Body aims to reduce drug abuse
KUCHING: Persatuan Pengasih Malaysia Sarawak branch (Pengasih Sarawak) under the auspices of Persatuan Pengasih Malaysia in Bukit Tunku, Kuala Lumpur intends to work with certain quarters in the state to reduce drug abuse. Pengasih Sarawak (an association for recovered drug addicts) was officially established on Nov 4 and its main objective is to combine energy […]
Welfare department kicks off Kembara Prihatin Negara
KUCHING: The Kembara Prihatin Negara 2020, organised by the Sarawak Social Welfare Department (JKMS) in collaboration with the state government, was launched at Kampung Tabuan Melayu today. Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah flagged off the convoy, comprising vehicles from the department. The vehicles will travel the length and breadth of the state, primarily […]
WWF-Malaysia inks MoA with two bodies
KUCHING: World Wide Fund for Nature Malaysia (WWF-Malaysia) has signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) with two grassroots organisations to help improve community wellbeing and the environment in Sarawak’s northern region. The grassroots organisations are Forum Masyarakat Adat Dataran Tinggi Borneo (Formadat) and People’s Association for Development and Education of Penan Sarawak (Pade). The MoA […]
Soldiers donate 156 pints of blood
KUCHING: The armed forces has collected 156 pints of blood during its blood donation programme which was held at Mydin Hypermarket, Petra Jaya on Tuesday (Nov 10). The Malaysian Third Infantry Division Headquarters today said the programme was held in conjunction with the 61st anniversary of the Third Infantry Brigade. The programme was aimed at […]
Collaboration on tech training and sharing
KUCHING: Serba Dinamik Group Berhad (Serba Dinamik) and University Malaysia of Computer Science and Engineering (Unimy) signed a Certificate of Collaboration (COC) involving technical training and technology sharing, expertise and certification programmes recognised by a TVET institution, Politeknik Malaysia in Terengganu. The signing ceremony which was streamed live on Unimy’s Facebook page Monday (Nov 9) […]
Drum roll for the media
KUCHING: There was excitement in the air for Sarawak’s media fraternity at the 32nd edition of the Awards (KJA) ceremony held at Imperial Hotel here on Friday night. Journalists keenly awaited the announcement of the prizes towards the end of the night, curious to know what awards they had bagged. Present at the ceremony was […]
Black Bean Coffee & Tea to open at La Promenade Mall
KUCHING: Black Bean Coffee & Tea, which made Sarawak’s Liberica coffee world famous, will open an outlet at Hock Seng Lee’s (HSL) new La Promenade Mall next month. The new outlet will be its largest and is a collaboration with coffee enthusiasts at the multi-disciplinary construction firm. “We cannot be more proud to host Black […]
Research and development vital to address implementation gaps
MIRI: Research and development (R&D), collaboration, and knowledge sharing are vital to support the effective development of industrial forest plantations. Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg said R&D was one of the key initiatives to address gaps in the implementation of industrial forest plantations — which included a lack in availability of high-quality […]
Sarawak mulls forestry research hub
MIRI: The state government is looking at establishing a forestry research hub in collaboration with two local universities — Universiti Putra Malaysia Bintulu Campus and University College of Technology Sarawak (UCTS). “We propose that these two universities become a research hub for forestry in Sarawak as they have the expertise and facilities,” said Chief Minister […]
MoU on digital technology and content production inked
BY NOOR SYAHHIRA HADY & CLEMENT ERIK WONG KUCHING: Sarawak Media Group (SMG) has inked a memorandum of understanding with University College of Technology Sarawak (UCTS) to collaborate on digital technology and content production. According to SMG chief executive officer Suhaimi Sulaiman, TVS emphasised education as it was vital within the community to create and […]