KUCHING: Sarawak Rivers Board (SRB) — an agency under the Ministry of Transport — will be conducting enforcement operations at rivers and passenger terminals which are frequented by communities using water transport. Transport Minister Datuk Lee Kim Shin said the first phase will be carried out on December 21 to
‘Aligning TVET and polytech syllabus is challenging’ KUCHING: One of the key challenges in the country’s education system is aligning the Technical Vocational Education Training (TVET) and polytechnic syllabus to keep up with the rapid technological advancement. Chief executive officer (CEO) of PolyCC Department of Polytechnic Education and Community College
KUCHING: The marketability of Technical Vocational Education Training (TVET) graduates, especially those from Kuching Polytechnic Sarawak (PKS), is more than 90 per cent. CEO of PolyCC Department of Polytechnic Education and Community College (JPPKK), Datuk Dr Mohd Abdul Karim Abdullah, said that industries preferred to recruit TVET or polytechnic graduates
Chief Minister’s Awards 2019 KUCHING: The Land and Survey Department won RM50,000 and the gold award in the Chief Minister’s Awards 2019 (major state agency category). Sarawak Energy Berhad (SEB) won silver — taking home RM40,000 and a trophy — while the Sarawak National Registration Department (JPN) won bronze
KUCHING: Federal civil servants in Sarawak will receive special bonus of RM500 from the Sarawak government in appreciation for their services. Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg said the special financial aid will be paid by June next year. “This RM500 is in addition to the RM500 they
KUCHING: All Sarawak bridge projects costing billions of ringgit are tendered out on open tender basis, assured Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg. “Lobbying for the projects are out of the question in line with our quest towards transparency and good governance,” he said at the State Civil
KUCHING: As at October, 7,222 or 72 per cent of the 10,001 Rural Transformation Programme (RTP) projects to be implemented in Sarawak from 2015 to this year had been completed, said State Secretary Datuk Amar Jaul Samion. He added that as at December, 216 or 69 per cent of the
KUCHING: Once again, Hope Place is bringing Charity Without Borders (CWB) to the deep interiors of Sarawak. This year marks the programme’s seventh year and CWB 7 will be going to Ulu Tinjar, Baram with more than 80 4×4 trucks and more than 150 volunteers from all over Sarawak. The
KUCHING: The Welfare, Community Well Being, Women, Family and Childhood Development Ministry is gearing up for the monsoon season with well-stocked front bases and a large depot. Its minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah said that on November 25, her ministry checked the depot in Samarahan and found it had been
Minimum Marriage Age KUCHING: In general, ketua kaum and ketua masyarakat are agreeable to 18 as the minimum age of marriage for customary marriage. Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah said her ministry had received a letter from Sarawak Native Customs Council head
