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美里国会选区服务中心的驾照援助计划再有522名参与者考获B2级摩托车驾照；自2024年推行以来，累计考获驾照者已超过2700人。

旅游、艺术及文化部副部长兼美里区国会议员赵俊文（Chiew Choon Man）在文告中说，计划主要协助有需要的人以较低成本考取驾照，让他们有条件争取工作及增加收入。

《婆罗洲邮报》10月23日报道，这批参与者的驾照颁发仪式于上周举行。522人是本次获颁驾照的群体，逾2700人则是2024年以来的累计人数，不能把两组数字当作两批新受惠者相加。

这次公布的是考照成果，并非新一轮开放报名通知，也没有列出新报名截止日期或个人须缴付的确切费用。赵俊文同时提醒获照者遵守交通规则，正确佩戴获Sirim认证的头盔。考获驾照增加了就业与出行选择，安全骑乘的责任仍在骑士身上。

Another 522 participants have obtained B2 motorcycle licences through the Miri parliamentary service centre’s driving-licence assistance programme. The centre says more than 2,700 people have qualified since the scheme began in 2024.

The latest group received their licences at a presentation ceremony last week, The Borneo Post reported on Oct 23. The 522 figure refers to that group; the larger total is the programme’s cumulative reach, not a second batch of new recipients.

Miri MP and Deputy Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister Chiew Choon Man said in a statement that the programme was intended to make licensing more affordable, particularly for people in need, and help them access employment and additional income.

This is a report of completed licences, rather than an announcement of a new application round. No new registration deadline or exact participant fee accompanied the update. Chiew also reminded recipients to obey traffic rules and wear a properly fastened, Sirim-approved helmet: the assistance lowers the barrier to obtaining a licence, but does not remove a rider’s road-safety responsibilities.

砂拉越拟投入约5亿令吉，在九处具潜力的陆上区域钻探10口油气探井。Petros点名的钻探地区为Balingian、林梦—老越、马鲁帝及尼亚，不包括古晋市区。

古晋出现在另一份名单中：砂天然气路线图把古晋、美里、Samalaju及民都鲁列为发展枢纽。枢纽布局与陆上钻探地点是不同部署，不能因古晋名列其中，就认定探井将在市内开钻。

砂国际贸易、工业及投资部10月21日在州议会部门总结时说明，探井计划将运用先进技术寻找新储量。DayakDaily报道，5亿令吉是估计投资额；九处潜力区仍须经过勘探，不能当成已确认的新油气田。

有关产业发展也指向工程、制造、维修及物流等本地企业的潜在机会。对业者而言，下一步仍是具体工程安排与采购信息：这次说明没有列出各口探井的开工日期或招标时间，也不代表相关合约已颁出。

Petroleum Sarawak Berhad (Petros) plans 10 exploratory oil and gas wells across nine promising onshore areas, with an estimated investment of RM500 million. Balingian, Limbang-Lawas, Marudi and Niah are the named drilling areas.

The programme was outlined in the Sarawak Ministry of International Trade, Industry and Investment’s winding-up at the State Legislative Assembly on Oct 21, DayakDaily reported. It is intended to identify new reserves using advanced technology.

The nine areas and 10 wells describe an exploration programme, not nine confirmed discoveries or 10 producing wells. Likewise, RM500 million is the estimated investment attached to the plan, rather than a reported sum already spent.

The state also identified Miri, Samalaju, Bintulu and Kuching as gas-development hubs. That is a separate geographical list: Kuching’s inclusion as a hub does not put one of the announced onshore drilling areas in the city.

For Sarawak engineering, fabrication, maintenance and logistics firms, the ministry linked wider oil and gas development to potential work opportunities and local participation. Those prospects remain different from contracts already awarded; the update did not set out individual well start dates or tender openings.

