Day: September 7, 2024

SIBU, The long-awaited dream of the Selangau community for a new secondary school is set to become a reality with the commencement of the Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan (SMK) Selangau construction project. The school will be built on an 8.9-hectare plot of land, 79km from here, and will accommodate 400 students. “This school project costs over RM81 million, with a 35-month timeline and a completion date set for June 14, 2027,” said Tamin state assemblyman Christopher Gira Sambang. Speaking after a ceremonial event at the project site today, Gira said the school will have 18 classrooms, male and female student dormitories,

SIBU, The long-awaited dream of the Selangau community for a new secondary school is set to become a reality with the commencement of the Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan (SMK) Selangau construction project. The school will be built on an 8.9-hectare plot of land, 79km from here, and will accommodate 400 students. “This school project costs over RM81 million, with a 35-month timeline and a completion date set for June 14, 2027,” said Tamin state assemblyman Christopher Gira Sambang. Speaking after a ceremonial event at the project site today, Gira said the school will have 18 classrooms, male and female student dormitories,

Deputy Prime Minister and Rural and Regional Development Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said there are about 420,000 hectares of rubber plantations owned by smallholders involving mature rubber trees which are no longer productive. Ahmad Zahid said rubber tree logs cut down for replanting can be used as ‘timber’ to generate side income. ‘The timber or wood material can be used to make furniture that can be sold before the treatment process (replanting) is done. ‘With an area of ??420,000 hectares, it can provide a lucrative yield of about RM2 billion within 10 years, or RM200 million a

Deputy Prime Minister and Rural and Regional Development Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said there are about 420,000 hectares of rubber plantations owned by smallholders involving mature rubber trees which are no longer productive. Ahmad Zahid said rubber tree logs cut down for replanting can be used as ‘timber’ to generate side income. ‘The timber or wood material can be used to make furniture that can be sold before the treatment process (replanting) is done. ‘With an area of ??420,000 hectares, it can provide a lucrative yield of about RM2 billion within 10 years, or RM200 million a

KUALA LUMPUR, The Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) is exploring on how companies can best apply the Maqasid Al Shariah aspirations and principles in their products and services and have better social and governance practices. Chairman Datuk Mohammad Faiz Azmi said the actions needed are urgent as some of the companies are purely focusing on profit maximisation to the detriment of its stakeholders and the planet. ‘In the context of climate change, the data being provided by scientists on the alarming decrease in biodiversity, the changing weather patterns, the intensity of weather events and the impending rise of the sea levels,