Author: Nur Shazreena Ali

Running a food truck business not a bed of roses

KUCHING:  If you want to find out more about the mobile food truck industry here, visit the car park under the Satok flyover every weekend. Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) Satok Youyh, Satok Economy Bureau and Sarawak Bumiputera Food Truck Association applied for the space from Kuching North City Hall

PBB wants more politically savvy youths

KUCHING: Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) wants to see bigger participation and representation in politics among Sarawak’s youths. Speaking to the press after officiating the Satok Street Fest here on Sunday, Satok PBB deputy chairman Datuk Ibrahim Baki said the Beliawanis programme had wooed youths into participating in politics. “You

Continued backing for food truck industry

KUCHING: Any effort to encourage youth involvement in the food truck industry will continue to get the backing of Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) Satok Branch. The branch’s deputy chairman Datuk Ibrahim Baki, who represented Chief Minister Datuk Abang Johari Tun Openg, said the state government saw huge opportunities in

SMK Matang Hilir’s Aurora Sdn Bhd bags top title

KUCHING: Aurora Sdn Bhd has made SMK Matang Hilir proud after winning the Best PROTUNe Company title at the state-level Program Tunas Niaga Convention here at Grand Margherita Hotel. The team of six students won a trophy, certificate and RM1,500 yesterday. The first runner-up was D’Semerah Sdn Bhd from SMK

Youth urged to pursue self-employment

KUCHING: Instead of just pursuing education and training in order to become employees, young people should aim to acquire the types of skills that could be used to set up their own business. “Shift from training to become merely employable to acquiring business skills,” said Education, Science and Technological Research

‘New KSSM needs thorough review’

KUCHING:  The new Secondary School Standards-based Curriculum (KSSM) has been described as a ‘soft-landing’ approach by the Ministry of Education (MoE) which must be thoroughly reviewed. A lecturer at Universiti Malaysia Sarawak’s Faculty of Language and Communication Chuah Kee Man, said the ministry needs to consider issues such as the

New secondary school curriculum ‘quite tricky’

KUCHING: Next year’s new Secondary School’s Standard Curriculum (KSSM) is quite tricky because it offers many elective subjects, said Welfare Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah.  She said the new education curriculum for Form 4 students required clear-sighted and long-term planning to ensure that

Seeking collaboration to enhance early education

KUCHING: The Association of Registered Childcare Providers Malaysia (ARCPM) hopes for more collaborative works with Sarawak government to enhance the quality of early childhood education in Malaysia. While applauding the state Welfare Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Ministry, its president Anisa Ahmad said other states in the country

Association to meet in Bintulu next year

KUCHING: The Association of Registered Child Care Providers Malaysia (ARCPM) will be holding its national collaborative meeting (NCM 2020) next year in Bintulu. Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah disclosed this at a press conference after receiving a courtesy call from the association

Getting youth interested in agriculture

KUCHING: The state government is concerned that there are so few young agropreneurs in Sarawak. According to Agriculture, Native Land and Regional Development Assistant Minister Dr Abdul Rahman Ismail the percentage of youth involvement in the state’s agricultural sector was far from encouraging. “Our youth make up only 12 per