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Sushi King Sabah and Sarawak: Every Sushi Plate RM1.90 for One Piece, 27-28 October Only
For two days only, Tuesday 27 and Wednesday 28 October 2026, Sushi King restaurants in Sabah and Sarawak serve every sushi plate as a single piece for RM1.90. There are 36 varieties, miso soup is RM1 off, and it is dine-in only with no reservations. Kiosks are excluded, and prices are before the 10% service charge and 6% tax.
Massage and Reflexology Prices in Kuching 2026: Six Places From RM48 an Hour
We read the published menus of six Kuching massage places on 24 October 2026. An hour of foot reflexology costs RM48 with the blind masseurs at Iska, RM62 at Siam Kenyalang on Jalan Padungan and RM68 at Footsiie Q (RM58 for members). A full-body oil massage runs RM95 to RM105 for an hour. Here is what each place charges, which promos are running, and how to choose.
Everrise Members' Weekend, Kuching and Miri (23-25 Oct 2026): Full Price List, Weekday vs Weekend Prices and the RM80 PWP
The Members' Weekday (20-22 Oct) has ended. Everrise's next sheet, the Members' Weekend, runs 23 to 25 October 2026 at 14 Kuching outlets and three in Miri. We read both official flyers: Kuching vs Miri price gaps, which weekday prices carried over, the RM80 PWP that ends Sunday and the Korea Fair events.
Kuching Day Tour Prices 2026: Bako, Semenggoh and Annah Rais Compared Across Six Operators, and When DIY Costs a Fifth
We read six Kuching operators' own price pages on 16 October 2026. A Bako National Park day tour costs RM360 to RM520 per person, Semenggoh orangutans RM160 to RM250, and a sunset river cruise RM70 at the jetty. Doing Bako yourself by bus and boat costs a Malaysian about RM75, and most join-in Bako tours pause from November.
Harvey Norman Sarawak WOW Sale (Kuching, Miri, Bintulu) Ended 14 October: What the Poster Deals Cost Now
Harvey Norman's Sarawak WOW Sale runs 8 to 14 October 2026 at Vivacity Megamall Kuching, Miri Times Square and The Spring Bintulu. We checked all 300 listed items and the 12 store posters: the posters undercut the website by up to RM1,680 on mattresses, phones and a printer, so price your list in store. Rechecked 17 October: the sale has ended and the same products now sit under the nationwide Big Upgrades, Bigger Savings sale (12 Oct to 4 Nov), where the Honor X9d is cheaper than before but the printer and mattress deals are gone. Rechecked again 21 October: no new Sarawak-only sale, most prices unchanged, and the Galaxy S25 FE and 1.8m Bayliss table are no longer listed online.
The Waterfront Hotel Kuching Halloween Hi-Tea: RM89 Nett, Buy 10 Get 1 Free on 31 October
The Waterfront Hotel Kuching is running a one-afternoon Tricks & Treats Halloween hi-tea buffet at Café Via Mare on Saturday 31 October 2026, 1pm to 4pm. It costs RM89 nett an adult, RM70 a senior and RM45 a child aged 6 to 12, with a costume contest and kids' colouring contest. Ten paying adults get an 11th pass free. Booking is online only and non-refundable.
Badminton Court Rates in Kuching 2026: RM8 to RM25 an Hour, and When Peak Pricing Starts at Each Hall
We read the court rates of Kuching's badminton halls on their own booking systems and listings on 3 October 2026. An hour costs RM8 to RM25, and the bigger difference is when each hall switches to its evening rate: 5pm, 6pm or 7pm. Here are the rates, court counts, student prices and how to book each one.
