Sarawak to drop ‘state’ terminology as part of Federal Constitution amendments

March 16, 2019

KUCHING: The word ‘state’ will be dropped in all official government affairs as far as the Sarawak government is concerned.

Minister of Tourism, Arts, Culture, Youth and Sports Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah said this followed the amendments that would be made on Article 1(2) of the Federal Constitution.

However, according to him, the policy of dropping the word ‘state’ does not mean that Sarawak is no longer a state in Malaysia.

‘Cobbold John a true Sarawakian’

March 8, 2019

KUCHING: Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) vice president Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah described the late Cobbold John Lusoi as a true Sarawakian.

“Though we are in different turf of politics, I find him very passionate in his struggle for Sarawak and Iban (community), and he was a nice guy,” the Minister of Tourism, Arts, Culture, Youth and Sports said yesterday, while expressing his deepest condolences and heartfelt sympathy to the family.

Cobbold, the president of Parti Bansa Dayak Sarawak Baru (PBDSB), passed away yesterday morning at his residence in Kuala Lumpur due to heart failure.

German, S’wak firms ink MoU on tourism, culture, economic cooperation

March 7, 2019

(Standing left to right) Hii Chang Kee (permanent secretary to Ministry of Tourism Arts, Culture, Youth and Sports), Gerald Goh (advisor of Ethos Connect International Consulting Sdn Bhd), Lee, Abdul Karim, Junghanns, Guido Weiss (deputy CEO of HIK CCI Ostbrandenburg) and Wilson Sim (director of Ethos Connect International Consulting Sdn Bhd) at the signing of MoU between IHK and Ethos. Seen seated are Sim (left) and Woffling.

FRANKFURT: A memorandum of understanding (MoU) to foster international tourism, culture and economic cooperation between Germany and Sarawak was signed on March 5 at the German Chamber of Commerce and Industry, IHK–Projektgesellschaft Ostbrandenburg, Berlin.

The MoU was signed between Ethos Connect International Consulting Sdn Bhd, represented by its managing director Sim Ling Ling, and IHK-Projekgesellschaft represented by its chief executive officer Peter Woffling.

The signing ceremony was witnessed by Tourism, Arts, Culture, Youth and Sports Minister Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah and Assistant Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture Datuk Lee Khim Shin and Claus Junghanns, mayor of Frankfurt Oder.

Bina badan: Buda menerima durian runtuh

March 03, 2019

INSENTIF: Abdul Karim menyerahkan cek insentif kepada Buda sambil disaksikan (dari kanan) Hii, Ong dan Villaivan di Kuching kelmarin.

KUCHING: Jaguh bina badan Sarawak, Buda Anchah menerima durian runtuh daripada kerajaan negeri berupa wang tunai berjumlah RM8,000 sebagai insentif kejayaan beliau pada Kejohanan Bina Badan dan Sukan Fizikal Dunia Ke-10 di Chiang Mai, Thailand, Disember lalu.

Menteri Pelancongan, Kesenian, Kebudayaan, Belia dan Sukan, Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah menyampaikan sendiri cek insentif tersebut di pejabatnya, Bangunan Baitul Makmur di sini kelmarin.

Turut hadir Setiausaha Tetap Kementerian Pelancongan, Kesenian, Kebudayaan, Belia dan Sukan, Hii Chang Kee, Ketua Pegawai Eksekutif Perbadanan Sukan Sarawak (PSS) Dr Ong Kong Swee dan Koordinator Majlis Sukan Negeri Sarawak (MSNS), Villaivan Jee Edmond.

Abdul Karim: Ministry to provide funding for International Serian Bike Week

March 3, 2019

Abdul Karim sits astride a big bike, flanked by Riot on his left and John, and others at the launch of the 1st International Serian Bike Week.

SERIAN: The cost of organising the International Serian Bike Week will be included in the budget of the Ministry of Tourism, Arts, Culture, Youths and Sports next year.

Its minister Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah said he would allocate some fund for the event, hoping to turn it into an annual activity in Serian.

He believed that the International Serian Bike Week deserves some funding from his ministry because it has something to do with tourism, youths and sports.