KUCHING: Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah has emphasised that early childhood education (ECE) is vital as a foundation for further education as well as various skills and values. She said this after a reporter pointed out that some people might question the
KUCHING: In order to limit the number of children at kindergartens (tadika) at any one time, options such as having two daily sessions or on alternate days can be applied. Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah explained that the first option for tadika
KUCHING: The reopening of kindergartens (tadika) in Sarawak on July 1 must be in compliance with the standard operating procedures (SOPs). Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah said that on Monday, her ministry presented the SOPs to the Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC),
KUCHING: The Sarawak Bumiputera Teachers Union (KGBS) has urged teachers returning to Sarawak from Malaya and other states to comply with the 14-day quarantine in accordance with the Sarawak Disaster Management Committee’s decision announced last Friday (June 12). Its president Ahmad Malie also reminded teachers involved to formally inform their
KUCHING: Sarawak recorded no new positive Covid-19 case on Saturday for the fourth consecutive day, with the total number of cases in the state remaining at 556. The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said that two new cases had recovered and been discharged from Sarawak General Hospital (SGH) on Saturday.
KUCHING: The government’s wage subsidy programme and Employment Retention Programme (ERP) will help to minimise retrenchments, said Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC) Sarawak chairman Mohammad Ibrahim Hamid. “We should check whether affected companies have applied for the wage subsidies – that is, a subsidy of RM1,200 per employee for companies
KUCHING: Of the 136 member hotels under the Malaysia Budget Hotels Association Sarawak Chapter, 99 of them were closed during the first and second phases of the movement control order (MCO), said its chairman Stephen Wong. “Whether it is permanent, we are not sure at this point in time. We,
KUCHING: A total of 623 cases of teenage pregnancy has been recorded in Sarawak as of April this year, representing 5.7 percent of total new antenatal cases in the state, said Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah. “Of these, 59.7 percent are unmarried
KUCHING: Hawkers and petty traders in the 7th Mile area have appealed for the speedy disbursement of financial aid under the Sarawakku Sayang Special Assistance package (BKSS) as this would greatly help in easing their financial burden, said Sarawak United People’s Party (SUPP) Public Complaints Bureau (PCB) chief Wilfred Yap.
KUCHING: Hope Place recently came to a concerned mother’s aid after receiving her request for special milk for her baby, who suffers from lung problems. Thirty-year-old housewife Pui Kiaw Inn’s seven-month-old infant uses an oxygen machine to help him breathe normally. She explained that her baby was born premature as
