Tabung bencana malapetaka akan diwujudkan

Oktober 29, 2015

Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah memberi kata-kata semangat kepada salah seorang mangsa kebakaran ketika menyampaikan sumbangan

ASAJAYA: Tabung bencana untuk membantu mangsa-mangsa malapetaka akan diwujudkan oleh Pejabat Daerah Asajaya.

Perkara ini dimaklumkan oleh Menteri Muda Pembangunan Belia (Bandar) Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah dalam sesi perjumpaan dengan ahli keluarga mangsa kebakaran di Kampung Asajaya Ulu petang tadi.

Dalam insiden malang yang berlaku kira-kira pada jam 1150pm malam tadi, menyaksikan sembilan keluarga yang mendiami lima buah rumah telah terbabit dalam kebakaran.

Abdul Karim menjelaskan tabung tersebut bertujuan untuk mengumpul sumbangan orang ramai bagi membantu mangsa-mangsa malapetaka.

Menyentuh mengenai insiden kebakaran yang membabitkan lima buah rumah tersebut, beliau memberitahu Kerajaan Barisan Nasional, melalui pihak Pejabat Daerah Asajaya, akan berusaha untuk membantu mangsa-mangsa kebakaran termasuk membantu proses mendirikan semula rumah mangsa-mangsa.

Abdul Karim berkata walaupun pada hakikatnya bukan menjadi tanggungjawab kerajaan untuk membantu membina rumah, Kerajaan Barisan Nasional mengambil langkah pro-aktif dalam menangani perkara ini dengan berusaha untuk membantu semampu yang mungkin.

Di penghujung sesi perjumpaan itu, beliau menyampaikan sumbangan kepada mangsa-mangsa kebakaran.

Pendidikan adalah kunci kepada masa depan yang lebih baik

Oktober 29, 2015

ALBUM: Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah bersama-sama para jemputan majlis selepas selesai gimik perasmian Majlis Anugerah Kecemerlangan 2015

ASAJAYA: Pendidikan adalah kunci kepada masa depan yang lebih baik, kata Menteri Pembangunan Belia (Bandar) Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah.

Dalam ucapannya di Majlis Anugerah Kecemerlangan Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Hajjah Laila Taib 2015 pagi tadi, Abdul Karim berkata beliau amat prihatin dengan tahap pendidikan di kawasan Asajaya kerana beliau ingin melihat lebih ramai anak-anak Asajaya berjaya dalam kehidupan mereka.

“Saya pantau setiap sekolah di Asajaya.

"Sekiranya prestasi tidak baik yang berterusan, saya akan ambil langkah susulan untuk membantu memperbaiki situasi tersebut,” katanya.

Walau bagaimanapun, tambah beliau lagi, secara amnya prestasi sekolah-sekolah di kawasan Asajaya membanggakan dan boleh dipertingkatkan lagi.

Abdul Karim kemudiannya menyeru ibu bapa agar bersama-sama pihak sekolah dalam membantu memberi pendidikan kepada anak-anak mereka.

Beliau menegaskan pendekatan semasa pendidikan tidak lagi seperti di masa lalu yang hanya memberi fokus terhadap peranan guru untuk mendidik anak-anak di sekolah.

Revisit 18-Point Agreement

October 25, 2015

Abang Johari proposes formal committee to study what was agreed before formation of Malaysia

Adenan (front row, fifth left) poses for a wefie with Sarawak leaders prior to the townhall session at PWTC. — Photo by Muhammad Rais Sanusi

KUALA LUMPUR: A formal committee, comprising representatives from the federal and state governments, has been proposed to revisit the 18-Point Agreement for Sarawak during the formation of Malaysia.

Housing Minister Datuk Amar Abang Johari Tun Openg said the proposed committee would study what had been agreed under the Malaysian Agreement signed in July 1963.

“Sarawak’s rights are enshrined and embedded in the Malaysian Constitution and Sarawak Constitution. So we must be united while Malaysia must be strong, and Sarawak must be strong.

“For that, the bonds between Malaysia and Sarawak must be strong,” he said at the Lan Berambeh Anak Sarawak 2015 Forum attended by thousands of Sarawakians at the Putra World Trade Centre (PWTC) yesterday.

Abang Johari pointed out that the 18-Point Agreement was based on the Nine Cardinal Principles of the Rule of the Rajah — that Sarawak was an independent state ruled by locals.

“This was agreed upon among North Borneo, Sarawak, Singapore and the Federation of Malaya before the Malaysian Agreement was signed on July 9, 1963 in London,” he said.

Abang Johari said Sarawak wants a return of autonomy in certain areas, citing Article 95 of the Malaysian Constitution, as well as autonomy in taxation.

Abdul Karim raps opposition at KL forum for lack of succession

October 25, 2015

KUALA LUMPUR: Assistant Minister for Youth Development (Urban Areas) Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah has criticised the opposition in Sarawak for not grooming the next generation’s leaders, contrary to PBB’s grooming process.

He said “one or so of those sitting from across us in the Dewan (State Legislative Assembly) are in their 20s and elected because of sentiments, yet they don’t know the procedures and how the laws are made.”

In PBB, he said young leaders were groomed for years before they ascend the political ladder.

“Rome wasn’t built in one day. Grooming is the process that we have to go through to progress. In PBB, we have our grooming process. Like me, I was the Youth leader only (when) I was 40 years old.

“But before that, I had been active in politics. I joined PBB at 30. The same goes for others like Saidol and Alexander Linggi who were also groomed,” he said at the Lan Berambeh Anak Sarawak 2015 Forum at Putra World Trade Centre here yesterday.

Housing Minister Datuk Amar Abang Johari Tun Abang Openg, who was also a panelist at the forum, said PBB had 10 new candidates in every election.

He pointed out that the party always paved the way for the younger generation who could succeed in what their predecessors have achieved.

Baru’s comments on Najib draw flak from Abdul Karim

October 21, 2015

SIBU: Assistant Minister of Youth Development Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah yesterday blasted state PKR chairman Baru Bian’s comments on Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.

Abdul Karim, who is Asajaya assemblyman, said this only reflected that Baru had run out of issues on Sarawak and his attempt to be seen as still relevant as an opposition leader.

Appalled by Baru’s comments and his views on Najib’s statement, the PBB Supreme Council member, added: “Firstly, Baru’s flip flop comment on PKR relationship with DAP on state Pakatan Rakyat reflects his incapability in steering state PKR.

“At one point, he is seen as ‘true and true’ with PAS and would not stab this Pakatan partner.

“Suddenly he is toying with the idea of accepting the new ‘Parti Amanah’ and working things out with DAP/Amanah in the next election.”

He was commenting on Ba Kelalan assemblyman’s statement that he (Baru) was appalled by Najib’s effrontery in continuing to make statements, which he claimed the ‘rakyat’ (people) were tired of hearing and which only the most gullible die-hard Barisan Nasional (BN) supporters would believe.

Abdul Karim said Baru had now run out of issues against state BN and the chief minister and had resorted to ‘attacking’ Najib.