Sarawak JaPEN introduces public speaking programme for officers

KUCHING: Sarawak Information Department (JaPEN) has introduced Sudut Pemadah to highlight public speaking among its communication officers. Its director Jaafar Jantan said the programme could help increase the confidence among the officers from every level and to always be ready. “This is a good effort because we as a communication officer should always be aware […]

Swinburne organises public speaking workshop and competition 

KUCHING:  Swinburne University of Technology Sarawak Campus’ team of cross disciplinary academics together with the Dayak Bidayuh Literary Society (DBLS) recently organised a hybrid public speaking competition and online public speaking workshop. Over 60 participants comprising Form 4 students and teachers of five schools under the Serian District Education Office participated in the workshop. The […]

Malaysian student wins world public speaking competition

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian student Pavit Coran has emerged as champion in the English Speaking Union (ESU) International Public Speaking Competition held online and virtually on Friday. Pavit, a 19-year-old student at Multimedia University in Melaka representing the English Speaking Union of Malaysia (ESUM) beat 35 other participants from 33 countries in the Grand Finals, said […]

Karim is Toastmasters patron

KUCHING: Youth and Sports Minister Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah is the new patron for Kuching Toastmasters Club (KTMC). KTMC, in a statement today, said Abdul Karim succeeded the late Datuk Dr Yusoff Hanifah. The club’s president Elton Jong deemed it as a double honour in that the minister has been patron to the Youth […]

Students pick up finer points at public speaking workshop

MUKAH: Politeknik Mukah (PMU) organised a public speaking workshop for its December 2019 session at its main lecture hall on Jan 18 and 19. It was spearheaded by fifth semester Diploma in Secretarial Science students from the Department of Commerce. Department head Kartini Che Ibrahim officiated at the two-day knowledge-filled workshop on Jan 19. Among […]