News about Sarawak

KUALA LUMPUR (July 18): Sarawak Cable Bhd is selling a piece of freehold land together with industrial premises in Klang to Supermax Corp Bhd for RM65 million.

  SIBU (July 13): The Sarawak government has never seized land belonging to the people at random for development purposes or providing infrastructural facilities in the state as claimed by a handful of people.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 25): Terengganu Sultanah Nur Zahirah's application for her defamation suit against Sarawak Report editor Clare Rewcastle Brown and two others to be disposed via summary judgment has been fixed for hearing on Sept 10.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 24): Sarawak's Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning yesterday lambasted Federal Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng for making what it described as a "totally misleading" claim that the state would go bust in three years if it continues to be ruled by Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS).

KUALA LUMPUR (June 23): Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng today calls for investigations into possible monopolistic practices among cement players in Sarawak, saying that prices of the building material in the state are markedly higher than in Peninsular Malaysia.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 18): Sarawak Report editor in-chief Clare Rewcastle Brown and two other defendants must submit by June 25 their affidavits in reply to Terengganu Sultanah Nur Zahirah's application for the latter's defamation suit to be decided by summary judgment.

KUCHING (June 18): The Sarawak government, through its state-owned power utility, Sarawak Energy Bhd (SEB), is eyeing the potential sale of additional electricity to Indonesia.

KUCHING (June 11): There is a need to conduct a thorough study on the cost-benefit and investment returns when taking over an airline in efforts to provide rural air services in Sarawak, said Deputy Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Minister Chong Chieng Jen.

KUCHING (June 10): Deputy Minister of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Chong Chieng Jen wants the Sarawak government to conduct a thorough study on soil integrity and potential threats to public safety in the vicinity of Kota Sentosa due to the operation of a quarry nearby.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 28): Construction work on the Sarawak-Sabah Link Road is expected to begin in the first quarter of next year, said Works Minister Baru Bian.