KUCHING: Senior management team of Pusat Pembangunan Kemahiran Sarawak (PPKS) paid a courtesy call on Head of State Tun Pehin Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud at the Astana Negeri in Petra Jaya here on Wednesday.
During the visit, the team comprising its management council secretary Datuk Maznah Dasmi, executive director Hallman Sabri, and chief financial officer Mohd Asri Abdullah took the opportunity to update Tun Taib on PPKS’ latest developments, including the proposed College of Smart Agriculture, at its new campus in Mukah.
According to the senior management officers, the College of Smart Agriculture would offer various programmes such as fertigation, hydroponics, aquaculture, aquaponics, packaging and marketing with the support from the state government.
This, they added, would facilitate the application of the latest technologies to help transform Sarawak’s agricultural sector.
They said in the long term, it would help increase agricultural output, encourage the development of sustainable agricultural practices by farmers, and provide exciting career opportunities for youths.
Mukah new campus is expected to be completed in the fourth quarter of this year.
