Saturday, 12 April 2025

Author: ST

Child Friendly Cities Initiative accreditation signals MBKS’ commitment

BY MA CHEE SENG KUCHING: The Child Friendly Cities Initiative (CFCI) accreditation signals Kuching City South Council’s (MBKS) commitment to social wellbeing and governance, says Deputy Premier Datuk Seri Dr Sim Kui Hian. “A child friendly city is a city, town, community or any system of local governance committed to

CMS apologises for cement supply shortage

KUCHING: CMS Cement Industries Sdn Bhd had apologised to its customers for the shortage of cement supply due to the maintenance shutdown of its Mambong plant and was further hampered by unexpected delay of raw materials delivery. The company however said the supply of cement would be back to normal

Sarawak cancer centre to boost the medical tourism industry

By: NURA VALENTIANA & JACINTHA JOLENE KUCHING: The proposed cancer centre in Kota Samarahan can contribute in boosting the medical tourism industry in Sarawak by developing and offering various cancer wellness programmes. Sarawak Premier Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg said that the centre may include wellness programmes in addition

Pilot recycling project produces encouraging results

By Fasiha Khushiri KUCHING: To date, about 12,500kg of recyclables have been collected while the participation rate currently stands at about 33 per cent. The project, launched by Kuching North City Hall (DBKU) and Trienekens (Sarawak) Sdn Bhd at Kampung Tunku and Kampung Malaysia Jaya, has yielded encouraging results as

NGO lends help to widowed cancer patient

KUCHING: A popular non-governmental organisation (NGO) Hope Place recently aided one Law Sie Kiaw, who lost her spouse in September and is battling breast cancer. It was said that the mother of two was first diagnosed with stage three breast cancer in 2019 and is now still undergoing chemotherapy. Her

Pan Borneo Highway 88 per cent completed

BY JACINTHA JOLENE & TANIA MATU KUCHING: The Sarawak Pan Borneo Highway project is 88 per cent completed, according to caretaker Senior Works Minister Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof. According to him, the first phase of the Pan Borneo Highway from Telok Melano to Miri with a length of 786km had

Switch Up Your Career with a Flexible Master’s Degree

Millions around the world are considering postgraduate programmes as a means to either switch up within or switch out of their careers. As of 2020, there were over 70,000 students enrolled in open and distance learning courses in Malaysia alone. There are good reasons for this surge of interest. Firstly,