古晋中华第四中学未来拟迁往实胆彬安置区（Stampin Resettlement Scheme）。砂政府已为新校园预留校地，但还没有公布迁校日期，现址仍在Satok的Jalan Haji Taha。

对准备报读的家庭，现有校园与未来校地须分开看。校方较早向《诗华日报》说明，新校地仍在规划，教学继续在原校园进行；待整体建设完成，具备完善教学与行政设施后，才会安排搬迁。

《婆罗洲邮报》10月22日报道，砂副总理沈桂贤（Sim Kui Hian）表示，砂政府除了预留安置区内一幅地段，也通过赔偿及拨款协助四中迁校。这次说明没有列出有关支持的金额或新校园竣工目标。

沈桂贤是在安置区防洪工程动土礼上谈及校地安排，并不是为四中新校园主持动土。预留土地是未来发展的基础，不能把这场防洪工程仪式当成学校已经动工或学生即将转往新址的通知。

Kuching’s Chung Hua Middle School No. 4 is earmarked to move from Jalan Haji Taha in Satok to a new campus in the Stampin Resettlement Scheme. The latest update concerns land and relocation support, not an immediate transfer of classes.

Deputy Premier Dr Sim Kui Hian said the state had reserved a parcel of land for the school and was providing compensation and grants to help with the move, The Borneo Post reported on Oct 22. No relocation date, campus completion target or amount for that support was set out.

Sim spoke at a flood-mitigation project groundbreaking in the resettlement scheme. That ceremony should not be confused with the start of construction on the school’s future campus.

The school has separately told families that the new site remains a planning project and that teaching will continue at the existing campus in the meantime, according to See Hua Daily News. It said a move would be arranged only when the new site has complete teaching and administrative facilities.

For parents considering enrolment, the important distinction is between a site reserved for future expansion and the campus where classes are being held now. The land-and-support announcement does not itself change the school’s present address.

在诗巫刘钦侯医院纪念馆（Lau King Howe Hospital Memorial Museum），我会先停在池塘旁，看一眼低矮瓦顶与后方高楼的比例。眼前不是一整座保存原貌的旧医院，而是一段留在城市里的医疗记忆。如果把它只当作旧器材展览，很容易走得太快，也错过这地方与诗巫的关系。

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入口上的名字，值得先弄明白。刘钦侯1916年来到诗巫经营橡胶园，后来决定把财产用于改善当地医疗。1930年，他提出捐赠；医院1931年动工，1936年建成启用。他本人却在1932年离世，没有等到医院落成。知道这段时间差，再看“刘钦侯”三个字，就不只是辨认一位捐款人的名字，而是看见一份没有等到成果、仍然留给社会的承诺。

这也让我觉得，纪念馆适合放进认识诗巫的路线。市场与河岸让人看见贸易和生活，医院则补上另一面：城镇人口增加之后，谁来提供病床、治疗和照顾？私人经营积累的财富，在这里转成了公共医疗的一部分，服务的不仅是市区居民，也包括砂拉越中区的社区。

进馆后，我会先找旧医院模型，再慢慢看展示柜。模型里的屋顶与建筑标签，把门诊、药剂和急诊等空间放回同一张图里。拿它与今天小巧的纪念馆相比，就能理解为什么眼前留下的部分，不能代表当年整个院区。模型不是装饰，它帮助人补回已经消失的尺度。

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1994年诗巫新医院启用，旧院的服务逐步转移。与此同时，本地社团、医药界与旅游界参与保存工作，把旧医院的门诊／专科诊所空间改作纪念馆，1996年正式开放。它并不是搬院之后顺手摆几件旧物，而是社区主动选择留下的一段历史。看清这一点，接下来的器材、照片和文件就有了共同的主线。

手术展区容易吸引目光，但我不会只问器材有多旧。灯、推车与设备放在一起，更值得想的是：当年的医护人员怎样组织工作，为不断增长的人口提供服务？馆藏包含旧院医生、护士、药剂与行政人员捐出的物件。它们既说明医疗技术，也保留了人们在这里工作的痕迹。

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药剂展柜则把故事拉回比较日常的尺度。簿册、容器和配药工具，提醒人们医疗不只是手术室里的时刻，还有记录、准备与把药送到病人手上的琐碎工作。带长辈来，我会从“以前怎样领药、等看诊”这样熟悉的问题开始；带孩子来，也不必要求他们看懂每一种器材。挑一项日常活动，看它过去怎样进行，比匆忙读完所有说明更容易留下印象。

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喜欢社区史、对医护工作有兴趣，或家人与这所旧医院有关的人，比较值得特地留时间。若期待大型互动科学馆、声光装置或很长的参观路线，这里的规模与文字展示可能不合口味。我会先留约45分钟，这是行程安排建议，不是馆方规定；如果照片勾起家里的回忆，再多留一点时间反而更有意思。

