Gerawat allays fears over O&G job recruitment

MIRI: Sarawakians will be given priority in taking up jobs as the oil and gas industry rebounds post-Covid-19 in the state. The state government will in this instance only accede to requests to hire those from outside Sarawak, including expatriates, if it is convinced locals are not qualified for certain jobs, both offshore and onshore. […]

Oil and gas job priority to Sarawakians: Gerawat

MIRI: The State government is giving priority to locals in securing jobs in the oil and gas industry, assured Deputy Minister in Premier’s Department (Labour, Immigration and Project Monitoring) Datuk Gerawat Gala. “Rest assured that my Ministry’s role is to ensure eligible and available Sarawakians are given opportunity and priority for jobs and only if […]

Gas find holds out much promise to locals

KUCHING: The discovery of gas at the Hadrah-1 wildcat exploration well of Block SK411 located in the shallow waters of Balingian holds out the potential of benefitting Sarawakians in a big way through the participation of companies and also manpower deployment. Sarawak Oil and Gas Workers Association (Sogwa) president Jamal Abdullah said there would also […]

Permanent O&G office in Miri

State government sets aside RM720k BY TANIA LAM & SARAH HAFIZAH CHANDRA KUCHING:The state government has agreed to allocate RM720,000 for the Sarawak Oil and Gas Workers Association (Sogwa) to secure a permanent office in Miri. Sogwa president Jamal Abdullah said this would be a place for the association to run its operations and training. […]