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Register Login砂拉越基本需求援助金（SKAS）尚余2亿5300万令吉，安排在今年11月发放。截至9月，已有超过82万3000名受惠者获得合计4亿2700万令吉援助。
砂副总理拿督阿玛道格拉斯（Douglas Uggah Embas）10月21日在砂州议会总结演词中，说明这项协助符合资格家庭购买基本用品的援助计划进度。计划获批总额为6亿8000万令吉。
4亿2700万已发款项，加上2亿5300万余款，合计就是获批的6亿8000万令吉。因此，11月这笔款项属于原有计划余额，并非在总额之外再加拨2亿5300万令吉。
对受惠者而言，这次公布的是余款发放月份，没有列出个人确切入账日，也没有宣布新的人均援金额。超过82万3000人的数字反映截至9月已经受惠的人数，不能当作新一轮开放申请名额。
A further RM253 million under Sumbangan Keperluan Asas Sarawak (SKAS) is scheduled for disbursement in November, following RM427 million that had benefited more than 823,000 recipients as of September.
Deputy Premier Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas gave the update in his Oct 21 winding-up speech at the Sarawak Legislative Assembly. He said RM680 million had been approved for the scheme, which helps eligible households purchase essential goods.
The RM253 million is the remaining balance of that approved programme funding. Together with the RM427 million already reported, it accounts for the RM680 million total; it is not an additional RM253 million on top of that ceiling.
For recipients, November is the announced disbursement month, not confirmation that every account has already been credited. This update does not specify an individual payment date or a new per-recipient amount. The September recipient figure is also a measure of assistance already delivered, not a newly announced intake.
古晋家庭若这两天只想补一点鸡蛋、牛奶和即食面，Everrise 会员这轮可以买到一个 RM24.07 的小篮子：15粒指定大号鸡蛋 RM10.69、Dutch Lady 六包装牛奶 RM8.69，再加五入装 Indomie RM4.69。这是按单品标价算出的预算，不是必须一起买的配套。
Members’ Weekday 的有效期为2026年10月20日至22日。先看看是否顺路：促销单列出 Padungan、BDC、4th Mile、Green Heights Mall、CityONE、Plaza Merdeka、Vivacity、Metrocity 和 Batu Kawah，共九家古晋分店；不应直接套用到其他城市。
买之前把包装对清楚：
若晚餐还需要鸡肉，促销单另有鲜鸡翅（S）1kg RM13.99；加入上面的小篮子后，合计 RM38.06。日用品方面，Meadows Antibac+ 洗衣液补充袋 Floral／Ocean 1.5L 标价 RM7.69，但家里还有存货的话，就不必为了促销多买。
这类补货，比较同款、同容量比只看整包价更有用；鸡蛋也要对上大小和款式。选附近的指定分店，通常比为了小额差价特地绕路实际。
以上只限会员、售完为止，并非全店统一折扣。平日价到星期四（10月22日）结束；结账前确认会员资格、包装和货架价。促销单注明价格可能更改而不另行通知，所需商品是否仍有货，以分店现场为准。
Everrise’s Members’ Weekday runs from 20 to 22 October 2026 at nine listed Kuching outlets. For a small household top-up, the useful comparison is the pack size—not a claim that everything in the supermarket is discounted. All prices below are for members, while stocks last.
Five items on the Kuching flyer:
One tray of the listed eggs, one six-pack of milk and one five-pack of noodles total RM24.07. Adding 1kg of the advertised chicken wings takes that example to RM38.06. These are calculated shopping examples, not a bundled offer: buy only the items you need.
The milk pack contains 1.2L altogether, or about RM7.24 per litre; the egg price is about RM0.71 each. Use those units when comparing with a larger carton or another egg tray, and keep the egg grade and product variant the same. A lower pack price on its own does not establish better value.
