Abdul Karim sokong tubuh akademi golf di Petra Jaya

April 11, 2018

Pemain golf N8 Satok bergambar beramai-ramai bersama (barisan kedua, dari tujuh kiri) Fadillah, Karim dan Sharifah selepas majlis penyampaian hadiah.

KUCHING: Menteri Pelancongan, Kesenian, Kebudayaan, Belia dan Sukan, Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah menyokong saranan agar Kelab Golf Petra Jaya dijadikan akademi golf remaja.

Menurut Abdul Karim, saranan tersebut dilihat sangat bertepatan dalam usaha Sarawak untuk melahirkan pemain golf yang mampu menyinar hingga ke peringkat antarabangsa.

“Kita semakin kekurangan ‘driving range’ di Kuching. Ketika ini hanya Kelab Golf Sarawak (KGS) yang mempunyai fasiliti demikian untuk peminat golf menjalani latihan.

Go for drug kingpins, says Abdul Karim

December 18, 2015

Abdul Karim (second right) talks to an inmate at CRCC as Khalid (right) looks on.

KUCHING: Enforcement agencies should focus on bringing down drug kingpins selling their drugs to teenagers as they inflict damage on future generations of society.

Pointing this out, Youth Development Assistant Minister Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah said enforcement agencies should not be solely blamed for failing to stem drug abuse among youths.

“Parents, teachers, schools and the community should take part of this blame since the problem of youths is a problem for all,” Abdul Karim said when speaking at the Cure & Care Rehabilitation Centre (CRCC) Kuching Pre-Christmas celebration at the centre yesterday.

According to him, young drug addicts prefer synthetic drugs to the more potent drugs like morphine, heroin and opium which are declining in popularity.

“These synthetic drugs are more difficult to detect as they take the form of small tablets or pills that resemble prescription drugs,” he said.

He revealed that the number of registered inmates at CRCC statewide had dropped this year.

“A total of 862 CRCC inmates were registered in 2014, falling to 594 this year but we believe there are still many undetected drug users out there,” he said.

Program pembangunan sepak takraw Sarawak perlu dirancakkan, kata Karim

August 12, 2015

KUCHING: Menteri Muda Pembangunan Belia (Bandar), Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah mahu Persatuan Sepak Takraw Sarawak (PSS) merancakkan program pembangunan sepak takraw bagi menghidupkan semula sukan itu di negeri ini.

Beliau berkata, sukan sinonim dengan kaum Bumiputera itu kian tenggelam di kalangan remaja hari ini dan PSS selaku badan induk sepak takraw negeri perlu tampil dengan pelbagai inisiatif seperti memperbanyakkan pertandingan di peringkat tempatan.

“Sebagai permulaan, PSS boleh menganjurkan liga sepak takraw peringkat bahagian, daerah ataupun sekolah-sekolah.

“Ini perlu dilaksanakan secara berterusan agar kita dapat melihat pencapaian para atlet selain dapat melahirkan bakat-bakat baharu,” katanya ketika menerima kunjungan hormat Exco PSS yang diketuai Presidennya, Datuk Abang Khalid Tan Sri Abang Marzuki di pejabatnya di sini semalam.

Hadir sama jurulatih skuad wanita SUKMA XVIII Sarawak, Sura Martwangsang.

Selaku Penasihat PSS, Abdul Karim turut memberi penekanan terhadap pentingnya pemain-pemain sepak takraw menjalani latihan pendedahan baik di dalam mahupun luar negara bagi meningkatkan kualiti permainan mereka.

“Ini membolehkan atlet-atlet Sarawak mampu memberi saingan pada pertandingan bertaraf kompetitif seperti Sukan Malaysia (SUKMA).

Galeri: Sarawak Boat Club (SBC) Fishing Competition 2012

May 24, 2012

CONGRATULATIONS: Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah (left), Datuk Amar Abang Johari Tun Openg (third right), Dato Abang Khalid Abang Marzuki (second right) and Then (right) together with some of winners of the fishing competition after the prize presentation.