Damai Beach and Damai Lagoon 10.10 Sale Has Ended: What Santubong Rooms Cost Now (From RM240 Nett)
The one-day 10.10 Insiders Club sale (Damai Beach from RM180+, Damai Lagoon from RM230+, room only) ended on 10 October 2026. Here is what the sale was, and the packages you can still book on the Santubong peninsula: Damai Beach's Escapade at RM240 nett and Damai Lagoon's Funtastic Deals at RM328 nett, both with breakfast for two. Maybank cardholders also get 10% off the Best Flexible room rate at either resort until 31 December 2026.
Where to Eat Sibu's Foochow Food in 2026: 7 Spots for Kampua, Kompia and Mee Sua, and Which Day Each One Shuts
Sibu is a Foochow town and it eats like one: kampua noodles tossed in lard before 7am, kompia buns pulled hot from the oven, red-wine mee sua for dinner. We checked seven places on their live Google listings on 29 September 2026, including the day-by-day hours. One kampua shop shuts on Tuesdays, one bakery sells out on weekends, and the town's most famous dian bian hu shop is gone.
Hotel Buffet Prices in Kuching 2026: One Weekend Dinner Buffet, a Handful of Hi-Teas, and RM75 to RM238 a Head
We read the live prices of Kuching's hotel buffets on 27 September 2026 from each hotel's own booking page or official post. Only one hotel still sells a regular weekend dinner buffet (Hilton, RM238 nett); everyone else has moved to weekend hi-tea, from RM75 plus charges at Grand Margherita to RM138 nett at Hilton. Prices, hours, child rates and what is actually running.
Decathlon in Sarawak, October 2026: Now in Every Emart Supermarket — Emart Counter or decathlon.my Payday (24-31 Oct)?
Since 28 September 2026, Decathlon products are sold at every Emart Supermarket in Sarawak (not Emart Express or Goceli), with the full range at Emart King Centre, Kuching, and Emart Taman Berlian, Kota Samarahan. The opening backpack offer is over. The next Decathlon discount is the online Payday window, 24-31 October: RM10 off RM180 up to RM60 off RM850. Shipping to Sarawak costs RM25 under RM300, so small baskets are cheaper at the Emart counter.
Flying to Sabah or Sarawak From the Peninsula in 2026: The Free Entry Slip, the 3-Month Limit, and When You Need a Permit
Malaysians from the Peninsula still clear immigration when they land in Kota Kinabalu or Kuching. For a holiday that means a free slip and a stay of up to three months; for anything longer, a RM5 travel document; and for a job, a work pass your employer has to arrange. Here is what applies to you, from the Immigration Department's own pages.
Registering a Birth in Malaysia 2026: Free for 60 Days, RM50 After, and Why Sabah and Sarawak Give You Only 14
Registering your baby's birth with JPN costs nothing if you do it in time, but "in time" means 60 days in Peninsular Malaysia and only 14 days in Sabah and Sarawak. Miss it and the fee is small (RM5 to RM50). The real cost is the paperwork: a late registration in the Peninsula asks for photos of the whole family and sponsors' declarations. Here is what JPN's own pages list, read on 23 September 2026.
Gunung Mulu National Park Prices 2026: The RM15 Pass, Every Tour From RM35 to RM660, and What Three Nights Really Cost
Every price here comes from the park operator's own website, read on 22 September 2026. A Malaysian pays RM15 for Mulu's 5-day pass, and the bat exodus at Deer Cave is free to watch, but the guided tours are priced the same for everyone: RM35 for Deer and Lang Caves, RM70 for Clearwater, RM55 for the Canopy Walk and RM465 for the Pinnacles. A Malaysian couple doing the four classic tours over three nights spends about RM1,530 before flights.
Emart PWP in October 2026: September's RM120 List Has Ended, This Weekend's Two Lists (2–4 Oct) Now Include Sabah
Emart's 18-item September PWP poster ended on 30 September 2026. An October monthly poster (1 to 31 October, 18 items) was added on 5 October; this page covers the weekend-flyer lists that run alongside it. The RM120 Purchase With Purchase is a standing member perk, so it carries on in the weekend flyers. For 2 to 4 October there are two lists. Kuching, Samarahan, Miri and Bintulu get six items from RM4.99 to RM32.99. Emart Lintas Jaya in Sabah, excluded in September, gets its own six, from Maggi curry at RM2.99 to Seri Murni 5kg oil at RM27.99. We read every flyer on 2 October and checked the PWP prices against Emart's own member prices.
