Answer you all for the trumpet is sounding! The Old Josephians’ Association (OJA) Kuchingorganised its 2nd consecutiveOra Et Labora Run on the8th December 2018 with the theme “Back to School” to encourage old boys to come back to school.The Run attracted a total of 1,300 runners comprise of students of SMK St. Joseph and St. Joseph Private School, old boys of the school and the public. The main objective of the OJA in organizing the Ora Et Labora Run is to raise funds for student’s extra- curricular activities.   Apart fromRead More

SUPP Youth Central Secretary-General Milton Foo paid a visit to Land and Survey Department today and submitted the documents of land application to the official-in-charge after hearing a request from Tchee Foh Hin. Foh Hin’s son is one of the three explosion victims at the CityOne last Tuesday. Foh Hin, 66, asked assistance from PBB Deputy Youth Chief Fazzruddin Abdul Rahman and Milton during the visit of GPS Youth team to his shabby house at Stampin Resettlement Area yesterday. He requested Sarawak government would help him to assist him to get a piece of land in StampinRead More

The central working committee (CWC) meeting of Sarawak United People’s Party (SUPP) met at the party headquarter on matters related to the on going political scenario, said President, Datuk Dr. Sim Kui Hian. Dr. Sim who is also Local Government and Housing Minister said among the discussion was the launch of Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS), expected in January next year and the celebration of the Chinese New year. He said the main issue for them was how to assist the State government to regain what belonged to Sarawak and how they will work with other component partiesRead More

Cr Tnay Li Ping, SUPP Batu Kitang branch Secretary calls to Pakatan Harapan (PH) Members of Parliament in Sarawak to ensure there is adequate funding for grass cutting at Federal and Protocol roads. Tnay who went to see the overgrown grass at Batu Kawa said PH Sarawak Chairman Chong Chieng Jen should explain to Sarawakians why he is not fighting for the rights of Sarawakian despite being from here. “ In such situation if they don’t want to help then they should not collect tax from Sarawak as there was no adequate funding to us. All these while, the maintenance of the federalRead More

Local Minister and Housing, Datuk Dr. Sim Kui Hian expressed his deepest condolence and prayers to all the victims in the City One blast yesterday afternoon. Dr. Sim who went to see for himself the situation last night called for calm and asked everyone not to speculate but waited for the findings from the relevant authorites. He thanked all the uniformed bodies and medical staff who were fast to act to bring the injured to the Sarawak general hospital. He also wished the victims warded to have a speedy recovery. So far, the victims involved areRead More

Residents in Stampin Resettlement scheme have been complaining about the poor drainage condition which are blocking and impeding  the  flow of water causing stagnant pond of water and flash flooding everytime it rains. As such, the residents had requested for clearing and improvement works to be carried out on the earth drains to prevent ponding and flash flooding in view of the rainy season. Following the request for assistance received, SUPP Public Complaints Bureau Chief Wilfred Yap together with other SUPP members had gone to inspect and assess the situationRead More

Padawan Municipal council Chairman, Lo Khere Chiang who is also State Assemblyman for Batu Kitang said the closure of the Mile 10, 1Malaysia clinic is not logical as the Sentosa hospital and Sarawak General hospital are experiencing congestion. He said based on his experience, our main challenge is uneven distributions of doctors especially specialists across the country. “We have a lot of doctors, enough to cater for our population, but they are mainly concentrated in west Malaysia. We are seriously lacking of specialists in various fields in Sarawak, especially in smaller town like Sibu, Bintulu, Miri, Limbang. WhileRead More

Batu Kawa state assemblyman, Datuk Dr. Sim Kui Hian who paid a working visit to the SJK (C) Stapok said repair works from the roof has started thanks to the donation of of building materials from the alumni & local community. The roof was blown off last week due to a freak weather. He said this type of gotong royong is not only good to emulate but to be spread throughout Sarawak. In just two years, Dr. Sim said the school has seen amazing changes with new wings and betterRead More

Sarawak Minister for Local government and Housing, Datuk Dr. Sim Kui Hian handed over MR159,000 to representatives of Masjid Darul Muttaqin at Kampung Rantau Panjang yesterday. The money was for the repair and maintenance of the mosque under the Rural Transformation programme (RTP) 2018. Dr. Sim said Chief Minister, Datuk Patinggi Abang Zohari Openg started the RTP programme for two years rolling plan to allow faster implementation of the RTP projects. This, he said, was to ensure the people will benefit from it. He also took the opportunity to giveRead More

State Assemblyman for Batu Lintang, Lo Khere Chiang who is also the MPP Chairman calls for patience from the public on the heavy traffic jam from Mile 4 to Serian. In a press conference today with LBU, JKR and consultants, Lo said the construction of all the four flyovers at Mile 4. Mile 6, Mile 7 and Mile 10 is scheduled to be completed by Oct 30, 2020 and road commuters are urged to be patient. He said the projects costing RM50 million started last year and he understood the complaints of the traffic jams alongRead More