It gives us great pleasure to announce that Kuching will host the 50th edition of the Ship for Southeast Asian and Japanese Youth Programme (SSEAYP) on January 19 and 20, 2027. We were given the honour to become host the international programme which will bring youth from across Asia Pacific to our city.
We welcome the programme which will enable the international participants to take part in local activities and meet our community leaders. Generally, the cruise ship has three ports of call whereby the participants will be taking part in youth programmes and pay courtesy calls to local leaders in the respective locations. In the past, the cruise has stopped at Port Klang in Selangor, Johor, Kota Kinabalu in Sabah and Kuantan in Pahang.
Next year, it will be the first time the programme is held in Kuching, Sarawak. I have announced these to our media friends during the press conference held at Baitul Makmur 2 Building after the courtesy visit by the Director General of Federal Youth and Sports Department (JBS), Puan Azura Abidin.
The SSEAYP is an annual, Japanese government-sponsored exchange programme initiated in 1974 to foster friendship and international cooperation among youth from Japan and ten ASEAN nations. Next year’s cruise will visit three ports — Cambodia, Malaysia (Kuching) and the Philippines — with cultural programmes, youth activities and leadership engagements at each stop.
The planning of next year’s event is still ongoing, with a year to finalise itineraries, venues, welcoming ceremonies and participation details. We will set up a coordination committee to decide who will attend dinners, who will welcome the participants and which places will be visited by youth leaders from ASEAN and Japan. It will be discussed in upcoming meetings.
We are also expecting 211 youths aged 18 to 30 from 10 ASEAN countries, including Malaysia, to take part with the Japanese government is expected to fund the programme, while logistical costs at the port of call in Kuching will be jointly supported with the Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports (KBS). The organisers had expressed hope for a lively reception in Kuching and look forward to the attendance of Sarawak’s Premier for the official launching ceremony.
Also present during the press conference were our Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports Datuk Gerald Rentap Jabu, Ministry of Youth, Sports and Entrepreneur Development (MYSED) permanent secretary ,Dzulkornain Masron, SSEAYP International Malaysia (KABESA) president Datuk Che Muhamad Nordin Ismail and deputy president Dato Juhari Janan
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