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BORNEO POST
22 APRIL 2008
Bakam business centre to boost local economy
By Mohamad Abdullah
Centre also to involve villagers in sports and recreational activities
MIRI: The proposed ‘Pusat Medan Niaga dan Rekreasi Bakam’ (Bakam business and recreational centre) will boost the economy of the villagers who are mostly fishermen and also to encourage them to take active part in sports and recreational activities.
Lambir assemblyman Aidan Wing said the centre would enable the villagers to sell their fish and fish products, and also jungle produce during the day, while the other part of the ground would be used to hold recreational and sports activities.
The about four-acre open site, Aidan said, would showcase the economic activities and culture of the local people, who are mostly Melanaus and Jatti Meirek, to outsiders and tourists.
“Bakam has beautiful beaches facing the South China Sea, about half an hour boat-ride from the nearest diving spot,” Aidan told The Borneo Post during a visit to the site of the upcoming ‘Baram Motoring and Water Sports Carnival’ yesterday.
Sibuti MP Ahmad Lai Bujang, Cr Abdul Razak Joni, Cr Arbi Dawet, Cr Baharuddin Tani, Pemanca Wilson Siang Lim and Kapitan How Min Wai were among those who accompanied Aidan during the visit.
Aidan went on to say that he would propose the idea of the business centre to the relevant ministry so that it could help to develop the place further because it was an idle location for tourism-related activities.
Kampung Bakam, with its sandy beaches and beautiful scenery, was a popular spot for picnickers, he added.
On the Bakam motoring and water sports carnival to be held for two days next month, Aidan said that among activities planned were jetski and remote control boat competitions, fishing, beach volleyball, cooking, exhibitions and telematch.
The carnival is organised by PBB Lambir, Lambir Tourism Taskforce Committee, Saberkas, Miri City Council, Kelab Lasak Bermotor Miri, Miri Jetski Club, Kelab Sukan Komuniti Lambir, and JKKK Kpg Bakam.
Aidan also disclosed that a ‘Gelanggang Rakyat’ (people’s centre) would be built in four locations in the Lambir constituency, namely Taman Tunku Abdul Rahman, Bakam, Satap and Peninjau. It would be used for the local youth to hold healthy activities like sports and games.
The Tamu site in Bakam, he added, would be revamped to make it more accessible not only to the local people, but most importantly to the people from the city and others looking for fresh fish and jungle produce.
24 January 2008
Sec-gen: Saberkas encourages more youth to join
movement
KUCHING: Saberkas, the largest youth movement in the State, encourages more
youths to come forward and become members of the movement and eventually become
its leaders, its secretary-general Aidan Wing said yesterday.
He said the presence of older office-bearers and committee
members in the movement should not be seen as a hindrance to join Saberkas which
had a noble objective to unite the people.
In brushing aside a claim by the DAP earlier yesterday that
old members are “stifling the youth from becoming future leaders”, Aidan said:
“Our target group is always the youth. We encourage them to join the movement.”
“Most members at unit level are youth, and we can’t stop
others from joining Saberkas.
“Committee members are elected by the units and most of our
members and followers are youth,” he said when contacted for comments on DAP’s
views on the matter.
State DAP secretary, Chong Chieng Jen, who is Bandar
Kuching Member of Parliament, had said records from the Registrar of Societies (RoS)
showed that only two out of the 35 Saberkas committee members were below the age
of 40.
The two committee members whose age is below 40, according
to him, are Semariang assemblywoman Sharifah Hasidah Sayeed Aman Ghazali and
Harizan Hamzah.
Chong, who is Kota Sentosa assemblyman, pointed out that
the Youth Societies and Youth Development Act 2007 — which is only applicable in
the Peninsular Semenanjung states — ruled that a person is only qualified as
youth when he was 40 and below.
He said many members of Saberkas continued to remain
members until today because Sarawak had no such law on age limit.
He said he might bring up the issue in the State
Legislative Assembly.
Nevertheless, Saberkas should give more opportunities to
the youth to lead the organisation, Chong had told a press conference.
Chong, 37, said DAP Youth
members were all below 40.
18 December 2007
Taking a leaf out of Saberkas’ book
By Irene C
We’re looking at the best mechanism in youth devt:
Visiting youth body
KUCHING: Langkawi District Youth Council (LDYC) is looking at
Saberkas as the role model to develop youths in the district,
its chairman Nor Saidi Nanyan said yesterday.
“Saberkas is a good model for Langkawi because of its strong
foundation in youth development,” he said, believing that by
emulating Saberkas, the LDYC could progress further and become a
strong youth movement.
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Zamahari (third right) presenting a memento to
Saidi while Langkawi District Youth Council
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Speaking during a visit to Saberkas headquarters here, he
said the council was to set up a co-operative through the help
of government agencies, where 30 per cent of the fund would go
to the cooperative members while the rest would go to the
council.
