KUCHING: Sarawak will be directly connected with Hong Kong via air beginning April 2016 following the inking of an official agreement on the move. The memorandum of understanding (MOU) was signed by Sarawak Tourism Board (STB) and Hong Kong Airlines here yesterday. The board was represented by its chief executive officer Datu Ik Pahon Joyik, who is also permanent secretary …

KUCHING, Dec 15 (Bernama) — A Hong Kong airline company is interested to mount scheduled direct flights to here, said Sarawak Tourism Minister, Datuk Amar Abang Abdul Rahman Johari Tun Abang Openg. Abang Johari said the ministry has concluded negotiations with the company and a memorandum of understanding would be signed on Dec 18. He said HK was a strategic …

Vivacity Megamall Kuching – Largest Mall in Sarawak open to the public @ 12th December 2015, starting 10am until 10pm. With a gross floor area of 1.2 million square feet and a net Lettable Area of 820,000 square feet. The new premium mall divided into three atriums: East (E), Centre (C), and West (W) Atriums. Stores such as Nando’s, TGV …

KUCHING: Parkson is set to open another outlet at Kuching’s largest shopping mall to date, Vivacity Megamall, during the mall’s soft opening today. The new outlet marks the fourth Parkson in Kuching with the other three at Riverside, The Spring and Plaza Merdeka. Chief operating officer of Parkson Corporation Sdn Bhd Law Boon Eng said thanks to unending support from …

KUCHING: The proposed underpass at the Datuk Abang Haji Kipali Roundabout in Petra Jaya will be built very soon now that the project has been awarded to a contractor. The interchange will be built via shallow underpasses on a ‘Design and Build’ contract basis. Speaking to reporters at a press conference in Matang Jaya yesterday, Works Minister Datuk Seri Fadillah …

KUCHING: The construction of a dual-carriageway road linking the E-Mart roundabout at Jalan Matang with Jalan Stapok in Batu Kawah may be facing a slight delay now, says Works Minister Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof. According to him, the current rate of completed work since its launch in April this year is 6.81 per cent, instead of the targeted 12.02 per …

KUCHING: There will be no more bottlenecks once the upgrading of the single carriageway (2 lanes) into dual carriage way (four lanes) from 10th Mile to 15th Mile Kuching/Serian Road is completed by early August 2017. Works Minister Dato Sri Fadillah Yusof gave this assurance when he announced that the upgrading the of 9.2km dual carriageway project costing RM79.998 million …

Housing prices are expected to keep soaring despite the government’s continued efforts to strive for a balance between demand and supply by constructing more affordable houses. Assistant Minister for Housing Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah said a residential unit which is priced at RM100,000 today might be valued at RM1 million 10 years later. “In the 70s, a single-storey terrace …

THE COST and availability of land are among the factors the state government had to look into to construct low-cost houses within the city centre. Assistant Minister of Housing Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah said if the government through its agencies were to acquire lands that are situated within the city, house buyers would have to pay quite a high …