Businesses in Sarawak can now operate between 7am and 10pm The Deputy Chief Minister said the new opening hours were standardised across the economic sectors that were allowed to reopen from Tuesday (May 12) to prevent confusion. The State Disaster Management Committee working out policies to ensure second wave of COVID-19 does not hit Sarawak The State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) is now working out its policies to ensure that the second wave of COVID-19 does not hit Sarawak, said its chairman Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas. COVID-19 compels use of new technologies - Bintulu Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry The COVID-19 pandemic has propelled new technology across all aspects of life, in particular the Asian lifestyle, from e-commerce to remote working and remote learning tools, said Yek Siew Liong. Sarawak comes up with Covid Trace app, public urged to utilise it – Dr Sim Local Government and Housing Minister Dato Sri Dr Sim Kui Hian said the app developed by Sarawak Information Systems Sdn. Bhd. (SAINS) and the Sarawak Multimedia Authority (SMA) can now be downloaded on Play Store for Android devices and App Store for IOS devices. Qmunity app to track people’s movements The Qmunity app, developed as part of a Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) project by Kuching South City Council (MBKS) in partnership with JT Utama Sdn Bhd, ARx Media Sdn Bhd and Huawei Cloud, will help the authorities to track movements of people for COVID-19 contact tracing. Hotels as quarantine centres not allowed to open Hotels which have been gazetted as COVID-19 quarantine centres are not allowed to check in new guests as yet unless their status as a quarantine base has been revoked by a gazette notification, said Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah