Monday, 2 April 2018

Galeri: Official Launching Ceremony of Cashless in KIA

April 2, 2018

Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg using his smartphone to pay for his beverage at one of the F&B outlets at KIA. Also with him are his deputy Tan Sri Datuk Amar Dr James Jemut Masing (left), Minister of Tourism, Arts, Culture, Youth and Sports Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah, Malaysia Airports managing director Datuk Badlisham Ghazali (second right), Malaysia Airports chairman Tan Sri Dato Seri Syed Anwar Jamalullail (centre) and Digi chief marketing officer Loh Keh Jiat (third right). -TheBorneoPost

Sarawak Borneo Cross Country Rally 2018, program jelajah Pulau Borneo


KUCHING: Pemilik motosikal berkuasa 250cc dan ke atas berpeluang menyertai Sarawak Borneo Cross Country Rally 2018 yang kini dibuka pendaftarannya.

Menteri Pelancongan, Kesenian, Kebudayaan, Belia dan Sukan Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah berkata, program jelajah Pulau Borneo itu akan diadakan pada 3 hingga 14 Ogos nanti.

Katanya laluan yang akan dilalui para ‘biker’ yang menyertai jelajah itu bermula dari Kota Kinabalu ke Brunei, Miri, Bintulu, Sibu singgah Kuching sebelum meneruskan ke Pontianak, Singkawang dan lokasi terakhir di Kuching.

Sarawak can capitalise on exotic tourism attractions in Borneo — Minister


Abdul Karim (back, second left) joins (back, from left) Sim, Liew, Kho and Muhammad in a photo-call to promote Sarawak Borneo Cross Country Rally 2018.

KUCHING: Tourists these days are looking for fresh and unique experiences to remember, in that more and more of them are very knowledgeable and well-travelled.

In this regard, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Youth and Sports Minister Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah highlights Borneo as an exotic place to foreigners, adding that Sarawak would want to capitalise on this.

He was speaking to reporters yesterday after launching the ‘Sarawak Borneo Cross Country Rally 2018’, scheduled to take place from Aug 3 to 14 this year.

30 schools compete in third PASC Meet

April 2, 2018

(From third right) Abdul Karim, Tan and Voon pose with the some Primary Two winners.
KUCHING: The state government will always be there to assist in training future champion swimmers who can go on to represent their club or the state.

The assurance came from Tourism, Arts, Culture, Youth and Sports Minister Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah who added that Sarawak should be able to put up a good swimming team with the dedication of coaches, parents and young swimmers themselves.

He was speaking at the closing of the Power Aquatics Swimming Club’s (PASC) 3rd Inter-Primary School Swimming Competition for schools in Kuching and Kota Samarahan held at the Pandelela Rinong Aquatics Centre yesterday.

Sunday, 1 April 2018

200 big bikers set off for 12-day S’wak Borneo Cross Country Rally

April 1, 2018


KUCHING: Over 80 big bikers will congregate at SugarBun@Icom Square this morning (Sunday) at 9am for the official launch of the Sarawak Borneo Cross Country Rally 2018 by Minister for Tourism, Arts, Youth and Sports Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah.

The 12-day rally of some 200 foreign and local big bikers will be from Aug 3 to 14.

The event will be flagged off in Kota Kinabalu and will pass through Brunei, Miri, Bintulu, Sibu, Kuching, Pontianak, Sinkawang and ending in Kuching.