Sarawak Museum Campus open to public in Sept 2020 — Abd Karim

February 21, 2019

The nearly completed Sarawak Museum Campus.

KUCHING: The much-awaited Sarawak Museum Campus will only be open to the public in September 2020, even though the physical completion of the project and the handing over from the contractor to the Sarawak government will be done next month (March 2019).

Tourism, Arts, Culture, Youth and Sports Minister Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah, who said this, explained the long time taken is to allow historical artefacts to be moved to the building and to ensure the artefacts are displayed with accurate description.

He also hinted that Sarawak Museum Campus, which is set to be the second biggest museum in South East Asia, will take on a new name when it is officially declared open in September 2020.

80 varsity students from seven nations in ‘Night in the Museum’ event

February 9, 2019

Abdul Karim (second right) gets ready to cut the ribbon to launch the programme. Also seen from left are Hii, Fasihuddin and Suria.

KUCHING: About 80 university students from Thailand, Indonesia, Yemen, Laos, Brunei, Pakistan and host Malaysia are taking part in the ‘Night in the Museum’ programme here yesterday and today (Feb 9).

The programme organised by Universiti Malaysia Sarawak’s (Unimas) Faculty of Language and Communication entails the students spending two nights at Sarawak Museum and participating in a treasure hunt.

Minister of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Youth and Sports Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah when launching the programme yesterday at the compound of the Sarawak Museum said it was a good idea to hold the programme to foster friendship among the students from the various universities.

Muzium nadi untuk terokai keunikan Sarawak

Januari 25, 2019

Abdul Karim menerima cenderahati daripada Suria.

KUCHING: Muzium harus menjadi nadi untuk masyarakat terutamanya orang luar mengenali keunikan Sarawak dengan lebih dekat lagi.

Menteri Pelancongan, Kesenian, Kebudayaan, Belia dan Sukan Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah berkata, dengan cara itu, ia dapat memudahkan masyarakat khususnya pelancong asing yang datang ke negeri ini mendapatkan maklumat berkaitan sejarah dan kekayaan budaya rakyat Sarawak.

"Ini yang kita mahukan yang mana setiap muzium yang kita bangunkan dapat dijadikan nadi atau tempat untuk memberi maklumat kepada semua tentang sejarah negeri kita.