Galeri: Opening Ceremony of Junior Fed Cup's Asia/Oceanie final qualifying

April 17, 2018

Minister of Tourism, Arts, Culture, Youth and Sports Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah  giving the thumbs up for the tournament with SLTA president Dato Patrick Liew (sixth left), and (from third right) ITF representative Patrick O’Rourke, Sarawak Sports Corporation chief executive officer Dr Ong Kong Swee and ITF referee Puneet Guptaas they pose with the participants, organising committee members and tournament officials at the Sarawak Lawn Tennis Association Tennis Centre, Kuching yesterday. -TheBorneoPost 

Sarawak international tenpin bowling set to attract 500 bowlers

August 5, 2017

Karim (third right), Snowdan (third left) with (from right) Zul, Ong, Lu and Ting at the press conference.

KUCHING: More than 500 bowlers from 13 countries are expected to compete in the Sarawak International Open Tenpin Bowling Championship at Megalanes Sarawak E-Mart Batu Kawa from Sept 6 to 9.

They include Malaysia, Australia, Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, India, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Philippines, Indonesia, China, Thailand and Singapura.

At least 120 local bowlers are also expected to take part in the championship which was revived after a lapse of 19 years.

Over 700 athletes for Malaysian International Open Masters

June 22, 2017

Karim (second right) with (from left) Sivapragasam, Snowdan and Ong at the press conference yesterday.

KUCHING: Sarawak will host the 31st Malaysian International Open Masters Athletics Championship at the Sarawak Stadium in Petra Jaya from July 22 to 23.

More than 700 veteran athletes including Sarawak’s ‘Flying Dayak’ Watson Nyambek, who once held the national 100m record of 10.30s, will be competing in the event held for the first time in the state.

“Currently, we have received the confirmation from 520 athletes outside Sarawak and they are from eight countries including host Malaysia (Sarawak, Sabah and Peninsular Malaysia), Uzbekistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Singapore, Indonesia, Hong Kong and Brunei.

Ministry proposes study on Youth Index in the state

May 19, 2017

KUCHING: A study on the Sarawak’s Youth Index will be proposed to measure the quality and well-being of youths in the state.

Minister of Tourism, Arts, Culture, Youth and Sports Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah said the proposed study would be in collaboration with the Institute for Youth Research Malaysia (IYRES).

“The index will cover 12 domains comprising self-development, education, potential, economic well-being, media usage and political socialisation and 58 indicators.
   

Sarawak on track for successful 2016 Sukma — Karim

June 7, 2016

Karim with Ong (right), Liew (left) and Kameri during the meeting at a local hotel yesterday.

KUCHING: The new chef-de-mission of the Sarawak Sukma contingent Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah met state team officials for the first time at a local hotel yesterday.

Team officials gave status reports on their preparations for this year’s Sukma.

Karim, who is also Youth and Sports Assistant Minister, believes all preparations by the state to hosting the national games are going well and Sarawak is on track to organise a very successful 2016 Sukma.

“Our meeting was very positive. They gave me details about their preparation for the coming Sukma and after listening to their respective reports, we hope that Sarawak can achieve its targets that the team have set before the games,” he said.

He also reiterated Sarawak’s quest to take advantage of home ground and become overall Sukma champions again.

Karim officially began his duty as chef-de-mission yesterday.

“I only received the letter (of appointment) a few days ago. I hope that under my stewardship, Sarawak will achieve great heights in Sukma,” he added.

SUKMA XVIII: Sarawak diyakini mampu capai sasaran

June 7, 2016

TAKLIMAT: Abdul Karim ketika taklimat bersama pengurus-pengurus pasukan kontinjen SUKMA Sarawak di Kuching semalam.

KUCHING: Sarawak diyakini mampu merealisasikan sasaran pingat emas pada Sukan Malaysia (SUKMA) Ke-18 Sarawak 2016.

Menteri Muda Belia dan Sukan, Datuk Abdu Karim Rahman Hamzah berharap agar kontinjen Sarawak dapat mencapai sasaran 72 pingat emas sekali gus menjuarai secara keseluruhan temasya tersebut.

“Sasaran sudah diberi iaitu 72 pingat emas, jadi saya percaya anda boleh melakukan yang lebih baik daripada apa yang disasarkan.

“Itulah yang negeri (Sarawak) mahu lihat , agar kita mampu mencapai sasaran,” katanya semasa menghadiri taklimat persiapan Kontinjen SUKMA 2016 Sarawak ber sama pengurus pasukan di sini semalam.

Dalam perjumpaan tersebut, Abdul Karim berkata ia bertujuan mengetahui perkembangan persiapan pasukan bertanding pada SUKMA 2016.

Beliau yang juga ‘Chef De Mission’ Sarawak baharu menjelaskan pihaknya menerima maklum balas daripada setiap pasukan.

“Menerusi perjumpaan ini kita dapat mengenal pasti isu atau masalah yang dihadapi oleh setiap pasukan.