Facilities & Amenities

Good Health Care & Medical Facilities

Government general hospitals will charge a minimal fee for non-Government employees and tourists.

Public Hospital

In Kuching city, the medical equipment at Kuching General Hospital is up to date and the latest facility being the cardiac centre located at Kota Samarahan. 

Sarawak General Hospital

Heart Centre, Sarawak General Hospital

Private Hospitals

The Normah Medical Specialists Centre

Kuching Specialist Centre

Borneo Medical Centre

Timberland Medical Specialists Centre 

They are private hospitals with medical staff, locally and internationally trained, whose medical qualifications and experience are highly regarded.

Based on figures from the Malaysian Medical Association, consultation fees from general practitioners/physicians/pediatricians/psychiatrists are reasonable, ranging from RM30.00 to RM180.00.

Source: Sarawak Government Website

WIFI

Wifi hotspots in Kuching can be found in most restaurants and most of them are generally provided by Telekom Malaysia (TM).

Banks

The major banks can be found in Kuching are:

CIMB Bank

RHB Bank

Public Bank

Bank Simpanan Nasional

Bank Rakyat

Alliance Bank

Hong Leong Bank

Standard Chartered Bank

HSBC

Bank of China

Cellular communication

The major telecommunication companies in Malaysia are:

TM Berhad

Celcom (013, 019 and 0148)

Maxis (012, 017 and 0142)

DiGi (010, 016, 0146, 014-30, 014-31 and 014-32)

U Mobile (018)

Television

Terrestrial television stations

The following channels are free-to-air:

TV1

TV2

TV3

ntv7

8TV (Only free on West Malaysia)

TV9 (Only free on West Malaysia)

TV Alhijrah

Hotel-only in-house video channel

Vision Four

Pay-per-view providers

Cable

ABNXcess

Satellite

Astro

DVB-IPTV based

MiTV - uses IP over DVB, pending rebranding as U Television and switch to encrypted DVB-T

IPTV based

Fine TV

DETV

Hypp.TV

Maxman.tv

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

·         TELEKOM MALAYSIA BERHAD HSBB

·         Maxis Communications - Broadband, Utopia (Wi-fi), Blackberry

·         Nasionet

·         PersiaSYS - Cable and wireless broadband

·         TIME - Metro-E, Leased line and FTTx

·         TM Net - Dialup and Streamyx (broadband)

·         DeConneXion - WiFi (Only in Sarawak)

·         Packet One - WiMAX

·         AMAX - WiMAX

·         Yes 4G - WiMAX

·         Macro Lynx - Broadband