ATA mampu galak industri pelancongan tempatan

January 13, 2019

KENANGAN: Abdul Karim serta isterinya, Datin Zuraini Abdul Jabbar bersama Hii, Lee (empat kiri), Sim dan tetamu lain merakam kenangan pada majlis Makan Malam Gala ATA Ke-23 di BCCK malam Jumaat lalu.

KUCHING: Sarawak menyokong sepenuhnya penganjuran Anugerah Televisyen Asia (ATA) Ke-23 buat julung kalinya di negeri ini.

Menteri Pelancongan, Keseniaan, Kebudayaan, Belia dan Sukan Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah berkata, ia mampu menggalakkan industri pelancongan tempatan yang dilihat mempunyai potensi besar.

Tambahnya, industri pelancongan termasuk dalam insiatif transformasi digital yang dipelopori Ketua Menteri Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg.

Sarawak sokong penganjuran ATA

January 12, 2019

Abdul Karim serta isterinya, Datin Zuraini Abdul Jabbar bersama Hii, Lee (empat kiri), Sim dan tetamu lain merakamkan gambar kenangan pada majlis Makan Malam Gala ATA Ke-23 di BCCK malam tadi.

KUCHING: Sarawak menyokong sepenuhnya penganjuran Anugerah Televisyen Asia (ATA) Kali Ke-23 buat julung kalinya di negeri ini.

Menteri Pelancongan, Keseniaan, Kebudayaan, Belia dan Sukan, Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah berkata, ia mampu menggalakkan industri pelancongan tempatan yang dilihat mempunyai potensi besar.

Tambahnya, industri pelancongan termasuk dalam insiatif transformasi digital yang dipelopori oleh Ketua Menteri Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Abang Openg.

Galeri: 2014 Sheda’s Annual Dinner cum Excellence Awards

November 10, 2014

Yaw Chee Weng shows his SHEDA Property Man of the Year after receiving it from Datuk Amar Abang Johari Tun Openg. Also seen are (from second right) Datuk Abdul Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah, SHEDA president Zaidi Ahmad, the annual dinner organising chairman Tony Su and SHEDA Secretary-General Sim Kiang Chiok.

Galeri: Opening of SHEDA Property Expo 2014

August 23, 2014



Adenan looking at a property model being displayed at Sheda Property Expo 2014 at BCCK accompanied by (from second left) Zaidi Ahmad, Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah, Datuk Amar Abang Johari Tun Openg and Sim Kiang Chiok.

Tan Sri Datuk Amar Adenan Satem touring the exhibition booths.

Bumiputera beli rumah kos sederhana, rendah

November 6, 2013

KUCHING: Bumiputera di Sarawak lebih cenderung membeli rumah kos sederhana dan rendah, kata Menteri Muda Perumahan Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah.

Beliau berkata kebanyakan rumah kos sederhana dan rendah yang terdapat di negeri ini dibeli oleh Bumiputera.

Bagaimanapun menurutnya, mungkin Bumiputera di Sarawak masih kurang membeli rumah mewah yang mencecah jutaan ringgit.

“Rumah berharga RM20,000 atau RM1 juta tidak menjadi persoalan, yang penting Bumiputera di Sarawak mampu membeli rumah.

“Kita boleh lihat ramai Bumiputera di negeri ini membeli rumah kos rendah dan sederhana,” katanya ketika dihubungi semalam.

Beliau berkata demikian ketika diminta mengulas mengenai kenyataan Timbalan Perdana Menteri Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin berhubung jumlah Bumiputera memiliki rumah masih rendah.

Muhyiddin dipetik sebagai berkata, jumlah pembelian perumahan oleh Bumiputera masih rendah iaitu sebanyak 36.3 peratus atau RM18 bilion pada 2012.

Allow workforce from more Asian nations, developers urge state

March 30, 2013

The property market was expected to grow further this year following an encouraging trend last year. - Tuan Haji Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah

KUCHING: The migration of many workers to Sarawak Corridor of Renewable Energy (SCORE) has left other areas with workforce shortage.

Sarawak Housing and Real Estate Developers Association (Sheda) secretary-general Sim Kiang Chiok said the latest workforce movement had already impacted the construction industry.

“Sheda hopes that the state government will open up the foreign workforce to more Asian countries such as China, Burma and Philippines instead of mostly Indonesia.

“There are agencies such as Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB), who can help to coordinate our present construction workers to be informed of the available work, for example, registering firms that require workers who are trained by the board,” he said at the opening of Sheda Home and Property Road Show at Boulevard shopping mall here yesterday.

Meanwhile guest of honour Assistant Housing Minister Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah said the property market was expected to grow further this year following an encouraging trend last year.

As at third quarter of last year, he said, there was a 65% take-up rate on new launches.

“New launches themselves were up by 10 to 15% in 2011 overall, releasing pent-up demand after less than robust consumer sentiment in the previous 12 months.”

People’s housing affordability needs to be improved -Karim

March 30, 2013

ABDUL Karim (centre), assisted by SHEDA President Haji Zaidi Ahmad (left) and Secretary-General
Sim Kiang Chiok, cutting the ribbon to declare open the SHEDA Home and Property Road Show.

KUCHING: The state’s housing industry needs to improve the housing affordability for all Sarawakians, said Assistant Minister of Housing Haji Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah.

“This will require policies to increase the supply and diversity of new housing units and to keep pace with population growth and changes.

“In addition, the industry requires specific response to provide assistance to lower-income households to access home ownership and rental opportunities,” he said when officiating at the opening ceremony of Sarawak Housing and Real Estate Developers Association’s (SHEDA) Home and Property Road Show Kuching 2013 at the Boulevard Shopping Mall here, yesterday.

Abdul Karim said the state government’s vision was to achieve such goals by building the capacity and working with the private sector to adopt the right housing policies that would spark innovation and meet the needs of the people.

“Our future aim is to create affordable housing and build a capacity that responds to the changing housing needs of the people by providing choices and strengthening community resilience,” he said.

He added that the focus on environmentally sustainable construction of homes would help to reduce living costs and protect the environment as well as the quality of life.

“This extends beyond efficiency of water and energy, and includes construction materials and processes as well as the locations of our homes,” said Abdul Karim.