveller) and Ulysses Ong Zhen Yu (The Green
KUCHING: Whether or not something big is going to happen in Pakatan Harapan (PH) will only be known on February 21, the day the ruling coalition’s presidential council meeting is held. Political analyst at the Department of Sociology, University of Malaya, Associate Professor Dr Awang Azman Awang Pawi, said the
PADAWAN: Donations are pouring in for the family of a fire victim at Kampung Mundai here. The house of the late James Pengos Kirim was destroyed in a fire outbreak on Thursday evening. Among those who came to visit the family yesterday with their donations were Assistant Minister for Native
PADAWAN: The Hidup Mesra Teng Bukap community rehabilitation centre (Pusat Pemulihan Dalam Komuniti — PPDK) is in need of financial support to maintain the centre and fund refurbishing work on its building. PPDK Hidup Mesra Teng Bukap chairman George Young Si Ricord Jr said he had been seeking donations and