"Don't waste time on SUPP-UPP quarrel, let's talk about getting back our education, medical autonomies"

KUCHING, Dec 9, 2014: It is a waste of time for the Sarawak DAP to focus its attention on the quarrel between Sarawak United People's Party (SUPP) and its break-away group, United People's Party (UPP), remarked Sarawak DAP chief Chong Chieng Jen today.

No reason for delay in reduction as Sesco can afford, says Sarawak DAP chief

KUCHING, Dec 9, 2014: Sarawak DAP chairman Chong Chieng Jen pleaded with the state government to reduce electricity tariffs for commercial and industrial sectors  by 30% without further delay.

 

"I suggest that the reduction to take effect from Jan 1 next year," he said at a press conference today.

Baru expresses regret that title was withdrawn when Anwar is under political pressure

KUCHING, Dec 5, 2014: Sarawak Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) has expressed regret that the title of "Datuk Seri" conferred on party de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim was withdrawn by the Sultan of Selangor recently.

" To us, it is regrettable that the title is withdrawn at a time when political pressure is intensifying to discredit Anwar and the decision of the Federal Court on his appeal still pending," Sarawak PKR chief Baru Bian said in a statement today.

 

File picture: Anwar Ibrahim (second right) with Baru Bian (right) and State PKR vice chairman See Chee How (3rd left)

Murum HEP's first unit turbine completes its reliability run, ready for operation

BINTULU, Dec 5, 2014: : Sarawak Energy Berhad’s Murum Hydro Electric Project (HEP) has reached a key milestone, with the completion of the first power generating turbine unit's reliability run and is now ready for operation.

The first of four turbine units that had undergone rigorous testing to ready Murum HEP, Sarawak’s largest hydroelectric project, for full commissioning by second quarter of next year.

 

 Picture: SEB reaches a key milestone with the completion of the reliability run of the first power generating unit of Murum HEP

Amazon scared of delivering book deemed critical of Taib Mahmud?

SEATTLE, USA, Dec 2, 2014: Amazon, the American online retailer, is  withholding deliveries of a book which is highly critical of Sarawak's Governor Abdul Taib Mahmud.

Amazon customers from the United Kingdom have complained with the Bruno Manser Fund (BMF) that they cannot order the book “Money Logging: On the Trail of the Asian Timber Mafia“ by BMF executive director Lukas Straumann.