120 food baskets distributed at Farley Supermarket
KOTA SAMARAHAN: One hundred and twenty food baskets were distributed during the Kota Samarahan Municipal Council (MPKS) Community Pantry Programme at Farley Supermarket here on Sunday. The Sarawak Housing and Real Estate Developers Association (Sheda) chairman and organising chairman of the programme, Datuk Sim Kiang Chiok, said 50 food baskets would be distributed every day […]
LePaPa Hypermarket creates jobs for local people
KOTA SAMARAHAN: The establishment of LePaPa Hypermarket here has led to the creation of jobs for more than 80 locals. LePaPa managing director Lee Chin Teck is glad to have helped the locals, saying that throughout Sarawak the hypermarket has about 400 workers. “We opened the first outlet in Serian in August 2019. To date […]
Four arrested for playing mahjong in jungle hut
KOTA SAMARAHAN: Four men were nabbed for playing mahjong in a forest near Kampung Jernang here on Saturday (July 10). In the 2.40pm operations codenamed ‘Ops Dadu’, a Criminal Investigation Department (CID) team raided a hut in the forest suspected to be used as a gambling den. District police chief DSP Sudirman Kram said four […]
5,000 to receive food aid
KOTA SAMARAHAN: Some 5,000 underprivileged members of the community here are set to receive food aid provided by the federal government. Kota Samarahan MP Rubiah Wang in announcing this said RM300,000 has been set aside by Putrajaya for all MPs to implement the Food Basket Aid. However, Rubiah pointed out that the allocation given is […]
Special transportation for Kota Samarahan folk to PPV
KOTA SAMARAHAN: Some 137 residents from Kampung Mang, Samarahan were taken to the vaccination centre (PPV) at DeTAR Putra, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (Unimas) in six buses provided by Unimas. The special transportation service is the initiative of Kota Samarahan MP Rubiah Wang towards intensifying efforts under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme in order to achieve […]
Motorcyclist dies, pillion rider injured in crash
KOTA SAMARAHAN: A 29-year-old motorcyclist died while his teenage pillion sustained injuries after they were involved in an accident at Jalan Kampung Baru on Saturday (June 26). Sarawak Traffic Police chief Supt Alexson Naga Chabu said the incident happened around 1pm when the victims were travelling to Asajaya from Kota Samarahan. “The crash happened when […]
Business doing well despite MCO
KOTA SAMARAHAN: Hardship and obstacles cannot keep very determined business people down. Nur Suhani Indal at Taman Samarindah here is a good example. Her beverage business has received good response from the public despite the movement control order (MCO). According to 44-year-old Nur Suhani who operates Stall No. 6 at Taman Samarindah, her business did […]
Ex-soldier’s unique way of grilling chicken
KOTA SAMARAHAN: A retired soldier has been serving up tasty grilled chicken since 2017, and he has a unique of doing this. He grills the chicken in flower pots, something he picked up when he was stationed in Malaya years back. Anizan Hussein said he started selling his popular ayam panggang pasu at his Taman […]
Toy pistol-totting robber held
KOTA SAMARAHAN: A man was arrested after robbing a layer cake shop in Medan Universiti, here, armed with a toy pistol. District police chief DSP Sudirman Kram said the 24-year-old suspect was arrested at 5.20pm on Wednesday (June 23) at a motel in Jalan Padungan, here. “The suspect admitted to committing the robbery alone at […]
Development projects big pull for supermarkets
KOTA SAMARAHAN: Supermarket operators are drawn here in view of various other development projects already taking place around the ares, said Datuk Peter Minos. The Kota Samarahan Municipal Council (MPKS) chairman stated that Samarahan has a bright future with great potentials Having said that, he pointed out the council is delighted that Samarahan is emerging […]