Participating outlets: Padungan, BDC, 4th Mile, Green Heights Mall, CityONE, Plaza Merdeka, Vivacity, Metrocity and Batu Kawah. Pick a convenient listed branch rather than adding a separate journey for a small basket. These are the Kuching flyer prices; do not assume another town’s sheet is identical.
The weekday offer ends Thursday, 22 October. Confirm membership, the matching pack and the shelf price before paying. The flyer states that prices may change without prior notice; availability is not guaranteed.
砂拉越森林局与砂拉越科技大学（UTS）合作研发种子球机器，每日最高可生产3000颗种子球，为难以进入的地区提供另一种森林修复工具。
DayakDaily于10月21日报道，砂副总理拿督阿玛阿旺登雅（Awang Tengah）当天在州议会总结部门事务时介绍这项成果。他说，这项合作扩大了森林复育可采用的技术选项，尤其针对交通不便的地区。
3000颗指的是机器每日生产种子球的能力，不等于每天种成3000棵树。报道没有提供发芽率、存活率、已修复面积或实际部署时间表，不能只凭生产速度推算造林成果。
这项进展的重点，是本地大学与森林管理部门合作处理复育工作的实际需要，并非宣布向公众派发机器或种子球。接下来值得观察的，是设备投入复育后的应用与成效，而不只是最高产能。
A locally developed seedball machine gives Sarawak another tool for restoring forests in hard-to-reach areas, with a stated capacity of up to 3,000 seedballs a day.
The machine was developed through a collaboration between the Sarawak Forest Department and the University of Technology Sarawak, according to DayakDaily’s Oct 21 report of Deputy Premier Datuk Amar Awang Tengah’s legislative assembly winding-up speech.
The capacity figure describes how many seedballs the machine can produce. It is not a count of trees planted or surviving, and the report does not give a germination rate, restored area or deployment schedule. For forest rehabilitation, those outcomes remain separate from the speed at which material can be prepared.
Awang Tengah presented the machine as an additional practical option for restoration programmes, particularly where access is difficult. The update concerns work by the department and university; it does not announce distribution of machines or seedballs to the public.
The local significance lies in applying university and forestry expertise to an operational problem. The next useful measure is how the equipment contributes to restoration on the ground, rather than treating its maximum daily output as a finished forest.
砂拉越土地保管及发展局（LCDA）在第13大马计划下以兴建1410间可负担房屋为目标；目前正在施工的402间，预计2027年第二季竣工。不能把整体目标当作即将交屋的数量。
天然资源及城市发展第二部长拿督阿玛阿旺登雅（Awang Tengah）10月21日在砂州议会总结部门事务时作出这项说明。DayakDaily报道，其中157间在建房屋将安装太阳能系统，安装总费用为455万3000令吉，砂政府承担其中50%。这项补助针对太阳能安装费，并非替买家支付一半房价。
1410间房屋的预计建筑成本为5亿2490万令吉，2027年财政预算案已为相关项目批准2亿1335万令吉拨款。前者是整体预计成本，后者是预算拨款，不应相加解读为另一批房屋的经费。
阿旺登雅说，政府通过乡村扩展计划（SPK）及重新安置计划（SPS）提供每间房屋的成本介于35万至43万5000令吉，售价则为15万令吉。他另提到每个地段的地价为2500令吉。报道没有交代这两项款额对个别买家的具体收费组合。
这次公布的是建屋目标、在建进度与太阳能安排，没有列明个别项目地点、申请开放日期或资格条件。准备购屋者须把这些待公布的细节，与已经说明的房价和施工目标分开看待。
Sarawak’s affordable-housing update sets a 1,410-unit target under the 13th Malaysia Plan, but the nearer completion milestone concerns 402 homes already under construction.
Those 402 units are expected to be completed in the second quarter of 2027. Of that group, 157 are to receive solar-energy systems, with the State government bearing half the installation cost, according to the Oct 21 DayakDaily report of the legislative assembly winding-up speech.
