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Sarawak premier says state's 2024 revenue collection set to surpass 2023's RM13.3b

KUCHING, May 4 -- Sarawak's revenue collection is projected to be more this year, surpassing the collection of RM13.3 billion for last year, state Premier Tan Sri Abang Johari Openg said tonight. He ... Read More


Sarawak Speaker: Bill to establish Sarawak Ports Authority to be tabled in next legislative assembly

KUCHING, May 4 -- A Bill to establish the Sarawak Ports Authority (SPA) that will streamline and consolidate the management, operation, and planning of all authorities will be tabled in next week's si... Read More


Abang Johari welcomes businessmen keen to migrate from peninsular Malaysia to Sarawak; mulls giving PR status but with conditions

KUCHING, April 28 -- The Sarawak government is considering grant permanent resident status to businessmen from peninsular Malaysia as proposed by Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof. Sara... Read More


Sarawak premier confirms encouraging oil discovery by Petros in Block SK433 within Miri

MIRI, April 15 -- Premier Tan Sri Abang Johari Openg tonight said there are positive signs of an oil discovery by the state-owned Petroleum Sarawak Berhad (Petros) and Sarawak-based Petra Energy Berha... Read More


Bukit Assek Redevelopment Masterplan, a game-changer for Sibu, is ready, says Sarawak premier

SIBU, April 13 -- Sarawak Premier Tan Sri Abang Johari Openg tonight said the Land Custody and Development Authority (LCDA) has completed the Bukit Assek Redevelopment Masterplan that aims to change t... Read More


One dead, another missing after four friends' trip to Sarawak waterfall ends in tragedy

KUCHING, April 12 -- A trip involving four friends, all aged 20, to a waterfall at Kampung Sebat Dayak in the Lundu district ended in tragedy when one of them was confirmed drowned, with another still... Read More


Tell me bad news even if it hurts, says Sarawak deputy premier to state ministry personnel

KUCHING, March 26 -- Sarawak Deputy Premier Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah has told officers from various departments and agencies under the state Ministry of Infrastructure and Port Development (MIPD) to b... Read More


Zainal Abidin, Belle Sisoski and Kitaro to perform at Rainforest World Music Festival, says Sarawak tourism minister

KUCHING, March 22 -- Datuk Zainal Abidin, Sarawakian Belle Sisoski and the legendary Kitaro will be among top musicians to perform at the 27th edition of the internationally renowned Rainforest World ... Read More


Bintulu's Samalaju Industrial Park nets RM111.73b approved investment since 2008 launch, says Sarawak premier

BINTULU, March 6 -- Premier Tan Sri Abang Johari Openg said last night that Samalaju Industrial Park, which was launched by the then prime minister Tun Abdul Ahmad Badawi in 2008, has attracted an app... Read More


Sarawak's free higher education will be colour-blind, says premier

KUCHING, Feb. 26 -- Sarawak Premier Tan Sri Abang Johari Openg has vowed that there will be no racial discrimination for admissions when the free tertiary education scheme commences in state-owned uni... Read More