Sarawak, Malaysia

A MALAYSIAN state government is probing investigators' claims that up to 60 per cent of infrastructure funds possibly amounting to billions of dollars have been siphoned off, a report said on Sunday.

The Sarawak Civil Defence Department hopes to recruit more non-Bumiputeras in its recruitment drive for 1,500 new members next year, its director Col Che Othman Hussin said.

MIRI: Employees of oil-giant Sarawak Shell are seeking Government intervention in an impending large-scale retrenchment exercise.

Here we go again, another fire in Kampong Ayer! Curious onlookers gathered at the walkways surrounding Brunei's famous water village yesterday after word of mouth had spread around town that smoke was billowing above Kampong Ujong Tanjong.

Many people associate food, shelter, rest and hospitality with home. However, on some occasions we are forced to seek for these services elsewhere.

BASED pharmaceutical company Novartis has signed an agreement with Sarawak Biodiversity Centre and Malaysian Biotech Corporation to explore bioactive compounds from natural resources.

Batang Lupar has the potential to be turned into a major livestock breeding area for commercial purpose, Deputy Agriculture and Agro-based Industry Minister Datuk Rohani Abdul Karim said.

Sarawak may resort to using satellite transmission in the near future as the best option for the most comprehensive Internet connectivity.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 21 -- The Kembara Bernama-Tourism Malaysia treasure hunt will be expanded to Sabah and Sarawak next year to promote multi-racial culture in line with the 1Malaysia concept.

KUCHING: The Star , Malaysia's leading English daily, is set to expand its operations with a Sarawak edition soon.

The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission has allocated RM500 million from the national USP fund for broadband penetration in Sarawak within the 2008-2010 period.

Sarawak on Wednesday proposed that the federal government establish border security units to strengthen security along the more than 1,000 km of its borders.

Sarawak's manufacturing sector is expected to grow at 2.6 per cent per annum on the premise that export demand for manufactured products increase as the world economy stabilises, Deputy Chief Minister Tan Sri Dr George Chan told the state assembly Wednesday.

A lawyer holding political posts cannot contest for a post in the Bar Council, the Federal Court ruled today, in dismissing an appeal by lawyer R. Sivarasa, who is both a member of parliament and vice-president of Parti Keadilan Rakyat .

The Association of Brunei Timber Factories , with the cooperation of the Forestry Department will be organising a Bukit Shahbandar Challenge on December 6, at the Bukit Shahbandar Recreational Park.

Human Rights Commission of Malaysia has dismissed the allegation that it is trying to masquerade as a Non-Governmental Organisation as alleged by Sarawak Chief Minister Tan Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud.

MIRI : Indigenous-rights organisations in Sarawak have given the police ''two thumbs-down'' for the way they had ''flopped'' in their investigations into the sexual-abuse of Penan girls and women in logging concession areas in northern Sarawak.

KUCHING: The controversy involving Sarawak's bumiputeras born of mixed marriages is almost resolved.

The Sarawak State Assembly sitting on Friday was jolted over an incident where an immigrant worker was said to have demanded for identification document from a state assemblyman.

A total of 299 participants from 19 villages throughout Sarawak have registered for the homestay programme under the Ministry of Tourism Malaysia.