KUCHING: Sarawak People’s Aspiration Party (Aspirasi) supports the extension of the movement control order (MCO) until April 14. The old deadline was March 31. Its president Lina Soo said it had been discovered that the incubation period of Covid-19 was not limited to 14 days and may actually take up
KUCHING: Staying put at home for an extended period to curb the Covid-19 pandemic worked for China and its people, so Malaysians must follow suit, said Kota Samarahan Municipal Council (MPKS) chairman Datuk Peter Minos. He said there was no choice but for the government to extend the movement control
KUCHING: Sarawak Patriots Association (SPA) hopes that the state government would provide free internet to all Sarawakians during the movement control order (MCO) period. Its chairman Datuk Dr John Lau Pang Heng said that this would enable students staying at home to utilise e-learning programmes. “This will also benefit the
KUCHING: Sarawak Patriots Association (SPA) has urged the federal government to take a leaf out of the United Kingdom government’s book in helping companies affected by the movement control order (MCO) by using national reserve funds to pay for at least 80 percent of these companies’ staff salaries. Its chairman
KUCHING: Malaysian Trade Union Congress (MTUC) Sarawak secretary Andrew Lo has commended the Sarawak government for providing a monthly RM250 cash assistance for six months to those in the B40 (low-income) category as part of the Sarawakku Sayang Special Aid Package. This special aid package worth RM1.15 billion and comprising
KUCHING: Kuching, a city normally bustling with a cacophony of activities, has transformed into a ghost town amidst the movement control order (MCO) imposed to curb the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic. Though a number of Kuchingites failed to comply with the MCO during its first few days of implementation,
KUCHING: The Sarawakku Sayang Special Aid Package by the state government is a people-centric initiative which offers financial relief and assistance to various strata and segments of the society, said Kuching Chinese General Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCGCCI) secretary-general Jonathan Chai Voon Tok. He believed that the package would
KUCHING: Malaysia may have to consider a total lockdown if the Covid-19 pandemic goes on unabated after March 31, said Kota Samarahan Municipal Council (MPKS) chairman Datuk Peter Minos. He said that regular life would undoubtedly be disrupted if a total lockdown was initiated, but for the society’s sake as
KUCHING: The increase in the number of positive Covid-19 cases in Sarawak and Malaysia overall should further strengthen every Malaysian’s resolve to break the chain of transmission, said Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah. The Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister said the public could do so by complying
KUCHING: Persatuan Anak Istimewa Sarawak (Perais) president Rapelson Richard Hamit has proposed that the government provide a monthly RM600 financial assistance per family for up to three months or depending on the spread of Covid-19, in efforts to ease their burden. He said that the assistance could be credited directly