News about Sarawak

KUALA LUMPUR (March 18): Oil palm plantation company IOI Corp Bhd is reported to have agreed to return 5,000ha of native customary rights (NCR) land to villagers in Tinjar, Sarawak under a resolution, which resulted from more than two years of engagement by both parties involved in the disputed land after the provisional lease was issued by the state government in 1996.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 15): Sarawak Consolidated Industries Bhd (SCIB) has bagged an engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning (EPCC) job worth approximately RM135 million in Muallim, Perak.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 1): Earthworks and civil engineering services specialist Advancecon Holdings Bhd said its 30%-owned Advancecon Sarawak Sdn Bhd had bagged its single-largest contract worth RM153.

PETALING JAYA (Feb 24): Sarawak Property developers have called on the Federal government to come up with “a clear and transparent exit plan or road map” as the authorities roll out their immunisation effort, FMT News reported today.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 10): The High Court today fixed Feb 18 to deliver its decision on whether to call Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor (pictured) to enter her defence with regard to three counts of graft in relation to the solar hybrid project involving 369 schools in Sarawak.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 9): Sarawak Consolidated Industries Bhd (SCIB) and its unit have bagged contracts worth RM821.

KUCHING (Jan 26): Sarawak health director Dr Chin Zin Hing revealed that a total of 53 medical personnel from four hospitals in the state have tested positive for Covid-19, reported Dayak Daily.

PETALING JAYA (Jan 25): Amidst a general gloomy outlook, Sarawak property market is still seeing a silver lining, led by the development of the state’s oil and gas industry in Bintulu and agricultural sector, said C H Williams Talhar Wong & Yeo managing director Robert Ting.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 13): The High Court has dismissed a striking out application brought by Jepak Holdings Sdn Bhd's former managing director Saidi Abang Samsudin (pictured) in a lawsuit against him by by his former partner Rayyan Radzwill Abdullah.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 19): The B40 residents of Sarawak can now buy homes in state government developments for RM120,000 or less, the Borneo Post reported Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg (pictured) saying yesterday.