KUCHING: Many more programmes can speed up Sarawak’s digital transformation, accelerate public awareness, and stimulate interest in adopting new technology.
Serba Dinamik Sdn Bhd chairman Datuk Abdul Kadier Sahib said such efforts could better equip the community with skills and knowledge relevant to future work.
“This transformation is very important because in the future a lot of labour-based work will be transformed to high-value technology-based work which is referred to as Industrial Revolution 4.0 (IR 4.0),” he said at the virtual closing ceremony of HckWknd: Mobile Apps Competition and Learn Thru Game Coding 2021 via Zoom and Facebook Live on Saturday (Oct 30).
He said they looked forward to organising HckWknd again next year with more impactful improvements.
“It is our great hope that everyone will continue to give support to this initiative to realise the digital economy aspirations and goals of the Sarawak government,” he said.
He said the HckWknd programme, which was organised by Serba DigitalX in collaboration with Sarawak Digital Economy Corporation (SDEC) and Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (Unimas), had been running for five months.
Abdul Kadier said about 50 participants from various schools and universities in Kuching and Kota Samarahan had participated in this competition, in addition to some international participation from Indonesia and Hong Kong.
“This is part of our efforts to focus on teaching and learning based on new technology and applications which can help participants and students to strengthen knowledge and to motivate them to keep pace with the latest development of digitalisation. This, in turn, will leapfrog our economy,” he said.
He hoped such interest from the community could grow in the future, believing that the programme would nurture more young talented programmers in mobile application technology and help encourage technology entrepreneurship among the younger generations.
“This program is divided into two categories, namely junior and senior categories. For the senior category, the assignment given for all participants was to develop a prototype level application, whereas the junior category participants were assigned to develop a wireframe concept.
“We hope with this programme, all participants will continue to practise mobile application development and apply what they have gained beyond the education process or ‘outside the classroom’ and come up with something practical that can be commercialised,” said Abdul Kadier.
There were two categories competed under the HckWknd programme, namely Mobile Apps Competition and Learn Thru Game Coding.
The Mobile Apps Competition was further divided into two categories – Novice Category and Product category.
In the Novice Category, GoBarber group won first place, HERA group came in second, and Game Changers at third place. In the Product Category, Adrian Sim, Fedamas, and FarmBid won first, second, and third place respectively while consolation prizes were won by Picky Team, Furgetech, X-Field, and TechnoPL.
As for Learning Thru Game Coding, Riordain Cheah from SJK Chung Hua Batu 4½ won first place, second place was won by Sophia Jung Shu Fei from the same school, and third place was tied between Muhd Naqiuddeen Muhammad Sabaruddin of SK Satria Jaya and Brian Ho Leon Zin of SJK Chung Hua No 4.
The consolation prizes were won by Candace Alfreda Lieu Shurui of SJK Chung Hua Batu 4½; Justin Sim Chun Hong, SJK Chung Hua No 3; Lo Wei Yuan, SJK Chung Hua Batu 4½; Ryan Bong Yung Xuan, SJK Chung Hua Batu 4½; and Ting Su Ging, SJK Chung Hua Batu 4½.
Under HckWknd: Learn Thru Game Coding, there were also two best awards, namely Best Presentation and Best Graphic Design. Both awards were won by Riordain Cheah of SJK Chung Hua Batu 4½.