Damai Beach Resort Santubong Deals: RM240 Nett Weekday Stay, Saturday Bonfire BBQ and Dolphin Boat Tours
Damai Beach Resort in Santubong, Kuching, is running a Damai Escapade package at RM240 nett for a weekday night with breakfast for two (RM340 on Friday and Saturday), a Saturday beachfront Bonfire BBQ Buffet from RM88, and Damai Nature Escapes boat tours for mangroves, dolphins and fireflies valid until year-end. We checked the resort's own booking engine: the weekday package is about RM86 cheaper than its lowest direct rate, but the weekend one saves under RM20.
Kuching Attraction Prices 2026: Sarawakians Pay Half at the Museum, the Same as KL Visitors at Every Park, and RM1 at Wind Cave
We read the official rate for eight Kuching attractions on 14 September 2026. A Sarawakian adult pays RM10 at Borneo Cultures Museum against RM20 for other Malaysians and RM50 for foreigners, but gets no local rate at any state park. Jong's Crocodile Farm raised its MyKad adult ticket to RM30 in June, and Semenggoh closes to visitors from 10am to 2pm.
Servay Day, 25 October 2026: RM10 Back for Every RM100, but You Cannot Spend It on Groceries
The next Servay Day is Sunday 25 October 2026, at every Servay outlet in Sabah and Miri except Servay Express; if you shopped on 25 September, those vouchers run out on 8 or 9 October. Active members get one RM10 discount voucher for every RM100 in a single receipt, capped at ten vouchers, so RM1,000 is the point where you stop earning. We re-read Servay's own published terms on 27 September 2026, and the catch is on the spending side: the vouchers print on your receipt, expire in 14 days, only work at the outlet that issued them, and cannot be used on supermarket items at all. They are redeemable in the departmental aisles only, one voucher per receipt, which means using all RM100 takes ten separate trips to the till.
7 Interior Design and Renovation Firms in Kuching 2026: What the CIDB Register Says, and the Portfolio That Is AI Art
Kuching's renovation market is easy to search and hard to verify, so we checked every firm against Malaysia's contractor register on 12 September 2026. A CIDB grade caps the contract you can legally take, from RM200,000 at G1 to no limit at G7, and only one firm here holds B07, the code CIDB actually uses for interior decoration. Two firms listed by the top-ranking Kuching renovation directory have dead domains, one links to a signboard maker, and one studio's showcase images are AI generated, garbled wall text and all.
Padini The Spring Kuching Clearance Still Open on Day 42: From RM9, No End Date
Padini Concept Store at The Spring Kuching began a renovation clearance on 10 September 2026 with stock from RM9, and it is still trading in late October. Re-checked on Tuesday 21 October 2026, day 42: Google shows the store open until 10pm with no "temporarily closed" flag, Padini's redesigned store page still lists it, and there is still no end date or reopening date. The poster's fine print is the whole rulebook: The Spring Kuching only, no reservation, no refund, while stocks last. Online, RM9 is no longer store-only, but padini.com's seven RM9 items are all Vincci MagSafe phone accessories and PDI girls' socks; its cheapest clothing is RM19, and East Malaysian orders ship free only from RM150.
