News about Sarawak

KUCHING (Oct 1): The Sarawak Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture will not gazette any old privately-owned building in the state as a heritage site without the prior consent of its owner.

KAPIT (Sept 30): Sarawak through its energy company, Sarawak Energy Berhad, aims to light up about 22,360 rural homes in this vast state in the coming years with reliable 24-hour electricity supply.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 19): The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has detained two people, including a former senior officer of the Malaysian Armed Forces who holds a Datuk title, in connection with an investigation into false claims linked to a project worth about RM800 million to upgrade rural roads in Sarawak.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 15): Datuk Rizal Mansor today denied that the RM5 million cash from Jepak Holdings Sdn Bhd that was delivered to Seri Perdana, Putrajaya, was meant for him and not his ex-boss Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor.

MUKAH (Sept 12): The construction of all nine bridges crossing and connecting the network of coastal roads in Sarawak is scheduled to be completed in 2024, said Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg (pictured).

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 8): A consultant testifying in Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor's (pictured) graft trial has denied that he was misled when asked by the latter's special aide to prepare a consultancy agreement for a solar hybrid project.

KUCHING (Sept 4): Sarawak will continue to offer the Sarawak-Malaysia My Second Home (S-MM2H) programme to foreigners although the federal government has decided to suspend the MM2H until this Dec 31.

KUCHING (Sept 1): UDA Holdings Bhd (UDA) and the Sarawak Economic Development Corporation (SEDC) have inked a joint development agreement involving a mixed development project with an estimated gross development value (GDV) of RM480 million.

SIMANGGANG (Aug 31): The Sarawak government has been working closely with its federal counterpart to channel various forms of aid to those affected by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, which aptly reflects this year’s National Day theme, Malaysia Prihatin (Malaysia Cares).

SIBU (Aug 14): Sarawak is focusing on infrastructure development towards opening up of new development corridors in line with its target of becoming a developed and high-income state by 2030.