KUCHING: For the whole of last year, Sarawak recorded 11,442 arrests related to drug and substance abuse activities, revealed Assistant Minister of Community Wellbeing Datuk Francis Harden Hollis. He said these arrests resulted from 6,892 operations carried out by the Narcotics Crime Investigation Department (NCID) of the Royal Malaysian Police
KUCHING: The Federation of Kuching, Samarahan and Serian Divisions Chinese Associations president Datuk Richard Wee hopes that the business community will be able to fine-tune their practices in alignment with the conditional movement control order (CMCO). “There will definitely be an impact on businesses and the economy as many people
KUCHING: The extent of impact of the resurgence of Covid-19 on businesses would depend on the length of imposition of movement control order (MCO) or conditional movement control order (CMCO), outbreak containment progress, and availability of vaccines for the people. In saying this, Sarawak Business Federation secretary-general Jonathan Chai Voon
KUCHING: The Sarawak Community Policing Association (SCPA) has advised businesses to implement effective talent retention strategies to provide job security and support for employees as well as to utilise government subsidies to ease their burden during these challenging times. Taking note of the reimplementation movement control order (MCO) or conditional
KUCHING: Sarawak Housing and Real Estate Developers’ Association (Sheda) Kuching branch chairman Datuk Sim Kiang Chiok suggested that the government should assist the economy and businesses as in the initial MCO in March last year in light of a reimplementation. Datuk Sim Kiang Chiok said that assistance should include a
KUCHING: A new cluster called the Bukit Sekubong Cluster has been declared in Sebauh district in Bintulu division. In a statement on Tuesday (Jan 12), the Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said the index case of this cluster was Case 1,258. It said this index case was detected through symptomatic
KUCHING: Sarawak recorded 146 new positive Covid-19 cases today, its consecutive second day of surpassing the three-digit mark. Of these, 92 cases were reported in Sibu, Sebauh (20), Kanowit (12), Miri (11), Beluru (3), Kuching (3), Dalat (2), Saratok (1), Bintulu (1) dan Limbang (1). In a statement today, the
KUCHING: Sarawak saw a state record high of 55 new positive cases today (Jan 9) – 37 in Sibu, 15 in Kuching, two in Miri, and one in Bintulu. In a statement on Saturday, the Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said this brought the total number of positive cases in
KUCHING: While furthering one’s studies abroad or locally each have their pros and cons, studying in another country certainly provides more opportunities to experience different cultures and lifestyles first-hand. Dr Lidyana Roslan had such an opportunity to truly immerse herself in the Japanese way of life, having spent 10 years
KUCHING: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (Unimas) has high hopes of enhancing its prominence and visibility on a global scale. In fact, establishing learning centres overseas is one of the institution’s targets under its Strategic Plan 2021-2025. In the Times Higher Education World University Rankings, Unimas ranks among the top 1,001 globally.
