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The Sarawakian @thesarawakian.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

The infographic this week compares some of the national service schemes around the world. Malaysia has one of the world’s shortest duration for such a scheme. www.TheSarawakian.com

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The Sarawakian @thesarawakian.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Grab is making some serious moves into the Sarawak market. First Everrise, now this AI pact. One to watch, for sure. www.TheSarawakian.com

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The Sarawakian @thesarawakian.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Is anyone watching Formula 1 right now? Who do you want to win?

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The Sarawakian @thesarawakian.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

F1 fever has completely gripped Kuala Lumpur as Bahrain Grand Prix is held here over the weekend. The organisers were not ready for the record 100,000 spectators attending even the practice rounds. As Sarawak prepares to host SEA Games 2027, I hope we can do much better when the time comes.

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The Sarawakian @thesarawakian.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

It seems the haze is abating somewhat. We’re not out of the (burning) woods yet but any respite is appreciated. Sadly, our rural healthcare services are not getting much relief from young doctors. www.TheSarawakian.com

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Ryan CrawCour @ryan.crawcour.social · 01/10/2026

BREAKING NEWS: Tensions between Thor and the Care Bears have escalated rapidly overnight.

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The Sarawakian @thesarawakian.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The recent month-long Kuching Fest brought in more than 1 million visitors and caused sufficient havoc in traffic but also windfall for local businesses. The 34th SEA Games in Sept 2027 won’t be as long but will bring visitors from all over the Southeast Asia. www.TheSarawakian.com

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The Sarawakian @thesarawakian.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

There’s plenty to do to prepare for the games meet. Much of that responsibility will fall on Sarawak’s state-owned enterprises and Abang Jo has thrown down the gauntlet: they’ve all got to step up! And not just for the Games... www.TheSarawakian.com

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The Sarawakian @thesarawakian.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

"Its actual product, the thing you’re paying for whether or not anyone says so out loud, is displacement. And displacement produces something a payslip can’t measure." mooreyameen.substack.com/p/to-get-edu...

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To Get Educated, or Not

The case for university has never been about the job

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The Sarawakian @thesarawakian.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

The infographic this week is the serious business of Article 46 of our Constitution and the likely long journey to restore the ⅓ East Malaysia representation in the Parliament. www.TheSarawakian.com

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The Sarawakian @thesarawakian.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Happy Belated 63rd Malaysia Day! How wonderful that MD63 was celebrated by reminding that MA63 is the birth certificate of Malaysia and the birthday present this year was RM1.5 billion! www.TheSarawakian.com

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The Sarawakian @thesarawakian.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

All this haze is making want to use my excellent internet connection to order fast food. This week’s infographic looks at the curious Big Mac Index. Nomnomnom! www.TheSarawakian.com

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The Sarawakian @thesarawakian.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

We’ve not had a great week, have we? The oil price has gone up to just above USD100 again. The haze is still not relenting, and the tragic helicopter crash is a heartbreaking loss of life. www.TheSarawakian.com

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The Sarawakian @thesarawakian.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

The Emperor's New Bandwidth... Internet coverage in Sarawak - is it real or just an illusion? mooreyameen.substack.com/p/the-empero...

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The Emperor's New Bandwidth

Dressed in coverage nobody can actually see

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The Sarawakian @thesarawakian.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

An interesting look into the Malaysian diet (our favourite subject): we eat a lot of chicken. Also, we just eat a lot of meat, compared to many of our neighbours. Not the highest - that record goes to the Hong Kongers and Macanese at over 180kg per person per year. www.TheSarawakian.com

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The Sarawakian @thesarawakian.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

If you woke up this morning, looked at the hazy sky and decided to go back to bed, I share that feeling. Perhaps what is more strange, is that many of us have woken up to the fact that the shape of the world is actually different from what we had been used to. www.TheSarawakian.com

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The Sarawakian @thesarawakian.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Episode 8 is out! Jacqueline Fong joined Xin Yuen and Mooreyameen Mohamad to talk about The Art of Business and the Business of Art. open.spotify.com/episode/3k7D...

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Episode 8: Weaving Heritage into Business: Building Tanoti with Dato' Jacqueline Fong

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The Sarawakian @thesarawakian.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

This week’s infographic is a sobering one. The department of statistics recently updated their population projections for the country and Sarawak population growth has shrunk significantly since the last time I looked at these numbers. www.TheSarawakian.com

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The Sarawakian @thesarawakian.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

First came cultural tourism, then medical tourism… Now we have leadership tourism. It’s definitely an interesting concept that ties together many areas of development that Sarawak needs. www.TheSarawakian.com

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The Sarawakian @thesarawakian.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

The deadly effects of air pollution is hard to escape even if you're rich. Malaysia is lucky because we have big torrential rains that clear our air every so often. With climate change, our luck may run out one day. www.TheSarawakian.com

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The Sarawakian @thesarawakian.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Sarawak’s biodiversity is estimated to be about 130-140 million years old. And it is about time we discover what special scientific, high valued secrets it holds. The new Bio-industrial Park could be the place to do it. www.TheSarawakian.com

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The Sarawakian @thesarawakian.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Sarawak’s biodiversity is estimated to be about 130-140 million years old. And it is about time we discover what special scientific, high valued secrets it holds. The new Bioindustrial Park could be the place to do it. www.TheSarawakian.com

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The Sarawakian @thesarawakian.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Speaking homework, this week’s infographic looks at PISA scores (for science) for a selection of countries in our region. In science, Singapore is the top scorer, closely followed by Japan. Malaysia is not going in the right direction but we knew that. www.TheSarawakian.com

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The Sarawakian @thesarawakian.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

The Election Commission is ready to show their homework - after it was leaked online first. After having a peek, the implication of the new boundaries are a lot more exciting than the actual revision. www.TheSarawakian.com

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The Sarawakian @thesarawakian.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Looking at where 100 year olds live, Japan, unsurprisingly, has the highest number of people who are 100 years old and above. www.TheSarawakian.com

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The Sarawakian @thesarawakian.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Did you know the Federal Government owns the old post office building in the Kuching? Built in 1931, at 95 years old, it is still younger than Tun Mahathir who is 101 this year. Today marks the 100th issue of The Sarawakian. You can check out the past 99 issues on www.TheSarawakian.com.