Where to Eat in Miri 2026: Three of the Eight Have a Weekly Rest Day, and the Highland Food Is the Reason to Come
Miri is not a smaller Kuching. It is Sarawak's northern oil town and the road head for the Baram and the Kelabit Highlands, and its best-loved kitchen serves Orang Ulu food you will not find on a peninsular menu: nuba laya wrapped in leaves, purple highland rice, jungle midin by the plateful. The thing that will actually decide your day, though, is not the afternoon gap everyone warns about. It is the rest day. Three of these eight close on a fixed day each week, and Google's summary line does not show it: The Summit Cafe on Sundays, Meng Chai Seafood on Thursdays, Saberkas Night Market on Mondays and Tuesdays. We opened the day-by-day hours for eight Miri eating places on 6 September 2026, along with trading status and what diners report spending, and found that the most-repeated claim about one of them - that Mat Kolok closes at 3pm - is its Sunday time, not its weekday one.
Everrise 33rd Anniversary RM100,000 Contest, 4 September to 31 December 2026: RM100 in One Receipt Enters You
Everrise's 33rd Anniversary flyers of 3 and 4 September carried a gold star reading "THE MORE YOU SPEND, THE MORE YOU WIN WORTH RM100,000" with no mechanic printed anywhere, and this article first read it as a supplier campaign. Everrise has since printed the rules on its 5 and 6 September sheets, and the contest is its own: 4 September to 31 December 2026, at all outlets, members who spend RM100 in a single receipt storewide, for a grand prize of RM10,000 cash, a first prize of RM5,000 cash and two Disney Cruise special prizes. QL Eggs' Beli & Menang Telur Emas, 1 August to 30 September 2026 on a minimum RM15 of QL products, is a separate contest on the same paper. The three-day members' price list ran 4 to 6 September at 19 of Everrise's 21 stores, and the four regional sheets do not agree with each other: PediaSure 1650g is RM204.99 in Kuching and RM194.99 in Miri and Bintulu. A separate one-day Members' Best Value sheet then ran on 6 September at 8 of the 14 Kuching stores and beat the anniversary sheet in the same shop on several lines.
Car Rental in Kuching 2026: The RM90 Headline, the RM5,000 Excess, and the Ring Around the City You Cannot Drive Out Of
Kuching is one of the cheapest places in Malaysia to rent a car and one of the easiest places to misread the bill. Eight operators publish daily rates and the cheapest headline is RM75 a day, but the daily rate is the smallest number in the contract. Two bigger ones sit underneath it. The first is the damage excess: Alpha and Wagons both print an accident liability of RM5,000 on a compact car and RM13,000 to RM14,000 on a van or a luxury MPV, and buying it down costs RM40 to RM150 a day and only halves it. The second is geography. A Kuching rental car is contractually confined to a ring covering Kuching town, Kota Samarahan, Bau, Lundu, Sematan and Serian, and driving past it to Sibu costs RM300, to Miri RM600 and to Limbang or Lawas RM1,000, with a RM500 penalty at one operator for going without asking. We read all eight rate cards and every published set of terms this run.
Everrise Members' Weekend Sarawak, 28-31 August 2026 (Ended): Kuching, Miri and Bintulu Prices, and the Weekly Sheet That Replaced It
**Ended 31 August 2026.** Everrise now runs a Members' Weekend every Friday to Sunday and a Members' Weekday every Tuesday to Thursday, and its RM100-per-receipt anniversary contest runs to 31 December. The August record follows. Everrise posted four Members' Weekend flyers on 27 August 2026, and three of them are Sarawak. Kuching gets 14 stores, Miri gets three and Bintulu gets one, all running Friday 28 to Sunday 30 August. Every price on those sheets is member-only, and since April 2026 "member" means you open the Grab app at the till. Here is what the Sarawak flyers actually cost, where Kuching, Miri and Bintulu disagree, the two outlets that are not in it at all, the three side campaigns riding on the same paper -- and, added on 29 August, the three further flyers Everrise posted on 28 August, including a Bintulu government Rahmah Madani sale that undercuts the members-only price on five lines. Updated 31 August: the weekend is over, and a one-day Merdeka Flash Sale has replaced it at only 11 of the 18 stores.
