KUCHING: Rural folk who do not have easy access to Petronas or Shell stations will soon be able to purchase petroleum products at the same price and of same quality as those in urban areas. Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hasan said this is made possible due to the initiative to construct more than 20 Smart mini …

KUCHING: The Ministry of Higher Education Ministry has allocated a RM1 million fund to kickstart ‘Sarawak Pepper Farm’ project on a 25-acre land at University Putra Malaysia (UPM) Bintulu Campus to be developed in phases, beginning this month. The setting up of the Sarawak Pepper Farm @ UPM Bintulu is the result of a strategic research collaboration between UPM, Ministry …

KUCHING: Sarawak is working with Chinese multinational company Huawei to develop an e-wallet, or digital payment system, to be called ‘Sarawak Pay’ to enhance the state’s development of financial technology. Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg revealed this at the 68th Anniversary of the Founding of the People’s Republic of China celebration dinner at a leading hotel here …

SK ONE Garden City being the first garden mall in Bintulu, Sarawak. Comprising of street mall, commercial shops, supermarket and residence. SK ONE Garden City is the latest dynamic lifestyle capital. Experience life’s finest moments all in one place. Residents of the serviced apartments could enjoy private roof-top Residents’ Club and recreational area equipped with facilities such as a club …

Toorak Park located at Jalan Seladah, Kuching. It comprises 65 units of five-storey luxury apartments designed by Italian award-winning architectural facade architect Enrico Costa.

Princeton Suites is a 9.5 storey Serviced Apartment cum Commercial located at Jalan Stutong Baru, Kuching. 9 Units per floor and serviced by 3 passenger lifts all secured by secutity access cards and CCTV. Unit size ranges from 740 Square Feet to 1,005 Square Feet and comes with 2-Bedrooms or 2+1 Bedrooms.

The 13-storey Town Square SOHO, located within Phase 2 of Ibraco’s maiden One Stop Centre project. Town Square Bintulu, features amenities of 158 units of Small Office Home Office (SOHO) units, a foyer, a car cum motorcycle parking podium of strata titles, gardens, gymnasium and club house facilities, as well as a commercial podium on the ground floor, all aimed …

First outlet of Taiwan’s Grand Castella Cake has opened at Vivacity Megamall, Kuching. Castella cakes is a soft and bouncy moist Japanese sponge cakes. Grand Castella Cake opened its first store in Tamsui Old Street, Taiwan in 2010, and has since attracted many adoring fans.   Grand Castella Cake Official Facebook

KUALA LUMPUR: The Real Estate and Housing Developers’ Association (REHDA) is appealing to the government to relax regulations for first time house buyers and properties below RM500,000. President, Datuk Seri Fateh Iskandar Mohamed Mansor said the request includes a cheaper interest rate and longer loan tenure for transactions in the two categories. “We would like an end to the financing …

KUCHING: The state government acquired the Bakun hydroelectric power (HEP) plant from the federal government through the take-over of Sarawak Hidro Sdn Bhd (SHSB) by Sarawak Energy Berhad (SEB) yesterday. The deal was closed with signing and close-out of items detailed in the Share Sale Agreement (SSA) between SEB and the Ministry of Finance (MoF) . According to Sarawak Energy …