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SDI re-aligning mission objectives post pandemic

KUCHING: Sarawak Development Institute (SDI) is working on better aligning its mission and objectives, focus areas and activities with the state’s development agenda, such as the PCDS 2030. Its chairman Datuk Amar Jaul Samion who said this revealed it was necessitated by the Covid-19 pandemic which has caused a major developmental shift especially in the […]

SDI to give talk on use of AI in creative industry

KUCHING: A virtual “Brown Bag” session titled “AI Meets Art: Overview of Text-To-Image Artificial Intelligence, Issues, and Opportunities’ will be held next Tuesday (February 21) at 3 p.m via zoom. Organised by Sarawak Development Institute (SDI), the talk will be presented by Associate Professor Dr Johari Abdullah, who is a lecturer at the Faculty of […]

Youth told to up-skill for career advancement

KUCHING: Youth should continue to be up-skilled for personal career development to ensure their capability relevance in their working environment. Chairman of Youth Development Committee of Angkatan Zaman Mansang Sarawak (AZAM) Mohd Ariff Irwani made this call when conducting a youth capacity building activity here yesterday (Nov 12). The workshop was presented through a very […]

SDI to hold virtual Brown Bag talk on reforestation May 20

KUCHING: Sarawak Development Institute (SDI) will be organising a virtual Brown Bag talk on reforestation and circular economy in Sarawak this Thursday (May 20). SDI in a statement today stated that the talk entitled Reforestation and Circular Economy in Sarawak will be conducted by Dr Henry Chan, the conservation director of WWF-Malaysia and a member […]

Free virtual brown bag talk for public

KUCHING: Sarawak Development Institute (SDI) will be organising a virtual brown bag talk on the ‘Sarawak Covid-19 Vaccination Campaign’ on Tuesday (Apr 20), from 2.30pm to 4.30pm via Zoom. The talk will be delivered by Prof Datuk Dr Andrew Kiyu Dawie Usop, professor of Public Health in the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences of […]

Virtual public talk on mental health this Friday

KUCHING: Sarawak Development Institute (SDI) will be holding a virtual public talk entitled ‘Mental Health during Covid-19 Pandemic and Our Growth’ this Friday from 9.30am until 11am via Zoom. Since the Covid-19 pandemic started about a year ago, this unprecedented global crisis has affected society in many ways — socially, mentally, psychologically and economically. “This […]

YPS, SDI achieve ‘Most Number of Unity’ Short Stories Record

KUCHING: Yayasan Perpaduan Sarawak (YPS) and Sarawak Development Institute (SDI) through the Sarawak Pride Project have succeeded in achieving the record of ‘Most Number of ‘Unity’ Short Stories’ in the Malaysia Book of Records (MBR). According to SDI in a press conference, the record attempt was officially approved on July 28 this year, with total […]

Serba Dinamik distributes RM500,000 food aid

KUCHING: Serba Dinamik Holdings Berhad (Serba Dinamik), in collaboration with Asian Taste and SD Impex (SDI) Sdn Bhd, yesterday distributed RM500,000 worth of food aid to frontliners around Shah Alam, Selangor. The aid, consisting of 2,000 packs of bubur lambuk, 1,000 packs of biscuits as well as 1,000 packs of packed food, were distributed to […]

Wanted — more stories on unity in Sarawak!

KUCHING: As most parts of the world are currently undergoing unprecedented movement control orders to curb the Covid-19 pandemic, many heroic and solidarity stories have emerged and are shared by people across the world. Such heart-warming stories are also abundant in Sarawak as people come together in solidarity to help out those in need.     Such […]