News about Sarawak

  MIRI (Jan 15): The Sarawak state government has launched its own low-cost housing development initiatives, previously under the jurisdiction of the Federal Government.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 9): The High Court here has fixed Feb 8 to hear the application of former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak (pictured) to recuse Datuk Seri Gopal Sri Ram from being the senior public prosecutor in his 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) trial, according to Malaysiakini.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 7): Earthworks and civil engineering services specialist Advancecon Holdings Bhd is looking to make strides forward in Sarawak, as new opportunities beckon after the state government indicated major plans for the infrastructure scene there.

MIRI (Dec 31): The authorities have reassured residents here that it “is highly unlikely that a super-typhoon will hit northern Sarawak” over the next few days.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 31): French regulators have seized properties worth up to €150 million belonging to former Aabar Investments PJS Ltd chairman Khadem Al-Qubaisi in its probe into 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB), according to Sarawak Report (SR).

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 28): As crude oil markets pulled back, sparking concerns of a federal budget recalibration, construction players who have shifted their focus to East Malaysia may find shelter there as state-funded projects are insulated from the risk of reduction of the federal government spending.

PETALING JAYA (Dec 24): Jakarta assures that the situation — in which five Malaysians were accused of stealing wood, and were taken hostage by the Indonesian army — will not be repeated.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 23): Five Malaysians were reported to have been allegedly kidnapped by heavily armed Indonesian soldiers on the Sarawak side of the border and taken to Kalimantan.

BINTULU (Dec 12): Man may build but sometimes Mother Nature shows her greater strength.

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