从古晋出发，我会把它放进诗巫过夜行程，不为一间小馆单独来回赶路。到了诗巫，可以与城市广场、河岸散步衔接，再依各自开放时间安排中央市场或文物遗产馆。这样的组合不只是多看几个地点，而是把商业、城市生活与医疗照顾放在一起理解。

纪念馆位于Jalan Lau King Howe，96000 Sibu，免费入场，欢迎捐款。现列开放时间为星期二至星期日早上9时至下午5时，星期一及公共假期休馆。团体到访或接近假期时，可先致电+60 84-338070确认安排。Google Maps导航：诗巫刘钦侯医院纪念馆。

我会把模型留作这趟参观的记忆点：今天看到的地方虽然小，曾经连接的却是许多人的出生、工作与求医岁月。

Start with the low tiled roof and the pond, not the medical instruments. At Lau King Howe Hospital Memorial Museum in Sibu, the surviving hospital frontage sits against much larger modern buildings. I would give that contrast a moment before going inside: this is a small piece of a healthcare campus that once served a much wider river town, not a complete hospital frozen in time.

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The hospital’s name is a useful first question. Lau King Howe came to Sibu in 1916 and ran a rubber plantation. In 1930, he offered his property to help establish a modern hospital for a town whose earlier, small hospital could no longer keep up. Construction began in 1931; the new hospital was completed in 1936. Lau died in 1932, before he could see it finished. That gap between giving and completion makes the name above the entrance more than a donor’s label: it belongs to a public service he helped make possible but never saw operating.

For a visitor trying to understand Sibu beyond trade and the waterfront, this is the interesting change of scale. A plantation fortune became beds, treatment rooms and a place where families sought care. The hospital’s reach extended beyond the town itself into central Sarawak’s communities. Its story sits alongside the region’s river connections, not apart from them.

I would look for the campus model before trying to take in every display. Its roofs and labels make the old layout legible: outpatient services, pharmacy and casualty were parts of a working system. Compare that spread with the compact museum around you. Much of the hospital campus has gone; the model helps explain what the present building alone cannot show.

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The big transition came with the opening of the new Sibu Hospital in 1994. Services shifted away, while local associations, medical professionals and tourism representatives worked to preserve the old institution’s memory. The memorial museum opened in 1996, using adapted outpatient/specialist-clinic premises. It was a community preservation project, not simply a collection of equipment left behind after a move.

That is how I would approach the surgical display. The lamp, trolley and equipment are worth examining, but the question is not just whether they look old. Ask how a small hospital organised the practical work of caring for a growing population. The museum’s artefacts include donations from former doctors, nurses, pharmacists and administrators; the objects are also traces of their working lives.

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The pharmacy exhibits offer a quieter way into the same story. Books, containers and dispensing equipment show another side of hospital work: keeping track, preparing medicines and getting them to the right place. Rather than treating every cabinet as a technical test, I would pick one familiar activity—collecting medicine, waiting for a consultation, accompanying a relative—and follow how the exhibits make its earlier form visible. You do not need a medical background to recognise how much ordinary life passed through this institution.

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I would recommend this stop to readers interested in Sibu’s community history, healthcare workers, and families with a connection to the old hospital. Someone expecting a large interactive science museum may find it too small and text-led. Allowing roughly 45 minutes is my planning suggestion, not a fixed tour duration; leave more time if the photographs and displays connect with your own family’s story.

From Kuching, I would include it in an overnight Sibu trip rather than make the long journey for this museum alone. Within Sibu, combine it with the town-square and waterfront area, then leave time for the Central Market or Heritage Centre on their own opening schedules. The museum adds the healthcare chapter that a market-and-river walk would otherwise miss.

The address is Jalan Lau King Howe, 96000 Sibu. Admission is free, with donations welcome. Posted visiting hours are Tuesday to Sunday, 9am–5pm; it closes on Mondays and public holidays. For a group visit or a date near a holiday, call +60 84-338070 before setting out. Find Lau King Howe Hospital Memorial Museum on Google Maps.

I would leave with the campus model in mind: a small surviving place makes much more sense once you have seen the larger network of care it represents.

