Thursday 31 August 2017

Abang Johari: Malaysia not an obstacle for Sarawak to chart own destiny



Extracts of an address by Chief Minister Datuk Amar Abang Johari Tun Abang Openg at the state-level National Day  celebration in Bintulu on August 31, 2017

HARI KEBANGSAAN NOT HARI KEMERDEKAAN
Salam Ibu Pertiwiku dan Salam Negaraku 1Malaysia
Saudara dan saudari sekalian mungkin bertanya apakah “Salam Ibu Pertiwiku”. Ia adalah jenama Sarawak sendiri yang bermaksud salam “Tanah Tumpah Darahku”.  Or greetings of our “Motherland”. It is our own brand.

Wednesday 30 August 2017

Sarawak Forestry makes its biggest log seizure at Ulu Sg Kelawit, Tatau



BINTULU, August 30, 2017 - Sarawak  Forestry Corporation's enforcement division believed that it has crippled an illegal logging operation when it made the biggest log seizure at Ulu Sungai Kelawit, near Tatau yesterday.
Piles of logs seized from the scene
Following a tip-off, the enforcement personnel seized 3,500 logs of various sizes and 14 heavy machineries consisting of 10 excavators, two tractors, a shovel  and  dump truck.

The personnel also detained two persons at the scene.

"The seizure of logs is the biggest we ever made from a single operation," a spokesman from SFC said in a statement today.

“Our enforcement team at Bintulu regional office with the assistance of a one-stop compliance centre (OSCC) Teluk Batu, Tatau went into action soon after receiving information about suspicious logging activities at the location and discovered 10 piles of logs," the spokesman said.
 
Some of the heavy machineries seized from the scene of illegal logging operation
He said the location of the seizure is within a timber licensed area, but the SFC personnel, however, established that the logging operation has not been sanctioned either by the SFC or the Forest Department.

"Therefore, it is illegal," he explained.

A report on the raid had been lodged at the Tatau Police Station.

The case had been handed over to the Forest Department for further investigation and disposal.


Friday 11 August 2017

After the London trip, Sarawak government should talk to federal government to get full autonomy, says S4S leader



KUCHING, August 11, 2017 - Sarawak  For Sarawakians (S4S) applauds the recent fact-finding mission to London but now urges the State Government to put the information to good use in its negotiations with the Federal Government in its fight to achieve full recognition of the State’s rights and autonomy under the Malaysia Agreement 1963. 

Tuesday 8 August 2017

Removal of s 88A from Law Reform (Marriage and Divorce) Bill a slap on the face of non-Muslims



By Baru Bian
The sudden removal of s 88A of the bill to amend the Law Reform (Marriage & Divorce) Act, which had been scheduled to be read a second time, is another slap in the face for people of non-Muslim faiths.

Monday 7 August 2017