Skilled individuals urged to join Centexs

KUCHING: Centre of Technical Excellence Sarawak (Centexs) Commercial general manager Mohamad Shahren Mohamad Yusri has urged individuals with skills to join them as service providers and utilise their digital platform Sara-X.    He said Centexs had organised the Sara-X Technical Excellence Programme (STEP) as the first step for service providers which will be included in Sara-X. […]

Sarawak top investment destination in Malaysia

FOR the first nine months of this year, Sarawak was ranked first as the most preferred investment destination in Malaysia in terms of investment value in the manufacturing sector at RM15.8 billion. Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hasan said due to increasing global demand for mobile devices, hard disk drives, servers, energy […]

Initiatives to spur online business

Ministry of International Trade and Industry, Industrial Terminal and Entrepreneur Development (Mintred) has implemented various initiatives to assist Sarawakian entrepreneurs to run their businesses digitally. Mintred Assistant Minister Datuk Mohd Naroden Majaissaid his ministry had carried out several programmes that target youth throughout the state. “The ministry had organised 23 e-commerce programmes across the state which benefitted […]

RM5 million for Anjung Usahawan

KABONG: The state government has allocated RM5 million to build an Anjung Usahawan (entrepreneur’s corner) in Kabong in an effort to further boost the socio-economy of the community in the district. Assistant Minister of International Trade and Industry, Industrial Terminal and Entrepreneur Development (Mintred) Datuk Mohd Naroden Majais said, the project, which will provide space […]

Launch of first e-commerce platform masterplan soon

KUCHING: The Ministry of International Trade and Industry, Industrial Terminal and Entrepreneur Development (Mintred) will be launching its first e-commerce platform masterplan to motivate entrepreneurs venturing into digital economy. Its Assistant Minister Datuk Naroden Majais said the ministry had finalised the development of the e-commerce platform and would be launching it this month after Gawai. […]

State delegation visits Chinese solar plant

SHANGHAI: Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hasan recently led a state delegation to one of the top global producers of solar industry here to better understand its operations. Awang Tengah, who is also the Minister of International Trade and Industry, Industrial Terminal and Entrepreneur Development (Mintred) was impressed with the factory operations […]