KUCHING: Following the announcement of the Sarawakku Sayang Special Assistance (BKSS) 6.0 package on Friday, Datuk Sim Kiang Chiok hopes that the federal government would extend the wage subsidies, automatic bank loan moratoriums, and further cash handouts to assist the M40 group as well as small and medium enterprises (SMEs).
KUCHING: The business community hopes the state government will come up with a wage subsidy programme under the Sarawakku Sayang Special Assistance (BKSS) package. Sarawak Business Federation (SBF) secretary-general Jonathan Chai Voon Tok said wage subsidies would ease the financial burden of local employers during this challenging time and keep
KUCHING: Federation of Kuching, Samarahan and Serian Divisions Chinese Associations president Datuk Richard Wee hopes that the federal government will come up with an economic aid package to assist especially the small and medium enterprises (SMEs). He pointed out that the Sarawakku Sayang Special Assistance (BKSS) 6.0 package unveiled by
ASAJAYA: The vaccination process in Asajaya is going smoothly, said its assemblyman Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah after visiting the Asajaya Sports Complex today. “Thankfully, the process is going well, even though previously there were rumours, videos, and so on which made many Asajaya residents doubtful and worried about receiving
MIRI: The city council (MCC) and Riam Road Secondary School (RRSS) have inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on sustainable development goals (SDGs). “This partnership to drive the SDGs is a practical approach to inculcate positive values in our students regarding the importance of balanced development,” said Transport Minister Datuk
KUCHING: Datuk Lily Yong and her volunteer team plan to assist coffee shops and hawkers in the Kuching area by compiling and printing their names, contact information, and food items offered into a booklet to be distributed to the public. The Sarawak United People’s Party (SUPP) Kuching branch chairperson clarified
KUCHING: The enhanced movement control order (EMCO) will be imposed at a total of 20 localities in Tatau, Bintulu, Sri Aman, Beluru, Sarikei, Saratok, Kanowit, and Sibu. “The EMCO will be enforced at Rh Ngumbang Ajum, Nanga Sidang, Tatau from May 22 to June 4,” Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC)
KUCHING: The State Health Department (JKNS) declared a new cluster in Simunjan District on Friday (May 28), dubbed the Tengah Hulu Gedong Cluster. The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) in a statement on Friday said this was a community cluster detected in Kampung Tengah Hulu Gedong, Simunjan. They said Covid-19
KUCHING: Sarawak recorded four new deaths related to Covid-19 today (May 28), taking the state’s Covid-19 death toll to 276. The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said the 273rd death was Case 39,846, a local man aged 72 years who was brought to Sri Aman Hospital as he had been
KUCHING: Sarawak recorded 698 new positive cases today (May 28), raising the state’s case tally to 45,436. The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said 401 of these new cases, or 57.45 percent, were reported in the districts of Sibu, Miri, and Kuching. They said Sibu District recorded 159 cases, Miri