联邦青年及体育部获拨260万令吉，在2027年提升砂拉越体育设施。不过，这笔全砂拨款，不等于如楼已获颁同额工程。

TVS报道，青体部10月22日在国会下议院答问时说明，如楼国会选区若要兴建或提升体育设施，须先与砂青年及体育局、砂政府协调，再交由部门考虑。

现有设施若需要维修或提升，负责拥有设施的机构须正式申请，备齐土地或场地拥有权资料、设施现况报告、拟进行的工程范围及预算。对社区球场来说，提出需求之外，也须说清楚场地和设施由谁负责。

部门评估时，会考虑当地需求、使用者、场地适合程度及成本，也会看完工后有没有单位能够管理和保养。换句话说，审核不只看建造费，还涉及设施日后能否持续使用；这并不是开放给居民个人领取现金的援助计划。

较大型发展项目则须先由砂政府协调及排定优先次序，再经青体部提呈经济部。此次答复交代了拨款与提案途径，尚未列出全砂最终工程名单或开工日期。

RM2.6 million has been allocated to the federal Youth and Sports Ministry for sports-facility upgrades in Sarawak in 2027, but that is not a confirmed RM2.6 million project award for Julau.

TVS reported the allocation following a Dewan Rakyat reply on Oct 22. Proposals to build or upgrade facilities in the Julau parliamentary constituency must first be coordinated with the Sarawak Youth and Sports Department and the state government before the ministry considers them.

For owners of existing facilities, the next step is a formal application with supporting details: the site’s ownership status, a report on its current condition, the proposed work and an estimated cost. The ministry also assesses local need, the people using the facility, site suitability and who can manage and maintain it after completion.

That maintenance test matters for community courts and grounds: the assessment is not just about paying for construction, but whether the facility can remain usable afterwards. It is the owning agency that must submit the application; the reply does not announce a cash-grant application for individual residents.

Larger development proposals require state-level coordination and prioritisation before going through the Youth and Sports Ministry to the Economy Ministry. The parliamentary answer sets out that route, rather than a final list of Sarawak sites or a construction start date.

砂拉越首次有旅游产品获得大马旅游品质保证计划（MyTQA）最高的白金级认证，获奖者是Borneo Empurau Farm & Resort。

这项结果并非所有砂旅游业者的整体评级。DayakDaily于10月22日报道，全国目前有116个旅游产品获MyTQA认证，其中砂拉越占10个；全国达到白金级的旅游产品共有30个。

同场另两项砂拉越认证，属于美里一带由砂拉越森林企业机构管理的Lambir Hills National Park及Loagan Bunut National Park。两座国家公园经过重新评估后获得银级，不能与度假村的白金级结果混为一谈。

MyTQA由联邦旅游、艺术及文化部推行，分银、金及白金3个等级，评估范围包括旅游产品品质、设施及服务标准。对旅客而言，这个标签所说明的是获评产品在计划内的品质表现，不是全砂景点都已达到相同等级。

认证颁发仪式于10月22日举行。业者获奖后仍被要求持续改善服务及产品，认证的意义也因此不只在领证当天，而在接下来的日常营运能否维持品质。

Sarawak now has a Platinum-rated product under Malaysia Tourism Quality Assurance, with Borneo Empurau Farm & Resort becoming the state’s first recipient of the programme’s highest tier.

DayakDaily’s Oct 22 report puts the result in a wider picture: 116 tourism products nationwide have MyTQA recognition, including 10 in Sarawak. Thirty across Malaysia have attained Platinum. Those figures describe recognised tourism products—not the total number of resorts or attractions operating in the state.

Two other Sarawak recipients were Lambir Hills National Park and Loagan Bunut National Park in Miri. Both received Silver recognition following reassessment and are managed by the Sarawak Forestry Corporation. Their recognition is a separate result from the resort’s Platinum award.

MyTQA is run by the federal Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture. It has Silver, Gold and Platinum tiers, with assessments covering product quality, facilities and service standards. That gives visitors a clearer basis for understanding what the label refers to, rather than reading Platinum as a description of every service or attraction in Sarawak.

The recognition ceremony took place on Oct 22. Operators were urged to keep improving their standards after receiving an award, making continued service quality—not just the presentation ceremony—the longer-term test.