Second Minister for Natural Resources and Urban Development Datuk Amar Awang Tengah said the Land Custody and Development Authority’s broader 1,410-unit programme carried an estimated construction cost of RM524.9 million. Budget 2027 approved RM213.35 million for the projects. The total estimate and that budget allocation are different figures, not two additional housing programmes.
He put the cost of providing a home under the Village Expansion Scheme and Resettlement Scheme at RM350,000 to RM435,000, against a selling price of RM150,000. A land premium of RM2,500 per lot was also cited. Solar installation for the 157 homes was valued at RM4.553 million in total; the 50 per cent State contribution refers to installation, not half the purchase price of a house.
For prospective buyers, this is a programme-and-construction update rather than an announcement that all 1,410 homes are ready. It does not set out individual project locations, application dates or eligibility requirements.
古晋浮罗岸及Jalan Chan Chin Ann一带将增建约200公尺箱涵，改善暴雨时的排水能力。工程预计持续至2027年6月，沿线商家和往来公众也须留意施工期间的通行安排。
据DayakDaily于10月21日报道，古晋南市市长拿督黄鸿圣（Wee Hong Seng）已于10月20日把工地移交承包商Liscorp Services。这项南市市政局工程合约总值145万令吉，范围涵盖浮罗岸路、Jalan Chan Chin Ann及周边地区。
新增钢筋混凝土箱涵宽、深各1.2公尺，作用是让雨水更顺畅地流入现有排水网络。工程也包括受影响公用设施的迁移、道路与人行道修复，以及交通管理和工地安全措施。
对沿线店家而言，施工期间能否顺利进出同样重要。南市提醒，工程可能带来临时交通改道、出入限制、噪音和扬尘，并表示会向公众公布施工及必要的交通安排。这不等于已经宣布两条道路全线封闭。
排水提升也并非一劳永逸的防洪保证。南市说明，降雨强度、潮汐、河流水位和上游来水都会影响淹水情况；工程目标是降低局部闪电水灾的风险与严重程度，而不是承诺此后不再淹水。
Businesses and road users along Jalan Padungan and Jalan Chan Chin Ann face temporary construction disruption as MBKS upgrades drainage in the flood-prone commercial area.
The RM1.45 million project is expected to run until June 2027. Kuching South mayor Datuk Wee Hong Seng handed the site to contractor Liscorp Services on Oct 20, according to DayakDaily’s Oct 21 report.
About 200 metres of additional reinforced-concrete box drains, each 1.2 metres wide and 1.2 metres deep, are planned to improve stormwater flow through the existing network. The work also covers affected utility services and reinstatement of roads and footpaths.
For people visiting or operating shops in the area, the immediate issue is access during construction. MBKS warned of possible traffic diversions, access restrictions, noise and dust, and said the public would be informed about work and necessary traffic arrangements. These are potential disruptions over the construction period, not a blanket road-closure announcement.
The council also cautioned that better drains will not eliminate flooding altogether. Rainfall intensity, tides, river levels and upstream discharge can still affect conditions. June 2027 is the expected construction endpoint; it is not a promise that Padungan will become flood-free.
古晋电网强化工程首期目标在2028年第二季完成，第二期则仍在进行可行性研究。两期进度不能混为同一条完工时间线。
公用事业及通讯部长10月19日在州议会汇报，这项估计耗资30亿令吉的工程进度为32.2%。首期路线为Entingan至Tanjong Bako，旨在应付古晋与三马拉汉省未来大型发展项目的用电需求，包括丹绒恩邦一带。
首期三个组成部分差距明显：Entingan B的275千伏变电站完成30.3%，Tanjong Bako的275千伏变电站完成21%，连接两站的275千伏输电线则达到77.5%。因此，不能因输电线进度较高，就认为整套供电设施即将启用；变电站工程同样是首期的一部分。
第二期覆盖Demak Laut至Santubong路线，可行性研究预计2027年首季完成，施工暂排在2028年第四季开始。这里的2028年指开工安排，不是第二期竣工日期。
这次公布的是未来电力基础建设的进程，并非住户停电、调整电费或丹绒恩邦相关发展项目已经开业的通知。
Kuching’s RM3 billion network-reinforcement project has a first-phase completion target of the second quarter of 2028, while the second phase is still being studied.
