Thursday, August 11th, 2022
Foreign-born denied automatic citizenship
Sarawak United Peoples’ party (SUPP) Central Woman Chief, Kho Teck Wan expressed disappointment with the Court of Appeal’s decision that denied automatic granting of citizenship to overseas born children by Malaysian mothers with foreign spouses. The High court on September last year made an landmark decision that allowed citizenship to be granted to children born overseas to Malaysian mothers with foreign spouses. However the government had filed an appeal against the high court’s decision. “SUPP through our Secretary General and myself issued separate statements on September 20th last year toRead More
Mayor Miri Adam Yii checks flooding issues in Jalan Pantai, Lutong
Miri City Council together with the support rendered by Drainage & Irrigation Department (DID) have drawn up a series of immediate remedial measures to deal with the flooding issue at Jalan Pantai, Lutong whenever high tide coincides with heavy downpour. The decision was made soon after the combined site visit carried out by Adam Yii, Mayor of Miri City, Mr Abdul Rahman bin Taupek, the Acting City Secretary, Councillors, officers from Council’s Engineering Department as well as officials from DID so as to assess the extent of damages caused byRead More
State Assemblyman for Batu Kitang, Lo Khere Chiang blasts DAP
State Assemblyman for Batu Kitang, Lo Khere Chiang expressed his shock and anger to learn that the former Federal Minister of Finance Lim Guan Eng rejected, without assigning any reason whatsoever, an investment tax allowance application by Sarawak Energy’s subsidiary Baleh Hydro Power Generation Sdn Bhd in 2019 and give a thumb up to Baleh hydro insistence to file a judicial review . “What irks me is that why did Sarawak DAP not come to our defence and they had miserably failed to protect the interest of Sarawakians. They evenRead More
