SAMARAHAN: Education should not be directed at narrow skill sets that can easily be taken over by machines. Instead, said Professor Narayanan N Kulathu Ramaiyer, education should focus on unlocking the full human capacity to solve problems innovatively. The concerns about computers taking away jobs and reducing the need for
KUCHING: Local Government and Housing Assistant Minister Datuk Dr Penguang Manggil urges other Dayaks to follow the Bidayuh approach of surveying and demarcating their native customary rights land (NCR land) by doing it themselves. He said that this would facilitate the tasks of the Land and Survey Department (Jabatan Tanah
KUCHING: Using private firms to survey native customary rights land (NCR land) is a smart move but it must be done cautiously. “Landowners should know about the firm such as its history before using its service so as to avoid potential manipulation,” said Utilities (Water Supply) Assistant Minister Datuk Dr
KUCHING: There should be no landless person in Sarawak because the state is large in relation to its small population of only 2.8 million people. State Reform Party (Star) president Lina Soo thinks that all landless families should be granted a piece of land with perpetuity title for the family
MARUDI: Floodwaters affecting the district are fast receding and suggestions have been made to improve relief efforts in the future. Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas, who is also State Disaster Management Committee chairman, flew in yesterday to view the situation first-hand. He was taken to the affected
KUCHING: The assessment rates of government buildings will be reviewed next year as approved by the State Cabinet, said Minister of Local Government and Housing Datuk Seri Dr Sim Kui Hian. “We have not increased or re-evaluated the assessment rate for government properties since the 1970s,” he said when speaking
KUCHING: A worrying trend that needs to be seriously studied is unemployment, as the rate of unemployment in Sarawak increased by 8.7 per cent from 2017 to last year. Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg said that 1,751 individuals in the state lost their jobs and applied for
Sarawak’s case against Petronas KUCHING: Datuk Sharifah Hasidah Sayeed Aman Ghazali believes in the independence of the judiciary and that the rule of law will be upheld with regards to Sarawak’s case against Petronas. “I believe that the judges will interpret the law as it is. As far as we
KUCHING: Singapore’s core strategy of source diversification is an opportunity for Sarawak to enter the market there. “They do not rely on just one source for their products,” said Sarawak Trade and Tourism Office Singapore (Statos) chief executive officer Chew Chang Guan during the ‘Talking About What Really Matters’ forum
KUCHING: The new federal government politicking among themselves and its lack of clarity and direction in economic strategies has resulted in Malaysia missing opportunities arising from external economic tension, said Federation of Chinese Associations president Datuk Richard Wee. He said that neighbouring countries had taken advantage of the trade war
