We’re youths till 40, says Karim

July 03, 2019

Saberkas No. 2 disagrees with proposed amendment Bill to lower age of youth to 30

KUCHING: Sarawak’s definition of ‘youth’ will maintain the age range of 15 to 40 years old, says Sarawak United National Youth Organisation (Saberkas) deputy president Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah.

Commenting on the proposed amendment Bill tabled in Parliament on Monday to lower the age to define ‘youths’ from 40 to 30, he told The Borneo Post yesterday that the country should not lower the age limit to mirror that of western countries.

“Personally, I am not agreeable to the proposed amendment to lower the age of ‘youths’ to 30 and below, from the present maximum age of 40.

Guan Eng naive to think Sarawak will go bankrupt in 3 years, says minister

June 23, 2019

KUCHING: A Sarawak minister has described Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng as naive for warning that the state may become bankrupt in three years’ time.

“He must have assumed that the reserves would be depleted in three years,” said Tourism, Arts, Culture, Youth and Sports Minister Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah in a comment on Lim’s remarks regarding the annual state budget.

“That reasoning would be correct only if there’s no revenue coming in and Sarawak spends only its reserves.

Lakukan yang perlu perbetul hak Sabah, Sarawak

September 18, 2018

KUCHING: Kerajaan persekutuan diharap akan melakukan sesuatu yang perlu untuk memastikan hak-hak Sabah dan Sarawak dalam Perjanjian Malaysia 1963 (MA63) yang telah terhakis selama 55 tahun dibetulkan sewajarnya.

Perkara itu ditegaskan Naib Presiden Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah ketika mengulas jaminan Perdana Menteri Tun Dr Mahathir mengembalikan status ‘rakan sekutu’ kepada Sabah dan Sarawak ketika berucap merasmikan Majlis Sambutan Hari Malaysia di Padang Merdeka, Kota Kinabalu malam kelmarin (Ahad).

“Pengisytiharan Tun Dr Mahathir untuk mengembalikan status ‘rakan sekutu’ kepada Sabah dan Sarawak adalah perkhabaran yang sememangnya dinanti-nantikan oleh rakyat kedua-dua negeri ini.