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The Sun
3 days ago
- Business
- The Sun
Sarawak Assembly sitting adjourns sine die; six bills passed
KUCHING: The 19th Sarawak State Legislative Assembly sitting adjourned sine die today, after eight days of proceedings since May 19, during which six bills were passed with an overwhelming majority. The State Assembly Speaker, Tan Sri Mohamad Asfia Awang Nassar, announced the adjournment, after a motion to adjourn was tabled by Sarawak Deputy Minister in the Premier's Department (Law, Malaysia Agreement 1963, and State-Federal Relations), Datuk Sharifah Hasidah Sayeed Aman Ghazali. The Sarawak Biodiversity Centre (Amendment) Bill 2025, the first bill passed by the assembly, seeks to broaden the Centre's powers by enabling it to commercialise intellectual property, apply for external funding, and form subsidiary companies to bring research outputs to market. This was followed by the Land Code (Amendment) Bill 2025, which, among other provisions, establishes a formal mechanism for the registration of waqf, or religious endowment lands, in the Sarawak land registry. Other bills passed included the Infrastructure Development Trust Fund (Dissolution) Bill, the Local Authorities (Amendment) Bill 2025, the Supplementary Supply (2024) Bill approving an additional allocation of RM153,769,197, and the Supplementary Supply (2025) Bill for RM237,660,520.
Barnama
3 days ago
- Politics
- Barnama
Sarawak Assembly Sitting Adjourns Sine Die; Six Bills Passed
KUCHING, May 28 (Bernama) -- The 19th Sarawak State Legislative Assembly sitting adjourned sine die today, after eight days of proceedings since May 19, during which six bills were passed with an overwhelming majority. The State Assembly Speaker, Tan Sri Mohamad Asfia Awang Nassar, announced the adjournment, after a motion to adjourn was tabled by Sarawak Deputy Minister in the Premier's Department (Law, Malaysia Agreement 1963, and State-Federal Relations), Datuk Sharifah Hasidah Sayeed Aman Ghazali. The Sarawak Biodiversity Centre (Amendment) Bill 2025, the first bill passed by the assembly, seeks to broaden the Centre's powers by enabling it to commercialise intellectual property, apply for external funding, and form subsidiary companies to bring research outputs to market.
Borneo Post
23-05-2025
- Politics
- Borneo Post
Upcoming redelineation of Sarawak's electoral boundaries yet to be finalised, says Sharifah Hasidah
Sharifah Hasidah said discussions with the federal government on the redelineation are ongoing. KUCHING (May 23): No final decision has been made so far regarding the upcoming redelineation of electoral boundaries in the state, said Datuk Sharifah Hasidah Sayeed Aman Ghazali. The Deputy Minister in the Premier of Sarawak's Department (Law, MA63 and State-Federal Relations) said this is because discussions with the federal government on the matter are still ongoing. 'The Sarawak government has consistently championed the call to restore one-third representation for Sarawak and Sabah in the Dewan Rakyat, as outlined in the Malaysia Agreement 1963 and the Inter-Governmental Committee (IGC) Report of 1962. 'I would also like to inform this House that no final decision has been made so far regarding the implementation of the upcoming electoral boundary redelineation,' she said during the question-and-answer session in the State Legislative Assembly (DUN) today. She was responding to a question from Dato Sri Wong Soon Koh (GPS-Bawang Assan) on when the upcoming electoral boundary redelineation will be completed. On a question regarding the additional number of seats in Parliament and the DUN, Sharifah Hasidah said this is also still being discussed. 'Discussions on strengthening Sarawak's representation in the Dewan Rakyat remain active under the framework of the Malaysia Agreement 1963, and the Sarawak government will continue to champion this matter,' she added.
The Star
23-05-2025
- Politics
- The Star
S'wak redelineation talks with Putrajaya ongoing, state assembly told
filepic of the Sarawak Legislative Assembly Complex in Kuching in sharon's e-mail KUCHING: Discussions on a constituency redelineation exercise for Sarawak are ongoing with the Federal Government, says a deputy minister in the Sarawak Premier's Department. Datuk Sharifah Hasidah Sayeed Aman Ghazali said no final decision had been made on the redelineation exercise or the number of additional seats for Sarawak. "The Sarawak government has consistently pursued the demand to restore the one-third representation each for Sarawak and Sabah in the Dewan Rakyat as envisaged under the Malaysia Agreement 1963 (MA63) and the Inter-Governmental Committee Report 1962," she said in a written reply in the state assembly on Friday (May 23). Datuk Seri Wong Soon Koh (GPS-Bawang Assan) had asked when the redelineation exercise would be completed and how many additional state and parliamentary seats would be created. "In respect to the demand for additional seats for Parliament and the state assembly, the discussion is ongoing and the number has yet to be finalised. "The discussions on strengthening Sarawak's representation in the Dewan Rakyat remain active under the framework of MA63," Sharifah Hasidah said, adding that the state government would continue to pursue the matter.
New Straits Times
23-05-2025
- Politics
- New Straits Times
No final decision on re-delineation of Sarawak electoral boundaries
KUCHING: Deputy Minister of Law, Malaysia Agreement 1963 and State-Federal Relations, Datuk Sharifah Hasidah Sayeed Aman Ghazali, today said no final decision has been made yet on the proposed re-delineation exercises of electoral boundaries in Sarawak. She said discussions between the state government and the federal government were ongoing. "In respect to the demand for additional seats for parliamentary and state constituencies, the discussion is still ongoing and the exact number of additional seats has yet to be finalised," she said when replying to Bawang Assan State Assemblyman Datuk Seri Wong Soon Koh during a question-and-answer session in the State Assembly. Sharidah Hasidah said that the discussions in relation to strengthening Sarawak's representation in the Dewan Rakyat remain active under the framework of MA63, and the Sarawak government would continue to pursue the matter. She said the Sarawak government had consistently pursued the demand to restore the one-third representation for Sarawak and Sabah in the Dewan Rakyat, as originally envisaged under the MA63 and the Inter-Governmental Committee Report 1962. Wong had wanted to know when the constituency re-delineation exercises would be completed and how many additional parliamentary and state seats would be provided.
