Ask not what S’wak can do for you …

July 22, 2018 0 Comment

“Ask not what Sarawak can do for you—ask what you can do for Sarawak.” AS we celebrate Sarawak Day today, we at SarawakYES! thought it might be a good time to think about something other than just our studies or... more »

The beginning of another journey

July 22, 2018 0 Comment

THE surgery to insert the Tenckhoff catheter into my abdomen went on as scheduled last week. This is to allow me to perform continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD). It was supposed to be done under local anaesthesia but I was... more »

Basking and baking in a long spell of very hot weather

July 22, 2018 0 Comment

FRIENDS have asked me when, exactly, did I return from Kuching to the UK after my latest visit to Borneo. Upon answering them, I was told that I brought the good weather with me to the UK. By ‘good weather’,... more »

Enough with politics, can we get down to work?

July 21, 2018 0 Comment

MAY 9 was the day the government changed in Malaysia. Today, some 10 weeks later with a full Pakatan Harapan (PH) federal government now on seat and in place, it’s time to get down to the real work of governing... more »

Cutting off one’s nose to spite one’s face

July 15, 2018

MANKIND’S seeming lack of response to climate change through ignoring scientifically proven data showing that there is a global rise in annual temperature beggars belief. The Paris Climate Agreement (Paris Accord) of 2015 to reduce world temperature increases to 2... more »

It’s wise to be before the event, not after it

July 15, 2018

MY instant reaction to the report in The Borneo Post on July 7 about the warning sirens being installed in the villages below the level of the Bengoh Dam near Kuching was ‘Oh, damn it!’ There was a report early... more »

The Rainforest World Music Festival comes of age

July 14, 2018

COMING of age this weekend, the Rainforest World Music Festival (RWMF) celebrates its 21st edition at the same location it started at in 1998 – the Sarawak Cultural Village at Damai in Santubong, 18 miles from the capital of Kuching.... more »

Designing technology

July 14, 2018

TO ensure greater demand and success of your own product, service, and business in the digital economy, you should take design as one of the most important aspects of your strategy. An element that used to be overlooked, design has... more »