古晋新国际机场仍是拟议项目，荷兰机场顾问公司NACO已在2026年首季完成其可行性研究；这项早前研究，如今成为砂拉越与荷兰进一步洽谈交通合作的背景。

DayakDaily于10月22日报道，荷兰驻马大使到访砂交通部期间，双方讨论航空、机场发展、绿色氢能及新型交通方案。砂方希望借鉴阿姆斯特丹史基浦机场及周边航空城的发展经验，把机场与更广泛的经济活动联系起来。

荷方也介绍为期3年的产业合作计划，涉及企业及相关机构，方向包括技术交流、商业参与及投资机会。这个合作框架，并不等于已为古晋新机场颁发建筑合约。

对古晋居民而言，另一项直接关联是古晋城市交通系统（KUTS）。交流内容涉及氢动力智轨列车（ART）及配套氢能接驳巴士，也涵盖永续公共交通、港口发展等领域。

可行性研究完成、业界交流与正式动工，是不同阶段。这次会面报道没有公布新机场启用日期或新建筑合约；后续较实质的进展，将是哪些交流方向落实为具体项目或协议。

A completed feasibility study for the proposed New Kuching International Airport is part of the backdrop to fresh transport discussions between Sarawak and the Netherlands—not an announcement that airport construction has begun.

DayakDaily reported on Oct 22 that Netherlands Airport Consultants, or NACO, completed the study in the first quarter of 2026. The report places that earlier work alongside talks on aviation, airport development and green hydrogen during a Dutch ambassadorial visit to the Sarawak Ministry for Transport.

Sarawak is interested in experience from Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport and its surrounding aerotropolis, where airport activity connects with wider business development. The Netherlands also outlined a three-year industry cooperation programme involving companies and relevant agencies, aimed at technical exchanges, business participation and investment opportunities.

For Kuching, the other link is the Kuching Urban Transportation System. The discussion included its hydrogen-powered Autonomous Rapid Transit vehicles and supporting hydrogen feeder buses, alongside sustainable public transport, ports and emerging transport technology.

These are cooperation discussions. A feasibility study, an industry programme and a construction award are different stages; the reported visit does not announce a new airport opening date or a newly awarded building contract. The practical outcome to follow is which of these exchanges leads to a defined project or agreement.

古晋Timberland Medical Centre附近现有休闲公园，计划辟出约5000平方米空间，建造约10尺深的干式滞洪池，让暴雨多余雨水先有地方暂存。

DayakDaily于10月22日报道，这座池属于总值1亿零20万令吉的Sungai Maong Kiri防洪工程。工程已进入工地动员阶段，目标2029年3月14日竣工，施工期为30个月；目前不是已经启用的防洪设施。

所谓干式滞洪池，并非长期蓄水的湖。平日大部分时间保持干燥，下大雨时才暂时收纳过量雨水，待条件许可再排出，减少雨水直接涌向住宅的压力。

整个项目也包括沟渠提升、河道改善及护岸工程。医药中心附近将建有盖钢筋混凝土沟，把水引向河道。报道所述工程走廊由Jalan Stampin Tengah一带，经Hui Sing、Timberland、Iris Garden及The Podium，朝Sungai Maong与Stapok方向延伸。

这一带已有房屋和多种地下设施，旧水管也可能受施工震动影响，因此工地动员与防洪效果落实之间，仍有一段施工过程。

池区干燥时如何兼作休闲用途，拟在完工后再与社区商量。绿化、跑步道属于提出的方向，不是目前已建成开放的设施。

A recreational park near Timberland Medical Centre is earmarked for a dry detention pond, giving stormwater somewhere to collect before it reaches nearby homes.

The planned pond would cover about 5,000 square metres and be about 10 feet deep. It forms part of the RM100.2 million Sungai Maong Kiri Flood Mitigation Project, now at site mobilisation stage, DayakDaily reported on Oct 22.

Unlike a permanent lake, a dry pond is intended to stay dry for much of the time. During heavy rain it temporarily holds excess runoff, then releases the water when conditions allow. That storage function is separate from simply making drains bigger.

The wider project includes drain upgrades, river improvements and riverbank protection. A covered reinforced-concrete drain near the medical centre is intended to carry water towards the river. The reported corridor runs from Jalan Stampin Tengah through the Hui Sing and Timberland areas, Iris Garden and The Podium towards Sungai Maong and Stapok.

