Galeri: Press Conference on Sukan Sarawak

March 18, 2017

Sports Minister Dato Sri Michael Manyin Jawong (right) and his assistant minister Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah (left) unveiling the SukSar logo at a press conference in Kuching yesterday. -The Borneo Post

Sepak takraw controversy resolved

December 2, 2016

Youth, Sports and Solidarity Minister Dato Sri Michael Manyin Jawong (centre), flanked by Abdul Karim and the ministry’s permanent secretary Kameri Affendi, leading the Sarawak contingent competing in the 9th BIMP-EAGA Friendship Games to give a spirited pose during the handing over of state colours.

KUCHING: Assistant Minister of Youth and Sports Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah revealed that a controversy involving foreign players in Sarawak’s sepak takraw team in the recent Sukma has been resolved internally.

He said a warning letter has been issued to the team management to warn them against using wrong approaches to win medals for the state.

The team had reached the semi-finals stage.

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November 13, 2016

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Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Abang Johari Tun Openg  (second left) in jovial mood meeting the youths together with (from right) Assistant Minister for Youth and Sports Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah, Associate Prof Dr Jeniri Amir and Minister of Sports, Youth and Solidarity Dato Sri Michael Manyin.

Galeri: Opening ceremony of state-level Youth Day 2016

November 13, 2016

Youth Icon award recipients and others in a photocall with Minister of Youth, Sports and Solidarity Dato Sri Michael Manyin (standing at fifth left).

Minister of Youth, Sports and Solidarity Dato Sri Michael Manyin presents a mock cheque to Pandelela Rinong. Looking on are Assistant Minister for Youth and Sports Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah and Assistant Minister for Solidarity Rosey Yunus.

Galeri: Presentation of SUKMA incentives ceremony

Chief Minister Adenan and Jamilah (centre), with the Sukma contingent during last night’s presentation ceremony, with alongside Jerip (partially hidden), SSC chief Dr Ong Kong Swee, Abdul Karim, Fadillah (behind), Manyin, Masing and Asfia. Nerosha (file pic below) led the bowling team for the biggest incentive winner. — Photo by Chimon Upon

Galeri: Grand Final of the Sukma XVIII Sarawak Golf Challenge

July 15, 2016

Aziel Teo Ken Yi receives his prizes from Minister of Youth, Sports and Solidarity Dato Sri Michael Manyin Jawong while Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah and MS3 Golf Sdn Bhd president Dato Mohd Tiar Sharif.

Galeri: Handing Over Ceremony of 25 RapidKL buses

July 12, 2016

The State Secretary Tan Sri Datuk Amar Mohd Morshidi Abdul Ghani (fifth right) receiving a mock key from RapidKL chief operating officer Mohd Azam Omar, while Youth, Sports and Solidarity Minister Dato Sri Michael Manyin Jawong (fourth right) and his assistant minister Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah, and others look on.

The Youth, Sports and Solidarity Minister Dato Sri Michael Manyin Jawong (second left) and the State Secretary Tan Sri Datuk Amar Mohd Morshidi Abdul Ghani (centre) inspecting the interior of one of the buses after the handover ceremony. They are accompanied by the Kuching Port Authority chairman Dato Awang Bemee Pengiran Ali Basa (left), Youth and Sports Assistant Minister Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah and RapidKL chief operating officer Mohd Azam Omar.

It is still proper to call Sarawak as a state - Karim

July 11, 2016

Abdul Karim (third left) in a group photo with See (fourth left), national PKR Women vice president Voon Shiak Ni (left), state PKR Women chief Nurhanim Hanna Mokhsen (second left) and other guests.

KUCHING: Assistant Minister of Housing Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah opined a call by the SUPP president Datuk Dr Sim Kui Hian for Sarawak to be referred as a region in Malaysia and not as a state as ‘very subjective.’

He  believed it was still proper to call Sarawak a state because it was a part of Malaysia.

“Sarawak can still be considered a state, but it is a state within a union … within a confederation. So, whether we should call ourselves just Sarawak or a state, to me that is minor,” he told reporters when met at his Hari Raya open house at his residence here yesterday.

