Day: June 19, 2022

KUALA LUMPUR, June 19 (Bernama) — Lembaga Peradaban Melayu (Adab) will send a memorandum to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob on three matters that affect the interests of the Malay community in the country.

Chairman Datuk Ghazali Mohd Yusoff said the three matters were related to Malay Reserve Land, the percentage of which had been declining recently, details on the empowerment of the Malay language and the economy of the Malays post COVID-19.

“A meeting to discuss these three issues will be held soon, before the memorandum is handed over to the Prime Minister,” he said when asked to comment on Adab’s vision after the 10th and 11th annual general meetings here today.

At the meeting today, its leadership team was elected for the 2022-2024 term with Ghazali as chairman and Prof Emeritus Datuk Dr Zainal Kling as his deputy.

Earlier, Dewan Negara speaker Tan Sri Dr Rais Yatim when officiating the annual general meeting, said civilisation-related organisations such as Adab should be more active in highlighting weaknesses so that matters on culture and civilisation are not forgotten by the community.

He said civilisation and cultural values must be inculcated in society and this could be carried out by Adab with the collaboration of various ministries including the Ministry of Education, in order for these elements to be included in formal education, as being done in countries of East Asia such as Japan, Korea, Taiwan and China.

Source: BERNAMA News Agency

KUCHING, June 19 (Bernama) — The Sarawak state government today announced the establishment of Betong Development Agency and Rajang Delta Development Agency to help coordinate development in the two areas.

Sarawak Premier Tan Sri Abang Johari Tun Openg said RM1.5 billion would be allocated to each development agency.

He said Deputy Minister of Urban Planning, Land Administration and Environment, Datuk Len Talif Salleh would chair the Rajang Delta Development Agency while Deputy Premier Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas was tasked to set the boundaries for the Betong Development Agency.

“This is our new development strategy in the rural areas and not the urban areas…because the urban areas already have basic facilities and the respective city councils to help with development.

“The two agencies will not only be focusing on physical development but also on training of human capital,” he told reporters after attending the Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) 15th General Assembly, here, today.

The three-day assembly which ended today had gathered 2,420 delegates as well as observers.

PBB is the lynchpin party of the GPS coalition which also features Parti Rakyat Sarawak (PRS), Sarawak United People’s Party (SUPP) and Progressive Democratic Party (PDP).

Abang Johari, who is also PBB president, said the party had agreed to amend its constitution for the setting up of a wing for those aged 18 to 28.

“This new wing will give us a new platform to train the young leaders and we hope that through this wing, they could learn the intricacies of politics and how to be politically rational,” he added.

Source: BERNAMA News Agency