The target completion date is March 14, 2029, following a 30-month construction period. Existing utilities and ageing water pipes complicate work in this built-up area; mobilisation does not mean the flood protection is already operating.

Recreational use of the pond area when dry is a later possibility. The authorities plan to engage the community after completion; landscaping and a jogging track were examples discussed, not facilities residents can use now.

砂拉越城市规划、土地行政及环境副部长Len Talif Salleh促请各方，在发展计划初期就纳入文化与自然遗产考量，不要等重大决定作出后才处理保护问题。

他10月21日在古晋婆罗洲会展中心举行的国际古迹遗址理事会（ICOMOS）活动上提出，遗产评估应先弄清楚一个地点的价值、它对社区的意义，以及拟议发展可能造成的影响，再协调发展与保护需求。

《DayakDaily》引述砂公共传播单位报道上述谈话。

对面对未来发展建议的业主及社区而言，这种做法的关键在时序：仍有空间选择方案时，就把遗产价值摆上桌，而不是定案后才讨论如何挽救。此次谈话阐述的是规划方向，没有宣布新的法定审批条件，也未列出某个项目的新限制。

Len Talif Salleh同时强调，遗产机构、规划及环境单位、地方议会、研究机构与社区领袖须加强分享资料和专业研究，让决策能够同时理解地点本身及受影响社区。

Heritage assessment should come before major development decisions in Sarawak, rather than after plans have already been settled, Deputy Minister Len Talif Salleh said at a Kuching gathering on Oct 21.

His call places the focus on when a site is assessed, not simply whether its buildings or landscape are discussed later. The assessment he described would identify a site’s heritage value, its significance to the community and the likely effect of a proposed development.

DayakDaily reported his remarks from the Sarawak Public Communication Unit. He was speaking at the ICOMOS gathering at the Borneo Convention Centre Kuching.

Len Talif, the deputy minister responsible for urban planning, land administration and environment, also called for closer work between heritage bodies, planners, environmental institutions, councils, researchers and community leaders.

For owners and communities facing future proposals, the distinction is between considering heritage while choices remain open and trying to protect it only after key decisions. These remarks set out a planning approach; the reported speech did not announce a new statutory approval rule or a specific project restriction.

砂公务员的特别财政援助以2026年11月最后基本薪金计算，数额相等于两个月薪金，并将在今年结束前发放；在砂服务的联邦公务员则是一次性700令吉，安排在2027年首季支付。

两类人员的金额与到账时段不同，不能把“年底前发放”一概套用到联邦人员身上。教师、医护及保安人员等在砂联邦公务员，属于明年首季领取700令吉的一组。

《DayakDaily》报道，砂总理阿邦佐哈里（Abang Johari Tun Openg）10月21日在砂立法议会总结时宣布上述安排。砂公务员援助预计惠及1万9851人，开销约1亿4400万令吉；在砂联邦公务员则预计13万2347人受惠，开销约9300万令吉。

对古晋及全砂相关家庭而言，预算时要分清自己属于哪一组：砂公务员按基本薪金计算，并非把所有薪酬项目直接乘二；联邦人员则是固定700令吉。此次宣布的是发放时段，并没有交代确切入账日。

Sarawak state civil servants are to receive two months of basic salary before the end of 2026, while federal officers serving in the state will get a separate RM700 payment in the first quarter of 2027.

The different payment windows are central to the Oct 21 announcement: the RM700 for federal staff is not scheduled alongside the state-service payment this year.

Premier Abang Johari Tun Openg announced the Special Financial Assistance during his winding-up speech at the Sarawak Legislative Assembly, DayakDaily reported. The state payment will be calculated using the last basic salary for November 2026. It is expected to cover about 19,851 employees and cost RM144 million.

For federal personnel serving in Sarawak, the one-off RM700 assistance is expected to reach about 132,347 people, including teachers, healthcare workers and security personnel, with an estimated allocation of RM93 million.

For households in Kuching and elsewhere in Sarawak, these are two different entitlements and calendars: a salary-based amount for state staff, and a fixed amount for federal staff. The announcement gives broad payment periods, not an exact bank-credit date.