Early intervention key to helping special needs children
MIRI: Women, Childhood and Community Well-being Development Minister Dato Sri Fatimah Abdullah said early intervention is crucial to support the development of children with disabilities. Speaking at the launching of the eighth National Early Childhood Intervention Conference here on Saturday she said it is important to empower families with skills and strategies to support their […]
Helping local communities
KUCHING: The Ragad Foundation will continue to play a significant role in tackling challenges faced by the community in the areas of education, health and socio-economy. The foundation’s chief of programme and campaign, Lila Ruzaini Hussain said it would come up with more initiatives to help the local community. “Recently, we launched education programmes, water […]
Youth development blueprint needed
WITH the inclusion of youths in political parties as well having a voice in policy making, it is high time that a thorough blueprint is created to fully realise the youth’s potential. This was the view of youth activists polled by New Sarawak Tribune, who stressed that more can be done to develop youths in […]
Harnessing potential of young key to moving forward
KUCHING: Young people not only represent the future of the country but are one of society’s main agents of change and progress. Tourism, Creative Industry, and Performing Arts Minister Datuk Seri Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah stressed that the state government hence places strong emphasis on youth development. “Positive youth development programmes strengthen young people’s sense […]
More extreme sports facilities mulled
SIBU: The Ministry of Youth, Sports, and Entrepreneur Development (MYSED) is looking into building more extreme sports facilities or skate plaza such as the Sibu Active Youth Space (SAYS) for youth throughout the state. Its Minister Datuk Seri Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah said that such facilities have been requested by many, especially the youth. “The […]
Skill up and seize opportunities, Hasidah tells young
KUCHING: Investing in the development of human capital is important as it is the main driving force in the state’s march towards progress. In stating this, Deputy Minister in the Sarawak Premier’s Department (Law, MA63 and State-Federal Relations) Datuk Sharifah Hasidah Sayeed Aman Ghazali said the younger generation should therefore equip themselves with knowledge and […]
Heralding a new era
The new one is the most beautiful of all; he is so young and pretty. And the old swans bowed their heads before him. – (The Ugly Duckling) Hans Christian Andersen, Danish author Against all headlines in the newsreel in the past weekend, one stood out from the rest. New Sarawak Tribune reported it with […]
Rep assures Ngemah youths of his commitment to education
SIBU: Ngemah assemblyman Anyi Jana is committed to helping youths in his constituency who wish to pursue higher education. He said he would continue working with non-governmental organisations, especially the Sarawak Dayak National Union (SDNU), in this matter. Anyi added that the DUN Ngemah Service Centre would provide one-off assistance to those who wish to […]
Make hope possible by investing in our youth
I was an eight-year-old Primary Two pupil in a village school in Bario, Sarawak when Lyndon B Johnson became the first US President to visit Malaysia in 1966. Not that I knew about it back then, but it was something I learnt about many years later. There is a relational context of this historical event […]
Ministry aims to get youth going in sports
GEDONG: Only about 44.9 per cent of youth in the state are presently active in sports and a concerned Ministry of Youth, Sport and Entrepreneur Development wants to do something about it. The data derived from a survey undertaken by the ministry has made it all the more determined to inculcate a sports culture among […]