News about Sarawak

PETALING JAYA (JULY 18): Sarawak Chief Minister Abang Johari Openg told the state assembly today that the previous government had determined allocation amounts based on the size of the state’s population, taken as 10% of the country’s total population.

PETALING JAYA (July 17): Sabah infrastructure development minister Datuk Peter Anthony said in a statement that up to RM1 billion could be saved if the project was managed by the Works Ministry and State Infrastructure Development Ministry.

KUCHING (July 11): The landmark outcome of the Land Code (Amendment) Bill, 2018 is to enable native communal title in perpetuity to be issued over an area to be described as native territorial domain.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 6): The new Pakatan Harapan government will continue to roll out the 1,060km-long Pan Borneo Highway (pictured) linking Sabah and Sarawak in East Malaysia, but the mega infrastructure project will be "looked into" to reduce its costs — expected at RM16 billion — said Works Minister Baru Bian.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 3): Putrajaya has still not made a decision about reviewing the Pan Borneo Highway (pictured) project, Works Minister Baru Bian said today.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 28): Gamuda Bhd’s net profit in its third quarter ended April 30, 2018 (3QFY18) grew 17% to RM200.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 26): The full cabinet list circulating on social media is inaccurate, reported the news portal Malaysiakini today.

PUTRAJAYA (June 26): Housing and Local Government Minister (KPKT) Zuraida Kamaruddin said the ministry will be working with the Sarawak government to solve housing issues in the state.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 26): More than 100 graves in a Muslim cemetery in Seruai, Spaoh district, Sarawak have collapsed into the Sungai Saribas owing to soil erosion According Batang Lupar PKR branch chief Abang Zulkifli Engkeh, the soil erosion is believed to be caused by sand mining and dredging activities in and around the Sungai Saribas carried out by a private company, Bernama reported yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 22): A political party in Sarawak has made a report to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) over the construction of the 22km Nanga Ngungun-Nanga Jagau Road in Kanowit, Sibu.