KUCHING: Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah hopes a vocational school for children with special needs will be developed in Sarawak to equip them with skills to generate income. The Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister pointed out that there were already schools for children with special needs. “But
KUCHING: The state government’s initiative to provide a social support system for the people in the form of various assistance from cradle to grave is a manifestation of its care and concern. “We do not just look at the physical development of our state such as roads and so on,
MIRI: Research and development (R&D), collaboration, and knowledge sharing are vital to support the effective development of industrial forest plantations. Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg said R&D was one of the key initiatives to address gaps in the implementation of industrial forest plantations — which included a
MIRI: A total of 66,873 hectares of Forest Plantation Management Unit (FPMU) have been certified under Malaysian Criteria and Indicators for Forest Management Certification (Forest Plantation) by Sirim QAS International to date, disclosed Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg. “I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate
MIRI: The state government is looking at establishing a forestry research hub in collaboration with two local universities — Universiti Putra Malaysia Bintulu Campus and University College of Technology Sarawak (UCTS). “We propose that these two universities become a research hub for forestry in Sarawak as they have the expertise
MIRI: Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg has urged timber industry players to leverage on technology in forest plantation development as well as to improve timber product diversification and utilisation. He said that technology such as hyperspectral could be used to monitor the incidence of pest and disease
KOTA SAMARAHAN: Allocations for the development of Samarahan Division will continue to be provided as long as the mandate of the Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) state government is renewed by the people. Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg said the state government had allocated RM1.5 billion to the
KOTA SAMARAHAN: The timing of the Sarawak state election will hinge on the Covid-19 circumstances and the readiness of the Election Commission (EC) to implement new norm practises. “Covid-19 will decide (when the state election is held) because the health of the people is more important than the election,” said
KOTA SAMARAHAN: A Shell desk under the Chief Minister’s Office will be established to facilitate Shell Malaysia’s decision to move its operations office to Miri, drawing in its staff members from Kuala Lumpur and Kota Kinabalu. Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg said the desk would accommodate matters
KOTA SAMARAHAN: The Batang Sadong Bridge is being reinforced in order to support the weight of rural water mains. Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg said that previous calculations did not take the pipes into consideration, and therefore the bridge must be strengthened. “Last time, the plan was