News near Batu Lintang

1. Upgrade of Rumah Panjang John Chendang ruai in Sri Aman completed

   21 hours ago Saluran 122 Rumah Panjang John Chendang, Sengkuang Ili, Undop, Sri Aman, Sarawak 6.2 km

   The RM200,000 upgrade of the ruai at Rumah Panjang John Chendang in Sengkuang Ili, Undop, Sri Aman, funded under the 2023 Rural Transformation Project allocation, has been completed. Sri Aman MP Doris Sophia Brodie officiated at the handover yesterday and urged residents to stay united and support GPS.

2. Daughter returns to Kuching for Sarawak liberation anniversary, father's wartime diary remembered

   1 day ago Borneo Post Batu Lintang

   Anne Read, 73, returned to Kuching for the 81st anniversary of Sarawak's liberation from Japanese occupation, attending a wreath-laying ceremony at the Sarawak World War II Liberation Monument in Pending. Her father, Hugh Humphrey, was a civilian internee at the Batu Lintang camp who secretly kept a diary during his internment. She visited the former camp site and laid a wreath, noting the trip coincided with the 25th anniversary of her father's death.