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The Sarawakian @thesarawakian.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

The infographic this week correlates trust in society and economic success. On both measures, Malaysia has some way to go. www.TheSarawakian.com

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The Sarawakian @thesarawakian.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

While AirBorneo extends its reach with a bit of sputter, I whine about the burden on modern travellers in A String of Thought. www.TheSarawakian.com

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The Sarawakian @thesarawakian.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Elsewhere, the rise of the EV has been steady and strong, not so in Malaysia. The infographic compares urbanisation against sale of EV cars as a percentage of total cars. www.TheSarawakian.com

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The Sarawakian @thesarawakian.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Sarawakians’ love affair with Gardenia bread was never a hidden affair. Finally, Gardenia is coming to meet the folks at home. Meanwhile, the AGC has cleared local brewery 1602 of smuggling. Apparently, there was no proof. www.TheSarawakian.com

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The Sarawakian @thesarawakian.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

This week’s infographic compares the top 5 state economies in the country - Sarawak sits at number 4 between Johor and Penang. But with the massive land area that Sarawak has, surely we can do better? www.TheSarawakian.com

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The Sarawakian @thesarawakian.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

While Premier Abang Jo drums up excitement for Tanjung Embang, the election commission is getting a move on with our DUN’s request for additional 17 seats. I guess they’ve been busy. www.TheSarawakian.com

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The Sarawakian @thesarawakian.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Does milk really make that much of a difference? It's good but it's not enough. www.TheSarawakian.com

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The Sarawakian @thesarawakian.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Outside the Sarawak Cultural Village, a different kind of drumbeat, with the upcoming elections dissected endlessly. Elections aside, it may be a while before East Malaysia gets its 35% of parliamentary seats, as constitutional procedures emerge as a major obstacle. www.TheSarawakian.com

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The Sarawakian @thesarawakian.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Marketing works. Culture matters. Just check the statistics of women smokers. www.TheSarawakian.com

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The Sarawakian @thesarawakian.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Brent seems to be settling around USD80 per barrel for the past week but I won’t hold my breath judging from the news. The paint just doesn’t seem to stick. www.TheSarawakian.com

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The Sarawakian @thesarawakian.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

The infographic this week compares and contrasts defence budgets in the region and the world’s two largest. It’s a sobering picture.   Awal Muharram coming up! Here’s to hoping the conflict in the Middle East will end sooner rather than later. www.TheSarawakian.com

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The Sarawakian @thesarawakian.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

With few exceptions, the Sarawak government - through its state-owned enterprises (SOEs) - is arguably the single biggest player in the state's economy. That is why the proposed SOE shake-up is welcome news. www.TheSarawakian.com

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The Sarawakian @thesarawakian.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

This week’s infographic looks at Microsoft’s statistics on a similar theme: AI adoption and public attitudes towards it. www.TheSarawakian.com

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The Sarawakian @thesarawakian.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

The Sarawak government is courting Beijing for a medical school in partnership with Shanghai’s Fudan University, aimed at helping to address the shortage of doctors. If it happens, it could transform Miri. MAS might even have to reinstate the Kuching-Miri flight route. www.TheSarawakian.com

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The Sarawakian @thesarawakian.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

This week’s infographic looks at Malaysia’s falling total fertility rate. Around the world, rising GDP per capita is often accompanied by falling fertility. Malaysia, and Sarawak, are no exceptions. DOSM’s projection for Sarawak’s natural population growth is sobering. www.TheSarawakian.com

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The Sarawakian @thesarawakian.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

This issue is very much about the future. The Trans-Borneo Railway could begin in Bintulu for practical reasons, and that may be a good place to start. The feasibility report is expected in just a few more weeks. Happy holidays. “Ooha!” means: Overlapping Holidays. www.TheSarawakian.com

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The Sarawakian @thesarawakian.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Southeast Asia is home to some fancy bridges. The most impressive is Brunei’s Temburong Bridge which spans 30km and skips 4 immigration checkpoints between Brunei and Sarawak. The infographic highlights the top 5 plus, at number 13 in length in SEA, the new Batang Lupar Bridge 1.

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The Sarawakian @thesarawakian.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

The landscape of Sarawak is adorned with great rivers and great rivers demand great bridges. The Batang Lupar No. 1 Bridge is a long time coming. www.TheSarawakian.com

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The Sarawakian @thesarawakian.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

It is plain to see that countries that make it easier to do business generally perform better economically. Subscribe by joining the WhatsApp Community: chat.whatsapp.com/IUIhdFtz7tBD...   or directly from the website: www.thesarawakian.com

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The Sarawakian @thesarawakian.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

I particularly like this week’s headline about the pilot project to make doing business easier in Sarawak. It could not happen fast enough. As always, show some love and drop your comments at www.TheSarawakian.com if you feel so inclined.

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The Sarawakian @thesarawakian.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Data Centres in Sarawak: an opportunity or a resource giveaway? open.substack.com/pub/mooreyam...

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