Mining sector needs to create jobs
KUCHING: Sarawak has great potential to prosper and achieve equitable and inclusive development, but there is an urgent need to diversify the state’s economic and export structures. Assoc Prof Dr Fumitaka Furuoka from the Asia-Europe Institute, Universiti Malaya, said Sarawak’s heavy dependency on oil and gas (O&G) exports may have resulted in three key problems […]
Address intra-ethnic inequalities too
KUCHING: Human Rights Commission (Suhakam) has highlighted the need to look into vertical inequality rather than just focusing on horizontal inequality as both forms of inequality are happening now. Sarawak commissioner Datuk Dr Madeline Berma explained that horizontal inequality referred to inequality between the different ethnic communities (inter-ethnic) while vertical inequality referred to inequality within […]
Putrajaya should give special attention to rural students
KUCHING: Sarawak Dayak Graduates Association (SDGA) says there should not be a ‘one size fits all approach in tackling the issue of education inequality in the rural areas. “Rural Sarawak needs special attention. If not, this may cause a ripple effect where rural students will not be able to cope, compete, and be on a […]
