Mandarin narration at Borneo Cultures Museum to be considered, assures minister

Aerial shot shows the Borneo Cultures Museum at Jalan Tun Abang Haji Openg in Kuching. — Bernama photo

KUCHING (June 28): The Ministry of Tourism, Creative Industry and Performing Arts Sarawak would give due consideration to having Mandarin narration for the displays at the Borneo Cultures Museum here, assures minister Dato Sri Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah.

“We will give due consideration to this suggestion,” he told The Borneo Post yesterday.

Abdul Karim was responding to a resolution adopted at the annual general meeting of the Federation of Kuching, Samarahan and Serian Divisions Chinese Associations last Sunday, which called for Mandarin narration – both in text and voice – to be made available at the museum.

According to the federation, Borneo Cultures Museum – being the largest of its kind in the country and the second largest in Southeast Asia – presently only offers text and voice narrations in Bahasa Malaysia and English.

The Mandarin-narration proposal is meant to attract tourists from China and Taiwan to come and visit the museum.

Costing RM323 million, Borneo Cultures Museum has received over a quarter million visitors since its opening on March 9 this year.

The United States of America Embassy in Kuala Lumpur Chargé d’Affaires, Michael Newbill, who recently visited the place, had described it as ‘a world-class standard museum’.

It is informed that the museum would fully accept walk-in visitors starting this July 1.

Entrance is free to all until further notice.

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Man transporting 1,000-litre diesel without permit nabbed in Ops Samar

A KPDNHEP enforcement officer questions the suspect regarding the diesel, which is without any valid permit, found on his pick-up truck.

MIRI (June 28): A 57-year-old man was arrested during an operation conducted by the Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs (KPDNHEP) in Lawas yesterday.

Under ‘Ops Samar’, the ministry’s enforcement team also seized 1,000 litres of diesel and a single-cab pick-up truck worth around RM63,000 from the site of arrest, which was in front of a health and beauty products store.

According to KPDNHEP Limbang chief Pulnama Tarah, the arrest was made at 1.06pm.

“When requested by the KPDNHEP officers, the man failed to produce any valid document pertaining to the ownership of the fuel, which is a controlled item.

“The 1,000-litre diesel, valued at RM3,000, and the vehicle were confiscated from the site,” said Pulnama when contacted.

The case is classified under Section 21 of the Control of Supply Act 1961 for possession of controlled items without any valid permit issued by the KPDNHEP.

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Abg Jo: Agreement to set up sour gas plant in Bintulu with investors signed

Abang Johari presents the academic award to one of the graduates.

KUCHING (June 28): The state government through Sarawak Economic Development Corporation (SEDC) has signed an agreement with investors to build a plant in Bintulu, said Premier of Sarawak Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Abang Johari Tun Openg.

He, however, did not name the investors but said the agreement was signed recently.

He noted that the plant would be built for the purpose of providing value through the evacuation process to the normally undeveloped natural gas source, off the coast of Sarawak, called sour gas.

“The project will provide 200 job opportunities to those who specialise in chemical engineering,” said at the Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (Unimas) commemorative convocation ceremony at Dewan Tunku Abdul Rahman (DeTAR) here yesterday.

Abang Johari, who is Unimas Pro-Chancellor, also pointed out that Sarawak has many water resources that have been given added value with the construction of hydro dams, where three are operating, namely Batang Ai, Bakun and Murum.

He believed that with the completion of the Baleh Dam, Sarawak will soon have a large enough source of renewable energy not only for Sarawak but also to be channelled to neighbouring countries.

He said now Sarawak is channelling energy to West Kalimantan, Indonesia and there are already negotiations with Sabah for the same purpose.

“It is not impossible that one day energy from Sarawak will be channelled to Singapore which has shown interest in getting electricity from sustainable sources from Sarawak, God willing,” he said.

He said Sarawak also has the potential to add new value to its water by producing hydrogen, value to carbon dioxide gas from the petroleum industry that can be stored in Sarawak’s soil, and carbon trade from carbon stocks stored in Sarawak’s vast forests.

He said the state had recently hosted the International Digital Economy Conference Sarawak (Idecs) to gain insights from world experts on how Sarawak can benefit from the big data decoding process, specifically for the hydrogen-based economy, decarbonisation and carbon trading.

Some 3,695 graduates obtained their degrees in various levels of study – Doctor of Philosophy, Master’s degree and Bachelor’s degree in 2020.

Of the total, 195 had completed their PhD and Master’s studies while the rest are for the Bachelor’s level.

At the Bachelor’s level, the Faculty of Language and Communication sees 64 graduates, Faculty of Engineering (375 graduates), Faculty of Cognitive Science and Human Development (425 graduates), Faculty of Applied and Creative Arts (318 graduates), Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology (387 graduates), Faculty of Science and Resource Technology (471 graduates), Faculty of Economics and Business (581 graduates), Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (155 graduates) and Faculty of Social Sciences and  Humanities (575 graduates).

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