08.07.17
Mr. Joseph Lau (President), Mr. Stephen Hii (Secretary-General), Mr. Peter Chai , Mr. Chai Tze Bui (Council Members) and six members attended Hardware Forum organized by Kuching and Kota Samarahan Division Hardware and Machinery Merchants' Association at Imperial Hotel, Kuching. Speakers at the forum included Dato Dr Azman Ching, Mr. Andy Yap, Mr. Arthur Yeap and Feng Shui Master Mr. Kenny Hoo.08.07.17
Mr. Yeo Jui Yong (Honorary Advisor), Mr. Joseph Lau (President), Mdm. Mariana Ung (Vice-President), Mr. Stephen Hii (Secretary-General), Mr. Tie Tung Wei (Treasurer), Mr. Stephen Ung (Assistant Treasurer), Mr. Peter Chai, Mr. Thomas Wong and Mr. Paul Ng (Council Members) attended the Hardware Nite organized by Kuching and Kota Samarahan Division Hardware and Machinery Merchants' Association at Imperial Hotel, Kuching.
15.07.17
SMA Council Breakfast Networking held at 38 Food Street, at icom Square, Pending Road, Kuching.
19.07.17
6th Meeting for 36th SMA Council was held at SMA Meeting Room.
20.07.17
Some members attended Talk on Technopreneurship jointly organised by AZAM Sarawak and US Embassy Kuala Lumpur at Dewan Asajaya, Grand Margherita Hotel, Kuching. There was also a panel discussion on the theme ‘Nurturing an Innovation and Creativity Ecosystem for Sarawak Towards a Digital Economy’ consisting panellists from Faculty of Computer Science & Information Technology (FCSIT) of Unimas, Borneo744, Stratfos Sdn Bhd and the Malaysian Global Innovation and Creativity Centre (MaGIC).
16.08.17
Ms Josephine Li, a Council Member of SMA attended Briefing on the Expansion of the Pembangunan Sumber Manusia Berhad Act 2001 at Sarawak State Library, Petra Jaya, Kuching.
The Human Resources Development Fund (HRDF) is expanding the coverage of the Pembangunan Sumber Manusia Berhad (PSMB) Act 2001, with effect from April 1, by streamlining its eligibility criteria to Malaysian employers across all sub-sectors within the manufacturing, services, mining and quarrying sectors that employ a minimum of ten local employees.
For further information and download registration form, please log on to:
http://www.smasarawak.com.my/cgi/subnotice.cgi?file=167nb.txt
21.08.17
Mr. Joseph Lau Ka Hoo (President) and Mr. Stephen Hii Hium Ung (Secretary-General) attended the Opening Ceremony of International Conference on Agriculture and Agro-based Industry Sarawak 2017(ICAAS 2017) at Borneo Convention Centre Kuching.
YAB Datuk Patinggi Abang Haji Abdul Rahman Zohari bin Tun Datuk Abang Haji Openg, the Chief Minister of Sarawak delivered his keynote address and officiated the opening of the international event.
YB Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas, the Deputy Chief Minister cum Minister of Modernisation of Agriculture, Native Land and Regional Development described that this conference was being held with three main objectives which focus on sharing of knowledge and best practices in agriculture and agro-based industry; exploring effective agriculture delivery system and to identify opportunities in the utilisation of digital technologies in order to leapfrog the development of sustainable and competitive agriculture.
21.08.17
The senior officers from Domestic Investment & Supply Chain Coordination Division, Malaysian Investment Development Authority (MIDA) and MIDA Sarawak visited SMA. They were entertained by Mr. Joseph Lau Ka Hoo, President of SMA and Mr. Tie Tung Wei, the Treasurer of SMA. The purpose of the visit was to promote Supply Chain Conference which will be held on November this year. They were Mr Abdul Fatah Mohamed Rafaie (Deputy Director, Domestic Investment & Supply Chain Coordination Division,MIDA); Mr Ahmad Tajudin Omar (Director, Domestic Investment & Supply Chain Coordination Division, MIDA); Mr. Redzuan Abd Rahman, Director (MIDA Sarawak); Mr. Muhamad Helmi Hasan Basri (Assistant Director, MIDA Sarawak) and Ms Nur Nabila Ahmad, (Assistant Director, Domestic Investment & Supply Chain Coordination Division, MIDA).
25.08.17
Mr. Joseph Lau Ka Hoo, the President attended the 265th Sarawak Industrial Coordination Committee (ICC) Meeting at Wisma Bapa Malaysia, Kuching.
25.08.17
Ms Joanne Pun Yin & Ms Mellisa Lee visited SMA on 25 August 2017, they were entertained by Mr. Tie Tung Wei, the Treasurer of SMA. They are Executive, Marketing & Sales of POIC Sabah Sdn Bhd, a Sabah state-owned company which is developing the 5,000-acre Lahad Datu Industrial Land. For further information on POIC, please log on to: www.poic.com.my.
14.09.17
Mr. Joseph Lau Ka Hoo, the President attended a Laboratory Session of Financial and Equipment Committee under the Technical Committee of the Sarawak Entrepreneurship Development Coordination Committee (SEDCC). The session was held at Minister of Industrial and Entrepreneur Development (MIED) Sarawak, and chaired by Encik Esmawady bin Mohd Esa, the Director of SME Corp Malaysia, Sarawak.
SEDCC has been established to develop better synergy, create a more effective impact and share resources among entrepreneurs.
19.0917
Some members attended Briefing on the Expansion of the Pembangunan Sumber Manusia Berhad Act 2001organised by Human Resources Development Bhd at Sarawak State Library, Petra Jaya, Kuching.
19. 09.17
Mr. Joseph Lau Ka Hoo (President) and Mr. Stephen Hii Hium Ung (Secretary-General) attended a dialogue session on digital economy, chaired by YAB Datuk Patinggi Abang Haji Abdul Rahman Zohari bin TunDatuk Abang Haji Openg, the Chief Minister of Sarawak at Wisma Bapa Malaysia, Kuching.
The purpose of the dialogue session is to update the business community on digital economy in Sarawak as well as to obtain feedback from the organisations.
20.09.17
Mr. Joseph Lau Ka Hoo, the President attended the 266th Sarawak Industrial Coordination Committee (ICC) Meeting at Wisma Bapa Malaysia, Kuching.
22.09.17
Mr. Lai King Min (Honorary President), Mr. Joseph Lau (President), Mdm. Mariana Ung (Vice-President), Mr. Stephen Hii (Secretary-General) attended Sarawak-Fujian Business Forum and Networking Lunch organized by the Ministry of Industrial and Entrepreneur Development, (MIED) Sarawak, at Pullman Hotel, Kuching, in conjunction with the visit by HE Mr. Liang Jiangyong, Member of the Standing Committee & Secretary-General of the CPC Fujian Provincial Committee, China.
Three memorandums of collaboration (MoC) were signed between Fujian Pacific Network Technology Co Ltd & Pos Malaysia Bhd; Fujian Provincial Communication Transportation Group Co Ltd & Aquamaritime Logistics Sdn Bhd and Xiamen Kehua Hengsheng Co Ltd & JST Power SolutionsSdn Bhd.
