Supporting youth to become entrepreneurs
BY ELLISIA TINGASS KUCHING: “Lan Berambeh Anak Miri” was held here on Tuesday night as part of efforts to encourage young people to be actively involved in business. The programme was attended by Deputy Minister in the Sarawak Premier’s Department (Labour, Immigration and Project Monitoring) Datuk Gerawat Gala in support of local businesses especially those […]
MEDAC’s continues collateral-free financing for women, youth entrepreneurs
KUALA LUMPUR: Agencies under the Ministry of Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives (MEDAC) have provided various assistance and financing initiatives without collateral to help women and youth entrepreneurs, including young people, to start and expand businesses, said Entrepreneur Development and the Cooperatives Minister Datuk Ewon Benedick. He said that in 2022, TEKUN has channelled an allocation […]
Nurturing more youth entrepreneurs
LUNDU: The Sarawak Ministry of Youth, Sports and Entrepreneur Development (MYSED) is committed to create more entrepreneurs among the youth through the organising of various programmes. Its Deputy Minister Dr Ripin Lamat said this is in line with the Sarawak government’s aspiration to achieve the status of a developed state by 2030. “After the COVID-19 […]
Emulate successful entrepreneurs
KUCHING: Youth looking to venture into entrepreneurship need to look no further than Dr Ripin Lamat to convince themselves of the potential it offers. Youth, Sports, and Entrepreneur Development Minister Datuk Seri Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah said Ripin, who is a deputy minister, is a good example of a successful entrepreneur. “Before he was in politics […]
Data on youth entrepreneurs
KUCHING: The Ministry of Youth, Sports, and Entrepreneur Development is currently gathering data on youth entrepreneurs in Sarawak. Minister Datuk Seri Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah stated that this is being done through various engagements such as the townhall session. “We are going to different districts and divisions for youth entrepreneur programmes where we would gather […]
Getting more youth to own businesses
MIRI: The state government has always encouraged the youth in Sarawak to start their own businesses, said Minister of Transport Datuk Lee Kim Shin. Speaking at the 2020 Sarawak Startup Entrepreneurs’ Competition for Sarawakian entrepreneurs today, he said since 2018, Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg has been implementing many policies, including venture […]
Youth keen to venture into modern agriculture
BY SARAH HAFIZAH CHANDRA KUCHING: The common public perception of conventional agriculture no longer applies to today’s modern agriculture, said Datuk Dr Abdul Rahman Junaidi. Partly for that reason, there are young people who are keen to venture into modern agriculture, said the Sarawak National Youth Organisation (Saberkas) vice-president. “The perception has always been that […]
Help for unlicensed traders to register
KUCHING: The task force tasked with business permit and licence registration will continue to be deployed across the state to assist unlicensed women and youth entrepreneurs. Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah said the ministry aimed to register 100 entrepreneurs here. “Through this initiative, we are targeting 50 […]
