International bike event benefits state

October 02, 2015

Datin Patinggi Dato Jamilah Haji Anu (2nd left) receives the donation cheque from Alex Wong (3rd left), while (from right) PM Department State Development Director Dato Kamal Hussin, Dato Shahrizal Mat Ishak, Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah, and Kuching Iron Tiger Bikers Club president Datin Elly Zalilah look on.

KUCHING: The Kuching International Bike Week (KIWB) 2015 has indeed placed the state in the eyes of the world.Assistant Minister of Housing Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah said such occasion with such huge magnitude had certainly benefited the state.

With the support of various agencies as well as the patron Chief Minister’s wife Datin Patinggi Dato Hajah Jamilah Anu, the event would not be amplified as it is, said Karim during the KIBW 2015 appreciation dinner held at Riverside Majestic Hotel, last Wednesday.

The success of this event has made its mark, in which KIBW will be gazetted as a biennial event in the Sarawak Tourism Calendar.He expressed his gratitude towards all parties who had contributed in making the event a success.

“Two years from now bikers will once again gather for the KIBW 2017.”

“Keep on riding,” he stated.

Meanwhile, during the event a total RM32,000 was presented to the Sarawak Heart Foundation courtesy of Alex Wong (Sarawak Bikers).

Also present were Datin Patinggi Dato Hajah Jamilah Haji Anu, Kuching Police chief ACP Roslan Bek Ahmad and Kuching Iron Tiger Bikers Club president Datin Elly Zalilah.  

Datin Patinggi Dato Jamilah Haji Anu arrives at the KIBW appreciation party accompanied by Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah and Kuching Iron Tiger Bikers Club president Datin Elly Zalilah.