“What is more important here is when we signed the (Malaysia) Agreement, there were certain rights that we agreed upon, and these are the rights that have diminished for the last 53 years. We are trying to get them back.”

Stating that the matter was quite sensitive, he opined it was now more important to focus on the rights of the state as Sarawak was one of the signatories to the Malaysia Agreement 1963.

“Unlike the federated and unfederated Malay states that are Peninsular Malaysia, they came in as signatory to the Malaysia Agreement 1963 as one entity. We (Sarawak) came in as another entity, Sabah came in as another, and Singapore, too.

“The way I see it, strictly from a legal aspect, it should be called a federation of states.”

Jangan libatkan diri dengan dadah -Karim

July 3, 2016

BERSEMANGAT: Manyin bersama Abdul Karim, Morshidi dan Dr Ong menunjukkan isyarat bagus pada sesi memperkenal pakaian rasmi Kontinjen SUKMA Sarawak di Kuching semalam.

KUCHING: Chef-de-mission Kontingen SUKMA Sarawak Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah mengingatkan semua atlet agar tidak terlibat dalam isu penyalahgunaan bahan terlarang.

“Isu doping amat ditekankan kepada mereka (atlet dan jurulatih) kerana kita tidak mahu berdepan masalah selepas menang dalam acara yang dipertandingkan,” katanya yang juga Pengerusi PEMADAM Negeri Sarawak, kepada sebuah akhbar harian berbahasa Melayu, ketika ditemui dalam Program ‘Meet and Greet’ Bersama Atlet SUKMA Sarawak di sebuah pusat membeli-belah di bandar raya ini semalam.

Manakala Menteri Belia, Sukan dan Solidariti, Dato Sri Micheal Manyin Jawong berkata sasaran mengutip 72 pingat emas pada edisi kali ini menjadi suntikan semangat kepada atlet-atlet kontinjen Sarawak.

“Kita akan melakukan yang terbaik bagi memastikan kejuaraan SUKMA XVIII menjadi milik Sarawak sekali gus mengulangi kejayaan pada 1990, 1992 dan 1994,” katanya ketika berucap dalam program yang sama. 

Manyin mahu penantian selama 22 tahun sejak menjuarai SUKMA 1994 membuahkan hasil terutamanya menjadi tuan rumah bagi penganjuran edisi ke-18 ini.

Sementara itu, beliau turut menggesa semua atlet supaya menanamkan matlamat tinggi ‘Agi Idup Agi Ngelaban’ untuk mencapai sasaran pingat emas.

“Kita berharap semua atlet akan memperolehi pingat yang disasarkan justeru itu persiapan rapi penting dari segi aspek fizikal dan mental,” katanya.

Rakyat Sarawak diseru agar beri sokongan pada atlit Sarawak

KAMEK MOK EMAS! Dato Sri Michael Manyin Jawong, Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah dan Tan Sri Datuk Amar Mohamad Morshidi Abdul Ghani bersama-sama atlit-atlit Sarawak selepas berakhirnya majlis.

Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah ditemuramah
oleh RTM.

KUCHING: Chef de Mission SUKMA ke-18 Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah menyeru rakyat Sarawak agar memberi sokongan padu kepada atlit-atlit Bumi Kenyalang ketika Sukan Malaysia berlangsung mulai Julai 22 ini.

Beliau berkata sokongan yang padu ini amat penting untuk memberi motivasi kepada atlit-atlit Sarawak agar berjuang sepenuh hati untuk mengharumkan nama Sarawak di pentas sukan nasional.

Abdul Karim berkata demikian dalam sesi temuramah oleh sebuah TV internet swasta VisionTechTV setelah berakhirnya Majlis Perjumpaan Atlit Sarawak SUKMA XVIII dan Pelancaran Pakaian Kontingen Sarawak di VivaCity Mega Mall pagi tadi.

TERBAIK: Dato Sri Michael Manyin Jawong, diapit oleh Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah dan Tan Sri Datuk Amar Mohamad Morshidi Abdul Ghani dalam sesi memperkenalkan pakaian kontingen SUKMA Sarawak.

Beliau juga melahirkan keyakinannya bahawa Sarawak sudah bersedia untuk menyambut kedatangan atlit-atlit SUKMA dari seluruh negara.

