Recently I have called on our youths to be involved in arts and culture in which they can apply for funds from Sarawak Youth Creative Industry Fund (SYCIF) to develop their talents as well as to add value to their programmes.
The fund was set up in 2018 and was aimed to assist youths in organising arts and culture programmes, particularly music, film, drama and theatre. It is open to Sarawakians and Malaysians aged 15 to 40, who can apply as individuals, groups or associations.
I have mentioned these to our media friends after our recent meeting with Sarawak’s Youth Development Committee and the fund is not meant for them (youths) to undertake business or entrepreneurship purposes. Back in 2019, the fund received 16 applications of which only five were approved with a total sum of RM230,000.
Despite facing the Covid-19 pandemic, we still received 44 applications of which 26 were approved with total funds given were RM661,733. As for 2021, we received 54 applications with 11 approved, amounting to RM220,200. The application form is available on the Youth and Sports Ministry’s website at www.myss.sarawak.gov.my
The Ministry of Youth and Sports Sarawak had planned to undertake 56 programmes for our youths and another 41 sports programmes for the year 2021 but out of this, and until now, we only managed to organise seven. Hence, we hope to be able to organise the others later this year after more Sarawakians are getting vaccinated.
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