Fatimah speaks during the press conference held at her office in Bangunan Baitulmakmur. KUCHING: The Ministry of Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development has introduced a consolidated form to expedite the registration process for private ‘taska’ (nurseries) and kindergartens to open. According to its minister Dato Sri Fatimah Abdullah, the form would include the latest standard operating procedures (SOPs) and also conditions set by each technical agency as guidelines for every private taska and kindergarten operator. “If these childcare centres are not registered, they would not be able to enjoy facilities provided by the state government, such as the annual grant of RM5,000. “This latest SOP is intended to ...

KUCHING: The iSarawakCare app will be fully implemented by next year, says Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister Dato Sri Fatimah Abdullah. She said a trial run of the app, which provides users with information on government assistance offered by the ministry, was carried out on July 3. “It will be fully implemented by next year. Right now, it is still in the trial period,” she told a press conference at her office in Baitulmakmur Building here yesterday. She said iSarawakCare contains information and online application for various assistance such as the Endowment Fund Scheme (EFS), ‘Bantuan Ibu Bersalin’ (BIB), Kenyalang Gold Card (KGC), Special Annual Grant (GTK), and ‘Bantuan Khas Pesakit Buah Pinggang’ ...

Social entrepreneur Mathew Ngau Jau painting traditional Kenyah motifs on canvas made of tree bark recently. KUCHING: Applications are now open for the first batch of the Social Impact Accelerator (SIA) programme which is organised in line with the Sarawak government’s mission to increase the number of successful social enterprises and promote digital innovation and entrepreneurship in the state. According to a press statement, the Tabung Ekonomi Gagasan Anak Sarawak (Tegas) will be working closely with their strategic partners, Youth Trust Foundation (myHarapan) and Sarawak Multimedia Authority (SMA) for the programme. “We are happy to join forces with Tegas and work towards creating a vibrant social entrepreneurship ecosystem in Sarawak. We believe the ...

Fatimah (third left) presenting the special aid in the form of a mock cheque to dialysis patient Lara Wahab, witnessed by others. MIRI: The iSarawak Care digital platform, which will undergo a trial run tomorrow, is expected to enhance the state government’s delivery of social and welfare services to the people, said Dato Sri Fatimah Abdullah. The Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister said the trial run would cover applications for Post Natal Care Assistance (BIB) and Endowment Fund Sarawak (EFS). Fatimah said currently, applications are made through conventional paperwork but with the latest digital initiative, there would be less hassle for the people and the efficiency of government service delivery would be improved. “All ...

KUCHING: Every application for a new private daycare centre or kindergarten that complies with the terms and procedures set by the Land and Survey Department, should receive approval within 35 days, says Dato Sri Fatimah Abdullah. The Minister of Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development believes that there needs to a standardised timeline for such process. “The approval process for new daycare centres and kindergartens in Sarawak is quite different from those in the rest of the country, as it involves technical agencies. My ministry is very serious in ensuring that all daycare centre and kindergarten operators in Sarawak will ensure the safety of the children,” she told reporters at her office yesterday. Fatimah said all daycare ...

KUCHING: The Ministry of Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development is mulling over simplifying the registration of daycare centres and kindergartens through the usage of only one form. Minister Dato Sri Fatimah Abdullah believes that through such simplification, operators would not have to fill out different types of forms with various authorities in terms of registering new daycare centres and kindergartens. “We are working on a way to come up with a single form that covers all the requirements,” she told reporters at her office after chairing a meeting on the matter yesterday. On the proposed single form, Fatimah said it would not be ‘a new type of form’ per se, but rather an upgrade of the existing system. “We ...

Uggah (standing, left), Adzman (standing, second left), Dr Sim (standing, third left) and Lo (standing, second right) at one of the Form Five classes at SMK Jalan Arang KUCHING: Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas is happy to note that the two schools that he visited today complied with the Recovery Movement Control Order (RMCO) standard operating procedures (SOP) for the resumption of Form Five and Form Six. “I am very happy to note the high rate of compliance by the administration of the two schools,” he said in a press statement after visiting SMK Jalan Arang and SMK St Thomas here to see for himself how they are complying with the SOP. Uggah, who is State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) committee chairman, were accompanied by Minister ...

Fatimah gestures when speaking to reporters at her office today. Also seen is Assistant Minister of Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Rosey Yunus (left). – Photo by Muhammad Rais Sanusi KUCHING: The Ministry of Welfare, Community Well Being, Women, Family and Childhood Development is thinking of coming up with a single form to simplify the registration process for new daycare centres and kindergartens. Its minister Dato Sri Fatimah Abdullah said that if there was only one form used, there would not be any need for new daycare centres and kindergartens operators to fill in different types of forms with various technical agencies if they want to register. “For now, if new daycare centres and kindergartens want to register ...

  Datuk Lee Kim Shin MIRI: Malaysians who want to travel by land to Limbang and Lawas via Brunei must comply with the sultanate’s latest entry declaration requirement enforced on Monday to curb the spread of Covid-19, said Sarawak Transport Minister Datuk Lee Kim Shin. He told a press conference today that Brunei now required foreigner travellers to fill the transit declaration form and prohibited them from making any stops until they have left the country.   Lee, who heads the Miri Division Disaster Management Committee, said the form can be downloaded from the Brunei Immigration and National Registration Department website at www.immigration.gov.bn “This application must be submitted five days earlier ...

(From second left) Abdul Aziz, Lee, Razami and representatives from the commercial vehicles association after attending the meeting at Miri Resident Office. MIRI: Transport Minister of Sarawak Datuk Lee Kim Shin said the federal Ministry of Transport (MOT) Information Management Section is coordinating the effort to set up an online Land Public Transport Licensing System with Land Public Transport Agency (APAD) and Commercial Vehicle Licensing Board (CVLB) in Sabah and Sarawak. Lee who is also Senadin Assemblyman said he had held a meeting with CVLB Sarawak director and officers following public complaints on the long delay in processing of commercial vehicle licences in the state especially here. “The system would be used to process any type of application related ...