The utility and telecommunication minister reported progress of 32.2 per cent in the Oct 19 State Legislative Assembly update. The first phase covers the Entingan–Tanjong Bako route, providing power infrastructure for future development in the Kuching and Samarahan divisions, including Tanjung Embang.
Its components are advancing at different speeds. The Entingan B 275kV substation was 30.3 per cent complete, the Tanjong Bako 275kV substation 21 per cent, and the connecting 275kV transmission line 77.5 per cent. A transmission line close to completion does not mean the whole first phase is ready: the substations remain part of the work.
The Demak Laut–Santubong second phase has a separate timetable. Its feasibility study is expected to finish in the first quarter of 2027, with construction scheduled to start in the fourth quarter of 2028. That is a proposed start window, not another facility due to open in 2028.
For the Kuching area, the update sets out how future electricity capacity is being prepared. It does not announce a household power interruption, a tariff change or an operational opening of the planned Tanjung Embang developments.
砂拉越拟建的310床癌症中心，预计明年首季颁发工程合约，目标2032年建竣。目前仍处于招标采购阶段，并非已经投入服务。
公共卫生、房屋及地方政府部长10月20日在州议会汇报，采购由马来西亚公共工程局处理，工程期为5年。对等待设施进展的家庭，较近的节点是2027年首季预计发出的接受合约书；310张病床则是计划容量，不能当作目前新增的可用床位。
这项总值超过15亿令吉的工程，砂政府承担的两笔资金性质不同：5亿令吉是出资，另10亿令吉是借给联邦政府的贷款，不能全部写成无偿拨款。
2027年砂财政预算案另列2000万令吉供项目执行。这是明年的实施拨款，不是整座中心的总造价。州政府也将负责指定类别设备的采购，相关程序及批准工作正在进行。
现阶段应把招标、颁约、施工与接收病人分开看。部长公布的是工程完成目标，并没有宣布更早的病人登记或开诊日期。
Sarawak’s planned 310-bed cancer centre remains at the tender procurement stage, with the contract expected to be awarded in the first quarter of 2027 and completion targeted for 2032.
The public health, housing and local government minister gave the timetable at the State Legislative Assembly on Oct 20. JKR Malaysia is handling the tender procurement, and the proposed construction period is five years. These are project targets—not an announcement that the centre has opened or that patients can register for treatment there.
The financing has two different parts. The Sarawak government is contributing RM500 million and providing a RM1 billion loan to the federal government for a project estimated to cost more than RM1.5 billion. The loan should not be read as another outright state grant.
A further implementation milestone is the RM20 million allocation for 2027 announced in the state Budget speech. That annual allocation is not the centre’s total project cost. Processing and approvals for the state’s procurement of the specified equipment categories are also underway.
For families following the project, the next concrete step is the expected letter of acceptance in early 2027. The 310 beds describe planned capacity; the reported timetable does not provide an earlier patient-service opening date.
古晋防洪计划第二期拟在11月初进行价值评估与价值工程工作坊，实体工程执行期则排在2027至2033年。眼前的节点是工程筹备，并非整项防洪设施已经启用。
公共卫生、房屋及地方政府部长10月20日在州议会汇报，这项总值24亿8000万令吉的计划，包括一条长6公里的砂拉越河绕道。工程完成后，预计保护大古晋47万零233名居民及4万7264公顷土地；这是未来覆盖估算，不是目前已获得保护的人口或面积。
居民追踪进度时，须把第二期完整计划与其他河流工程分开。部长另提到砂拉越河综合流域发展项目下的3个工程配套，合计1亿9100万令吉，目前处于不同施工阶段，目标在2027年第二至第三季完成。
这3个配套的完工目标，并不表示整项24亿8000万令吉防洪计划明年就会完成。完整计划公布的实体执行期延续至2033年，11月的评估工作坊则是更接近当前的准备步骤。
因此，明年个别工程完工与整条绕道落实，是不同层次的进展，不能用其中一个时间表代替另一个。
Kuching’s RM2.48 billion Phase 2 flood-mitigation plan is heading for value-assessment and value-engineering workshops in early November, ahead of a planned 2027–2033 physical implementation period.
