Friday, 29 August 2014

Galeri: State-level Ramah Tamah Aidilfitri 2014

August 29, 2014

Head of State Tun Pehin Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud (fourth left) lights a bamboo cannon to symbolically launch the state-level Ramah Tamah Aidilfitri as (from left) Datuk Amar Mohamad Asfia Awang Nassar, Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hasan, Toh Puan Sri Ragad Kurdi Taib, Tan Sri Datuk Amar Adenan Satem, Puan Sri Dato Jamilah Anu, Dato Sri Empiang, Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Alfred Jabu and Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah (right) look on.

Wednesday, 27 August 2014

Galeri: Hi-Tea with TYT Tun Taib

August 27, 2014


Yang di-Pertua Negeri Tun Pehin Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud, his wife Toh Puan Ragad Kurdi Taib (third right), Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah (left), Datuk Patrick Liew (second left) and their wives doing the cake cutting ceremony.

Monday, 25 August 2014

Case of school boys nabbed with drugs saddens Abdul Karim

August 25, 2014

KUCHING: Assistant Minister of Youth Development, Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah is dismayed with the incident where eight school boys in Sibu were caught with ‘ganja’ in a school bag.

He said the incident showed drug usage in the state had crept into schools.

“I’m sad to hear the latest case of the eight school boys caught with drugs which reflects the state of drug usage in the state and it may not be an isolated case,” Abdul Karim said in a texted message recently.

He hoped this was not just the tip of the iceberg.

He was commenting on a case at a secondary school in Sibu, where six Form 3 students and two Form 4 students were found inside a toilet – one of them with ganja in a school bag.

The report said the case was confirmed by Sibu deputy police chief Supt Martin Koo.

Abdul Karim hoped Education Department, police, Anti-Drug Agency and related agencies, non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and the community would continue the fight against drugs.
 

Sunday, 24 August 2014

DAP Sarawak cuba gagalkan rundingan royalti minyak, gas


Tindakan tersebut (kenyataan negatif) hanya menjejaskan rundingan yang dilakukan antara kerajaan negeri, Petronas dan kerajaan persekutuan. - Tuan Haji Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah

KUCHING: Parti Tindakan Demokratik (DAP) Sarawak didakwa cuba mengagalkan rundingan royalti minyak dan gas antara kerajaan negeri dan kerajaan persekutuan apabila Pengerusinya, Chong Chieng Jen baru-baru ini berkata ekuiti 10 peratus dalam MLNG 4 ditawarkan Petronas kepada Sarawak bukan satu pencapaian yang membanggakan.

Setiausaha Agung Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) Datuk Dr Stephen Rundi Utom berkata, DAP lebih gemar jika rundingan untuk menambah royalti 20 peratus berbanding lima peratus pada masa sekarang gagal.


Stop slamming oil and gas negotiations - Karim

August 24, 2014

KUCHING: The opposition has been called on to stop pouring cold water on the ongoing negotiations between the state government, Petronas, and the federal government on Sarawak’s oil and gas rights.

Assistant Minister of Youth Development Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah said the proposed 10 per cent stake in Malaysia Liquefied Natural Gas Sdn Bhd (MLNG) 4 as announced by Chief Minister Tan Sri Datuk Amar Adenan Satem recently was among the first results of the ongoing negotiations.

Speaking to thesundaypost yesterday, Abdul Karim, who is a Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) supreme council member, said the state government was still negotiating on other areas, which it felt were pertinent for review.

These include opportunities for Sarawak entrepreneurs in the oil and gas industries and educational scholarships, he elaborated.

“It is not fair for YB Chong Chieng Jen (Democratic Action Party Sarawak chairman) to just pour cold water on these ongoing negotiations. Actually, the state committees are going to look into specific areas where Petronas is requested to increase participation, and until a final decision is made, it’s wise for YB Chong to support what the CM and the state government are doing instead of just making a sweeping running down remark,” he said.

Abdul Karim was responding to Chong’s statement that Sarawak’s 10 per cent stake in MLNG 4 “is nothing to shout about”.

The Bandar Kuching member of parliament and Kota Sentosa assemblyman went on to say that the state has held 10 per cent interest in MLNG 2 and 3 since the 1990s, adding that the Chief Minister’s Office should be very well aware that a 10-per cent stake in MLNG 4 “is a totally separate matter to the 20 per cent oil and gas royalty for Sarawak”.