P-Hailing riders want career development funds to be channelled to entrepreneurship training

KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian P-Hailing Riders Association (Penghantar) is asking for the RM42 million allocation announced by the government for implementing the Career Development Programme to be used for establishing programmes related to entrepreneurship for its members to ensure their future. Penghantar president Zulhelmi Mansor said such an initiative is important because the majority of those involved in the […]

Jack of all trades

Have you ever met someone who seems to be able to do it all? Someone who effortlessly wears many different hats and excels in each role they take on? Well, this is the life of Ahmad Khairul Ahmad Julaihi, who has undertaken various careers and, against all odds, excelled in each one of them. Determination […]

Youths take part in gamified career workshop

KUCHING: Twenty youths took part in a gamified career development training to enhance their work related skills here yesterday. Organised by AZAM Sarawak, the half-day workshop was conducted using a highly competitive simulation board game that focused on guiding the participants in identifying critical career advancement skills, developing positive attitudes and proactive behaviours, including pursuing […]

In search of my English-Scottish-Welsh-Malay roots

To forget one’s ancestors is to be a brook without a source, a tree without a root. – Chinese Proverb ——————-   Looking back, I can attribute my 50-year career as a journalist to three people — my English grandfather and Eurasian parents. My maternal grandfather British Major Leopold James Pierson was a First World […]

MPA’s Creative, Innovation Centre opens

MIRI: Miri Port Authority (MPA) is committed to providing an excellent environment for career development among its employees through creativity, said its chairman Paulus Palu Gumbang. This was said after he declared open the Miri’s Port Authority Creative and Innovation Centre today. “This is required to meet the current and future needs of our customers […]

e-Sports holds out much potential

KOTA SAMARAHAN: The career development potential that e-Sports offers is enticing thus aspiring youths should pursue it seriously. In stating this Tanjung Datu assemblyman Azizul Annuar Adenan pointed out that there are many benefits in being involved in e-Sports and gaming. “Even though there are parents who may not be too agreeable or supportive of […]