The public health, housing and local government minister set out the next preparatory step in an Oct 20 State Legislative Assembly update. The plan includes a 6km Sungai Sarawak bypass, with protection expected to cover 470,233 residents and 47,264 hectares in Greater Kuching once completed. Those are future coverage estimates, not a statement that the bypass is already protecting that area.
For residents following flood works, the engineering review is a more immediate milestone than the eventual completion window. The announcement describes preparation for construction; it is not a notice that the full Phase 2 scheme has begun operating.
Three other packages under the Sungai Sarawak Integrated River Basin Development project are at various stages of physical implementation. Their combined RM191 million cost and target completion between the second and third quarters of 2027 belong to those packages, not to completion of the entire RM2.48 billion plan.
The distinction matters when assessing progress around Kuching: a package finishing next year should not be mistaken for delivery of the full bypass scheme, whose stated implementation window extends to 2033.
在古晋老街走累了，我会把下一站分成两种：只想喝杯咖啡，还是想坐下来好好吃一餐。Upper China Street 的 Indah House Kuching 比较适合后者。椰浆饭可以当主角，咖啡和店里的艺术作品则让这顿饭不必吃得太匆忙。
Google Map / Indah House Kuching
这家店不是先有一整套餐牌才开门的。2014年，创办人 Trudy 从小小的艺廊咖啡馆做起，让砂拉越艺术家有地方展示、售卖作品；最初供应的是咖啡和蛋糕。后来客人想吃得更完整，厨房才逐步加入餐食。比起把它当成一间装潢好看的咖啡店，我更喜欢这个由客人的需要慢慢长出来的故事。
第一次来，我会先问当天有哪些椰浆饭选择，再决定要不要加点别的。同行的人若偏向轻食，也可以把自家烘焙和咖啡当作另一条路线。店里有素食与纯植物饮食的选择，但不代表每一份饭都符合相同需求；不吃蛋、避开某些食材的话，点餐时直接说清楚会更稳妥。
Google Map / Indah House Kuching
想把砂拉越食材认识得更深入，这里还有另一种安排：烹饪课先带参加者逛本地农贸市场，回到厨房做五道菜，再一起吃自己完成的餐点。我会为这件事另外留半天、提前预约，不把它塞进临时午餐行程。只是来老街散步的话，吃饭、喝咖啡、看看艺术作品，节奏已经足够舒服。
咖啡馆后来增加了餐食，蛋糕和烘焙却仍然留在店里的日常。如果前一站已经吃饱，我会先看当天有什么蛋糕，再决定这次停留的长度。照片适合帮助认识店家的食物，不适合拿来保证当天一定有某种口味；坐下来再问，反而比较轻松。
Google Map / Indah House Kuching
Indah House Kuching：38, 50 & 52 Upper China Street, 93000 Kuching, Sarawak。
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店家列出的咖啡馆营业时间为每天早上8点至下午5点。单纯吃饭喝咖啡可直接到店，烹饪课则先安排好。我会把选择留得简单：一餐椰浆饭接着逛老街，或专门空出半天，从市场一路认识到餐桌。
A walk through Kuching’s old-town shophouses doesn’t have to end with another takeaway coffee. At Indah House Kuching on Upper China Street, I would make room for nasi lemak, then leave a little time for the art. This is a useful stop for someone who wants a proper meal and a reason to linger, rather than a café chosen only for its backdrop.
