KUCHING (Dec 15): Telang Usan assemblyman Dato Dennis Ngau has urged communities living in longhouses to consider keeping a fire extinguisher in every unit. He made the appeal during his speech at the Sarawak Kayan Women Association (PWKS) annual dinner on Sunday, highlighting the frequent fire incidents affecting longhouses in rural areas. Time and again, [...]
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