UNITED KINGDOM, May 2 2026: Premier Abang Johari Openg is leading an official working visit to Manchester and Bristol, United Kingdom (UK) as well as Dublin, Ireland from May 2 and 5.
His arrival with the delegation in Manchester at 1.15am Saturday local time is seen as a strategic mission to position Sarawak in the global value chain encompassing data centre infrastructure, artificial intelligence (AI) technology, semiconductors and world-class talent development.
In Dublin, the premier is scheduled to visit the K2 Strategic Data Centre Campus including the DUB4 and DUB5 facilities which are among the important hubs of large-scale data centre operations in Europe.
In Manchester, he will participate in the Sarawak Agenda-Townhall with the premeir’s programme as a platform to strengthen networking with the Sarawak diaspora, in addition to attending the Lan Berambeh Anak Sarawak Dinner which continues to be a symbol of community unity abroad.
He is then scheduled to hold an engagement session with representatives of the Manchester Regional Government at the British Muslim Heritage Centre involving roundtable discussions and strategic networking sessions as well as the signing of a Letter of Collaboration (LoC) and Memorandum of Understanding (MoU).
In Bristol, Abang Johari is scheduled to attend an engagement session with SMD Semiconductor and the University of Bristol and deliver a keynote address at the event.
He will also witness the exchange of MoU documents between SMD Semiconductor and Bristol Research Group as well as a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) between SMD Semiconductor and the Sarawak Foundation.
The agenda continued with a visit to the National Composites Centre (NCC) and the Isambard-AI supercomputer facility which symbolises world-class research and innovation capabilities in the field of high-performance computing.
NCC is a world-class composites research and development centre in the UK with its main focus areas including composites, digital engineering and sustainability which brings together the best expertise and advanced technology to help solve the most complex engineering challenges globally.
Accompanying the premier's entourage were Sarawak State Secretary Mohamad Abu Bakar Marzuki, Deputy Minister in the Sarawak Premier's Department (Law, MA63 and State-Federal Relations) Sharifah Hasidah Sayeed Aman Ghazali and Sarawak Finance Secretary Wan Lizozman Wan Omar.
Welcoming the premier's arrival were the Chief Political Secretary to the the premier Fazzrudin Abdul Rahman, Director of the Sarawak Foundation Mohamad Junaidi Mohidin as well as Sarawak students and Sarawak Volunteers.
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