The Chief Minister, who arrived in Finland yesterday at the start of a fortnight study visit to Europe, said he was highly impressed with the use of digital tools to manage the forest industry in the state. Such tools, which entails widespread data sharing digitally between the stakeholders, could become useful for Sarawak’s forest industry development as part of the effort to digitise the state’s economy. The delegation received briefings on overview of the forest policy of Finland, sustainable forest management, sustainable management of acacia plantation and digital tools for forestRead More

Pakatan Harapan chairman Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad could have easily repealed the Petroleum Development Act during his 22-year tenure as Prime Minister as he had a two-thirds majority all the time, said Sarawak United Peoples’ Party (SUPP) Youth chief Tan Kai. Tan, who is a political secretary to the Chief Minister, was responding to Dr Mahathir’s statement that the latter’s hands were tied as the Act was drafted and approved before his time as prime minister, hence he could not do anything about the oil royalty and funds to beRead More