Google Map / Indah House Kuching
Indah began in 2014, when founder Trudy opened a small art-gallery café to give Sarawak’s artists somewhere to show and sell their work. Coffee and cakes came first. Meals followed as customers began asking for more, so the kitchen’s growth was tied to the people sitting at its tables, not simply a bigger menu on the wall.
That makes nasi lemak a good starting point. It keeps the visit rooted in a familiar Malaysian meal while the café’s in-house baking gives a coffee-only companion another way to join in. I would ask which nasi lemak options are available that day before ordering, especially when choosing between meat-free and other versions. Vegetarian and vegan options are part of the café’s offering, but an individual plate still needs checking if you avoid eggs or particular ingredients.
Google Map / Indah House Kuching
There is a more substantial food outing here too: Indah’s Sarawak cooking class begins with a visit to a local farmers’ market, followed by preparing five dishes and sharing the meal. I would treat that as a separate half-day booking, not something to squeeze into a quick lunch stop. For a short visit, a meal, coffee and a look at the local artwork is the simpler plan.
The cake side of the business hasn’t disappeared as the kitchen has expanded. If you have already eaten elsewhere in the old town, I would reverse the order: look at the day’s cakes first and make this the pause between walking stops. Flavours and availability are worth asking about rather than choosing solely from a photograph.
Google Map / Indah House Kuching
Indah House Kuching is at 38, 50 & 52 Upper China Street, 93000 Kuching, Sarawak.
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The café lists daily hours of 8am–5pm. Walk in for the café; arrange the cooking class ahead. I would keep the two visits distinct: nasi lemak for an easy old-town meal, or the market-and-kitchen session when you want the food itself to fill the morning.
砂拉越第二家园计划今年首九个月的获批申请，带来1亿4350万令吉定期存款，另有149万令吉手续费。两笔数字性质不同：定存不是手续费收入，也不能直接当成游客在本地的消费额。
旅游、创意产业及表演艺术部长阿都卡林（Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah）公布的数据显示，1月至9月共批准287宗S-MM2H申请，涵盖来自31个国家及地区的490名参与者。申请宗数与参与人数，不能混成同一组人数统计。
中国占118宗获批申请，比率41.1%；其后依次为美国28宗、台湾19宗及英国18宗。这些是按申请宗数计算的来源分布，不代表490名参与者各自国籍的完整比例。
作为比较，2025年全年相关定存为1亿4690万令吉，手续费104万令吉。今年目前只统计九个月，尚不能据此写成全年定存已超越去年。
这份10月20日刊出的进展，交代的是长期居留计划的审批与资金数据，没有宣布申请条件改变，也没有提供参与者实际迁居古晋的人数。对关注本地长期居留市场的人而言，获批、存款与真正入住，仍须分别理解。
Sarawak approved 287 applications under its S-MM2H second-home programme from January to September 2026, covering 490 participants from 31 countries and territories. Applications and participants are separate counts, not interchangeable totals.
Tourism, Creative Industry and Performing Arts Minister Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah said approved applications had brought RM143.5 million in fixed deposits by September, alongside RM1.49 million in processing fees. The figures were reported on Oct 20. Fixed deposits are not the same as fee revenue or visitor spending, so adding them together would misrepresent the programme’s income.
The deposit figure compares with RM146.9 million for the whole of 2025, when processing fees totalled RM1.04 million. The current figures cover nine months rather than a completed year; they do not yet establish the final annual deposit total.
China accounted for 118 approved applications, or 41.1 per cent, followed by the United States with 28, Taiwan with 19 and the United Kingdom with 18. These are shares of applications, not a nationality breakdown of all 490 participants. The programme is intended to attract long-term residents to Sarawak. This update reports approvals and associated financial figures; it does not announce revised eligibility rules or show how many participants are already living in Kuching.