Kita merasa yakin untuk muncul sebagai juara dalam Sukan Malaysia tahun ini, kata Abdul Karim, sambil menambah, Sarawak juga berazam untuk menjadi penganjur yang terbaik untuk sukan tersebut.

KAMEK MOK EMAS! Dato Sri Michael Manyin Jawong, Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah dan Tan Sri Datuk Amar Mohamad Morshidi Abdul Ghani bersama-sama atlit-atlit Sarawak selepas berakhirnya majlis.

Beliau seterusnya berkata untuk SUKMA edisi ke-18, Sarawak mensasarkan 72 emas.

Abdul Karim telah diberi penghormatan untuk memperkenalkan pakaian kontingen SUKMA Sarawak dalam majlis tersebut yang turut dihadiri oleh Menteri Belia dan Sukan dan Perpaduan Dato Sri Michael Manyin Jawong, Setiausaha Kerajaan Negeri (SUK) Sarawak Tan Sri Datuk Amar Mohamad Morshidi Abdul Ghani dan Setiausaha Tetap Kementerian Belia dan Sukan dan Perpaduan Kameri Affendi.

SEGAK DAN KEMAS! Pakaian kontingen SUKMA Sarawak untuk Sukan Malaysia edisi ke-18.

Galeri: Majlis Ramah Tamah Aidilfitri Bahagian Samarahan 2015

August 6, 2015

Ketua Menteri Sarawak Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Adenan Satem memerhati Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah membuat persediaan untuk memotong lemang sempena perasmian Mahlis Ramah Tamah Aidilfitri Bahagian Samarahan 2015.

Ketua Menteri Sarawak Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Adenan Satem menyempurnakan  Majlis Penyerahan Geran Tanah dan TOL yang turut diadakan bersamasama Majlis Ramah Tamah Aidilfitri Bahagian Samarahan 2015. Seramai 347 orang telah menerima geran tanah dan tol dari kawasan Asajaya dan Sadong Jaya.

Bridging the gap after a 14-year wait

February 7, 2015

Jabu (second right) with (from right) Manyin, Fadillah, Nancy, Abdul Karim, Ali and others at the earth-breaking ceremony.

KOTA SAMARAHAN: Work on the Batang Samarahan Bridge has finally started after a 14-year wait and is scheduled to be completed in 36 months.

By January 2018, people of Kota Samarahan as well as Asajaya and Sadong Jaya will no longer have to spend an hour on the road travelling between these areas.

The RM93.88 million project is set to benefit some 240,000 residents in the division, boosting socio-economic activities in the areas concerned with the new shortened travelling distance.

According to Minister of Works Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof, the new bridge spanning 774 metres complies with the British Standard 5400 code of practice.

While it is a dual carriage bridge, a three-km pedestrian path connected to the bridge will also be built.

At the earth-breaking ceremony yesterday, Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Adenan Satem said he hoped the contractor and supervisor of the project would make certain that work on the bridge will be carried out as planned.

“Residents here have been waiting for this bridge to happen for over 14 years. Therefore, we hope to see full commitment dedicated to this project.”

Kuching may have a new Chinese school soon

August 3, 2014

Abang Johari (second left) and his wife Datin Amar Juma’ani Tuanku Bujang with Abdul Karim (second right) and Infrastructure Development and Communication Minister Dato Sri Michael Manyin

KUCHING: The state government has earmarked a piece of land between Batu Kawa and Kota Sentosa for the construction of a Chinese medium school.

However, Housing Minister Datuk Amar Abang Johari Tun Openg, who revealed this, declined to state its exact location in order to prevent land speculation.

He told reporters covering his Hari Raya visit to  Assistant Housing Minister Datuk Karim Rahman Hamzah here yesterday that the proposed project was the result of the recent dialogue session between the Chinese Middle Schools Management Board, led by its chairman Richard Wee, and Chief Minister Tan Sri Datuk Amar Adenan Satem.

Karim dismisses news portal’s ‘independence survey’

August 3, 2014





Abdul Karim (left) and wife with Fatimah (fifth right), Adi (third right) and family and Talip and Zaliha at his Hari Raya Open House at Jalan Astana.