“We plan to use the fund for youth programmes including
activities to prevent youths from getting involved in unhealthy
acts like drug abuse,” he said, adding high on their list would
be seminars and exhibition similar to those organised by
Saberkas.
“We are looking for the best mechanism in youth development,
and Seberkas has it. The current situation calls for continuous
funding to hold such activities,” he added.
He said LDYC which now had about 3,000 members was aiming at
reducing social ills among youths in Langkawi.
Saidi was leading a 20-member delegation from LDYC for a
visit to the Saberkas headquarters.
The group, which was on a four-day visit to the State, left
for home yesterday.
Saberkas exco member Zamahari Saidi, who is also Saberkas
Kuching District chairman, in his welcoming speech said Saberkas
was hoping to jointly organise an international youth seminar
here with the Malaysian Youth Council.
He said Saberkas was still negotiating the matter and if it
materialised, the seminar would be held as part of the State’s
46th independence anniversary.
“We in Saberkas will continue to work hard to remain relevant
for the betterment of the youths,” he said.
Zamahari, who represented Saberkas secretary Aidan Wing,
added that Saberkas was seen as a body that could have a great
impact on the development of youths in Sarawak.
“We have held many programmes with the Social Development and
Urbanisation Ministry, and we can see that social problems in
the State have decreased. This is the impact of our movement,”
he said.
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17 December 2007
3×3 Street Soccer, anyone?
KUCHING: Saberkas Tanjong Selatan is organising a 3×3
Street Soccer 2007 tournament at Daya Perumahan futsal
court at Jalan Layang-Layang, Kampung Semerah Padi Fasa
II on Dec 23.
Competition director Rudi Affendi
Khalik said yesterday that the competition was based on
a knockout format and open to three categories namely
men’s, women’s and under-12.
Rudi said they had received 80
entries so far and the closing date for submission of
entries was Dec 21.
The men’s champions will receive
RM1,000, runners-up RM700 and third-place finishers
RM500 while the winners of the women’s and under-12
categories will get RM300 for finishing as champions,
RM200 as runners-up and RM100 as third.
The tournament is an annual
activity organised by Saberkas Tanjong Selatan Unit in
collaboration with Batu Lintang Community Sports Club,
Pantai Damai Community Sports Club and Pantai Damai
Activity Club.
It is supported by Majlis Sukan
Negeri Sarawak and Ministry of Social Development and
Urbanisation.
For further details, call 082-2237860, 012-8482008,
014-8987443 or 016-8882200.
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13 December 2007
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Saberkas being revamped to remain relevant
By Lim How Pim
KUCHING: Saberkas is undergoing a revamp exercise to remain
relevant and active in producing calibre youths, said its deputy
president Dato Sri Abang Johari Tun Abang Openg.
He said such exercise primarily involved merging some
inactive or isolated units so as to bring down the number of
idle units under the youth organisation.
“There are about 129,000 registered members under Saberkas
and of course some units are inactive. So, we need a revamp
exercise to merge the inactive units as a major unit and to
become active again.
“Some kampungs have been relocated and some are in the
interior zone that certain units need to be merged to stay
active,” he told a news conference here yesterday before handing
over the State colours to Paul Teo, leader of the Sarawak
contingent to take part in the Sports Festival 2007 organised by
the Malaysian Youths Council (MBM) from Dec 14 - 18 in Ipoh.
Johari, who is also Housing Minister, said Saberkas hoped to
get more non-Bumiputeras and other ethnic groups as members,
given its multiracial and multi-religious background.
He also stressed that the government as well as the youth
organisation aimed to produce all-round youths who could excel
both academically and physically.
Being a successful organisation in the State, he said,
Saberkas would emphasise on culture and economic development so
as to provide job opportunities for Sarawakian youths.
“We have about 10 to 14 per cent non-Bumiputera members,
mostly from urban areas. Some of our exco members are Chinese
too, for example, Datuk Alfred Yap is our vice president.”
Meanwhile, Johari assured that the government’s effort in
eradicating poverty was on-going since stability represented the
key for a country to progress.
“Poverty eradication is actually the responsibility of each
and everyone of us. Also, urban poverty seems to be a new
phenomenon despite our continued efforts in combating poverty,”
he said.
He however believed that urban poverty would not snowball
because there were opportunities for young Malaysians to grab
and become successful in their career.
Stressing that the country was rich in natural resources, he
felt that its people must go all-out to acquire knowledge and
skills to optimise such resources so as to contribute towards
nation building.
“This is the reason why the government emphasises on human
capital development. We must get the people into the right
disciplines and courses to strike a balance and participate in
nation development,” he added.
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