KUCHING: The Unit for Other Religions (Unifor) has provided an allocation of RM700,000 to St Nicholas Chapel Bandar Baru Samariang to repair its retaining wall and to build a carpark. Assistant Minister in the Chief Minister’s Department (Islamic Affairs and DBKU) Datuk Dr Abdul Rahman Junaidi handed over the allocation
KUCHING: Sarawak recorded three new deaths related to Covid-19 infection today (July 31), raising the death toll to 462. The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said the 460th death was a woman aged 83 from Kuching District. It said the woman passed away at Sarawak General Hospital (SGH) and she
KUCHING: Sarawak recorded 485 new positive Covid-19 cases today (July 31), a slight increase from Friday’s 450 cases. The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) in a statement today said this brought the state’s case tally to 76,728. Of the new cases reported, Kuching District recorded the highest number of cases
KUCHING: Political analyst Dick Lembang Dugun has suggested that if the Covid-19 pandemic could be brought under control, then the state of Emergency in Sarawak could be lifted earlier to give way to Sarawak’s 12th state election (PRN-12) with strict standard operating procedures (SOPs) in place. He said this control
KUCHING: The proclamation of Emergency for Sarawak is the best approach to contain the Covid-19 pandemic in the state which is still worrying, said Datuk Dr Abdul Rahman Junaidi. The Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) vice-president said the proclamation was expected in order to ensure that Sarawak’s 12th State Election
KUCHING: Ninety-three percent of the total numbers of educators, carers, and their assistants at early childhood education institutions (IPAKKs) in the state have been vaccinated as of July 10. Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah said this amounted to 9,429 vaccinated out of
Supply and demand determine condo prices KUCHING: There are various reasons for the differences in pricing of condominiums between states and cities in Malaysia, said Sarawak Housing and Real Estate Developers’ Association (Sheda) Kuching branch chairman Datuk Sim Kiang Chiok. He said one of the factors affecting the price of
How? Property agent proposes JVs to build more affordable houses KUCHING: Real estate negotiator Brandon Chew has suggested for the state government to work with reputable property developers to produce more affordable housing. He said through such collaborations, more homebuyers would be able to benefit from initiatives such as the
KUCHING: Sarawak has great potential to prosper and achieve equitable and inclusive development, but there is an urgent need to diversify the state’s economic and export structures. Assoc Prof Dr Fumitaka Furuoka from the Asia-Europe Institute, Universiti Malaya, said Sarawak’s heavy dependency on oil and gas (O&G) exports may have
KUCHING: Human Rights Commission (Suhakam) has highlighted the need to look into vertical inequality rather than just focusing on horizontal inequality as both forms of inequality are happening now. Sarawak commissioner Datuk Dr Madeline Berma explained that horizontal inequality referred to inequality between the different ethnic communities (inter-ethnic) while vertical