8 Things to Do in Bintulu, Sarawak 2026 — and Why the Official List Is Sixteen Years Out of Date
Bintulu is the town most travellers drive through on the way from Miri to Sibu, and the official reason to stop has not been rewritten since 19 August 2010. That is the date printed on the Bintulu Development Authority's own Places of Interest page, which still describes the nightly pasar malam as a place to buy smuggled cigarettes and liquor. Sarawak Tourism Board's Bintulu page is current but lists only five major attractions and leaves Similajau National Park — the division's best-known park — off it entirely, while its Useful Information boxes for Kidurong Tower and Tanjung Batu Beach are empty: no hours, no fee. Similajau itself is the bigger problem: Sarawak Forestry Corporation's own page for it says repair works have the park closed to visitors, and its live registration portal will not let you book a slot. So we went to the operators themselves. Taman Tumbina, the only zoo in northern Sarawak, publishes RM2.00 for an adult and RM0.50 for a child of seven and above, 9.00am to 4.30pm daily — on a website whose copyright line still reads 2004. Here is what is actually there in 2026, what it costs where anyone will say, and what has been built since the official list was written.
8 Things to Do in Sibu, Sarawak 2026 — the Swan City Most Itineraries Skip on the Way to Somewhere Else
Sibu is the town most Sarawak itineraries treat as a transit stop between Kuching and Bintulu, and it is the one place in the state where the two biggest attractions cost nothing at all. Malaysia's largest indoor market sits opposite the express boat terminal with more than 1,100 stalls; a free museum on Jalan Central tells the story of the town's Iban, Melanau, Malay and Foochow communities; and the town's own 126-metre tower, its 1850s-founded Taoist temple and seven-tiered pagoda, and a peat-swamp boardwalk on the edge of town are all within a short drive. We checked the address, trading status and posted hours of eight stops on 22 August 2026 and re-pulled every listing on 27 September 2026. Here is what each one is, what it costs, and when it shuts.
Best Things to Do in Miri, Sarawak 2026: 8 Verified Stops from a UNESCO Cave to a Vanished Rock Arch
Sarawak's oil town is the launchpad for one of Malaysia's two UNESCO World Heritage sites and an ASEAN Heritage Park, plus hornbills five minutes from town and a morning market selling jungle ferns and Bario rice. Eight stops, each checked against the managing agency's own pages — including an honest note on the beach landmark that no longer exists.
8 Best Digital Marketing & Web Design Agencies in Kuching, Sarawak (2026)
Every 'best agency in Malaysia' list is written from a KL desk. Here are 8 digital marketing, web design and SEO agencies genuinely based in Kuching, Sarawak — verified office by office.
7 Best Cafés & Coffee Spots in Kuching, Sarawak (2026)
7 verified Western-style specialty coffee roasters and brunch cafés in Kuching, Sarawak, re-checked 23 Oct 2026: Sarawak Liberica at Black Bean, bagels on Jalan Song, Padungan flat whites and the Earthlings roastery.
6 Kolo Mee & Sarawak Laksa Spots You Must Try in Kuching (2026)
From a Padungan noodle shop with a recipe lineage traced to 1957 to a Pending laksa specialist piling bamboo clams and jumbo prawns into the bowl, here are six currently-operating Kuching spots dedicated purely to the city's two headline noodle dishes.
8 Kuching Food Institutions Every Visitor Should Try (Sarawak)
From the Sarawak Laksa kopitiam Anthony Bourdain filmed at twice to a restaurant styled as a traditional Dayak village serving pansoh chicken cooked in bamboo, here are eight currently-operating Kuching food institutions that go well beyond the peninsula's usual hawker fare.
8 Family-Friendly Things to Do in Kuching, Sarawak
Semenggoh orangutans from RM5 a Malaysian adult, Bako National Park at RM10, the Borneo Cultures Museum free for under-13s and Sarawak Cultural Village at RM95 — eight currently-operating Kuching attractions with the real 2026 ringgit prices, feeding times and opening hours before you book flights.