Ensure big-scale sago plantation do not affect environment, gov’t told
BY NATASHA JEE & ALEXANDRA LORNA KUCHING: An opposition member has argued that while sago plantation is environmentally friendly, large-scale cultivation coupled with widespread fertiliser usage, however, will harm the environment. Chong Chieng Jen (DAP-Kota Sentosa), admitting that sago plantations do absorb carbon particles contained in the air, introducing large-scale plantations can be detrimental to […]
Chong chided for negative remarks
KUCHING: Despite the state government’s best efforts to ease the burden of Sarawakians during the Covid-19 pandemic, Democratic Action Party (DAP) Sarawak chairman, Chong Chieng Jen will always have something negative to say. Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) vice-president, Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah said this in response to Chong’s recent statement that the RM10,000 […]
Fazzrudin chides Chong for malicious remark
KUCHING: Claims by Democratic Action Party (DAP) Sarawak chairman Chong Chieng Jen alleging that the Sarawak government purposely withheld Covid-19 aid until the election nears has irked Tupong assemblyman Fazzrudin Abdul Rahman. He said it was uncalled for, malicious, baseless and only served to trivialise the state government’s efforts to keep the economy going amid […]
GPS Backbenchers Club slam Chong for unsavoury remarks
KUCHING: Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) Backbenchers Club have slammed Sarawak Democratic Action Party chairman Chong Chieng Jen for his recent remarks. “Chong, in his now too often outbursts against the Sarawak government, has ignored the facts to rally his support base to create a negative perception of the state-federal relationship between GPS and Perikatan Nasional. […]
‘Cheap shot at Petros LPG price’
KUCHING: There is no need to use cheap political stunt by using the price of Petros’s liquified petroleum gas to gain public support, said PBB deputy Youth chief Fazzrudin Abdul Rahman in chiding Sarawak Democratic Action Party (DAP) chairman Chong Chieng Jen. He said Chong as a former deputy minister of Domestic Trade and Consumer […]
Chong chided for ‘backdoor deal’ remark
FAZZRUDDIN Abdul Rahman (PBB-Tupong) has hit out Sarawak DAP-chairman Chong Chieng Jen over his remark accusing GPS in having a backdoor deal with the federal government. This deal is purportedly to allow West Malaysians to the membership of the state’s august House. He urged the Kota Sentosa assemblyman to look at the provision in Section […]
Chong urges Asfia to reverse decision
CHONG Chieng Jen (DAP-Kota Sentosa) has requested State Legislative Assembly (DUN) Speaker Datuk Amar Mohd Asfia Awang Nassar to reverse his decision in rejecting his notice of motion to set up a special select committee to oversee the operation and exploitation of oil and gas resources in the state. Chong said his notice of motion […]
‘Abandon idea of state polls now’
KUCHING: Lessons should be taken from the spike in Covid-19 cases in the aftermath of the Sabah state election, said Democratic Action Party (DAP) Sarawak chief Chong Chieng Jen. He urged Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg to not dissolve the Sarawak State Legislature (DUN) triggering a state election in the next six […]
Fazzrudin chides Chong over Umno comparison
KUCHING: Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) has chided Democratic Action Party (DAP) Sarawak chairman Chong Chieng Jen for saying that PBB was adopting Umno-like mentality on the road signage issue. PBB deputy youth chief Fazzrudin Abdul Rahman said Umno had nothing to do with the issue at hand. He was responding to Chong’s remark that […]
Chong shocked by Wong’s quit decision
KUCHING: A disappointed Sarawak DAP chairman Chong Chieng Jen is hoping his party colleague, Padungan assemblyman Wong King Wei, will reconsider his decision to quit the party. Reacting to Wong’s quit decision published in the media today (July 27), Chong said he was shocked and disappointed with former’s action. He said political parties had their […]