KUCHING: Assistant Minister of Youth Development Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah lashes out at a news portal for claiming that 97 per cent of people of Sarawak want their state to cede from Malaysia based on its survey.

He said statistical findings based on improper surveys could not be used as reflection of the people’s feeling.

“I was made to understand that this portal merely asked 100 people- 50 from Sarawak and 50 from Sabah and who are those 50 from Sarawak? If they were ask people from Asajaya,I think all of them will say ‘no’ to getting out of Malaysia,” he said when met at his Hari Raya Open House in Jalan Astana here yesterday.

Galeri: Program Pemimpin Bersama Rakyat

March 16, 2014

DIPENYADI: Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin bejadi SMK Asajaya 2 (SMK Hajah Laila Taib), Bela dipeda (ari kiba) Dato Sri Michael Manyin, Datuk Abdul karim Hamzah enggau Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hassan.

1MALAYSIA: Muhyiddin beramah mesra dengan para pelajar SMK Hajah Laila Taib.

Asajaya land prices likely to rise once bridge completed

February 25, 2014

Abdul Karim (fifth left) presents prizes to winners of a singing competition.

ASAJAYA: Prices of land in Asajaya are expected to rise once Samarahan Bridge is completed the soonest by next year, says Housing Assistant Minister Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah.

“The bridge over Batang Samarahan is already tendered out, and I know it’s going to be built this year, expected to be completed next year or 2016. With this bridge, travel from Kuching wil take only 30 minutes (previously one hour).

“And I believe the price of land in Asajaya will double or treble. The rise in land prices is seen in the past one or two years, and we can see more development coming up in Asajaya soon,” he said at a Chinese New Year dinner organised by six organisations here last Saturday night.

He said this would benefit land owners in Asajaya whose land might be acquired for development.

Abdul Karim, who is also Asajaya assemblyman said Asajaya area, formerly known as Nonok, is slowly becoming a suburb of Kuching due to expansion of the capital city.

The RM150 million Samarahan Bridge was announced as a special gift for the people in Samarahan Division by Infrastructure Development and Communication Minister Dato Sri Michael Manyin last year.

Land affected by the bridge – to be built from Kampung Baru in Kota Samarahan across the Samarahan river until Kampung Tambey in Asajaya – have already been acquired by the govermment.

   

Galeri: Regatta Samarahan 2013

November 10, 2013

COMMUNITY EVENT: Dato Sri Michael Manyin (third right) jointly launches the event with (from left) are Dato Sri Mohammad Ali Mahmud, Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah, Aidel Lariwoo, Rubiah Wang, Abdul Rahman Sebli Senusi and Datuk Julaihi Narawi.

Galeri: 2013 state-level birthday celebration of the Yang Dipertuan Agong

May 31, 2013

INVITATION: Manyin (fourth left) presents an invitation to Salahuddin while (from left) Azlan, Noriah,
Misnu, Abdul Karim, Ismail and Abang Shamsudin look on.

‘1 country, 2 systems’ - Divisive and Dangerous?

August 19, 2011

KUCHING: Parti Rakyat Sarawak (PRS) president Tan Sri Dr James Masing described United Borneo Front (UBF) founder Datuk Dr Jeffrey Kitingan’s advocacy for Malaysia to be “one country, two systems” as divisive and dangerous.

He said the proposal was against the objective of the formation of Malaysia and should be rejected outright by all peace-loving Malaysians.

“His (Dr Jeffery) view is very dangerous for nation building because we already are moving forward as one nation under 1Malaysia.

“To think otherwise means that he wants to break up this country. This, we should never allow,” Masing told The Borneo Post here yesterday.

Jeffery had said that the federal government should allow Sabah and Sarawak to be developed based on their own capitalist economic and political systems.

He explained that the two states should be allowed to have their own systems as they were different from Peninsular Malaysia.

“Our rights are not the same as theirs. Our geographical condition is different and we do not have economic growth as the other states in the peninsular have,” said Jeffery, adding that the 20 Point Agreement had clearly stated that Sabah and Sarawak were equal partners with Malaya and not one of the states in Malaysia.