Premier Abang Johari wants community leaders to improve their leadership standards

SIBU, July 10 2026:  The leadership standards of community leaders need to be improved to be able to meet the needs of the new era that has witnessed rapid changes in technology, green economy and the global development landscape.

Caption: Premier Abang Johari Openg says that  among the changes that the community leaders need understand include low-carbon economic development, carbon trading and digitalisation of government services.

Premier Abang Johari Openg said that they need to go beyond the traditional role of information transmitters, instead becoming leaders who understand government policies, master digital technology and are able to guide the people in facing current changes.

According to him, failure to understand new policies will create a gap in understanding between the government and the people, thus affecting the implementation of the state's development agenda.
"That is why the standards of community leaders, I apologize, need to be improved. Otherwise, there will be no correct understanding between the people and our policies and our policies are made to the needs of the new era," he said at a dinner with the community leaders night.

The premier added that among the changes that they need understand include low-carbon economic development, carbon trading, digitalisation of government services, use of technology in administration and development centered on environmental sustainability.

According to him, community leaders need to understand the approach so that it is in line with government policies that are adapted to the demands of the new era, especially in the aspects of digitalisation and use of technology.

"This is what we call 'bottom-up', from the bottom up, not from the top down.

"This is the policy of our government under my leadership from the beginning until today. That is why in this Sibu area we want community leaders to understand the policy that we are implementing today, which is that we are in line with the needs of the new era," he said.

He also reminded that the future of Sarawak depends on the ability of its own people to govern and develop the state without being too dependent on other parties.

"Sarawak must depend on the strength of Sarawak itself. Only Sarawakians can manage Sarawak," he stressed.

Sibu to be restructured towards a low-carbon smart city

SIBU, July 10 20026:  Sibu will undergo a comprehensive development restructuring through a new master plan that will transform the city into a low-carbon smart city, thus strengthening its position as a sustainable development hub in the central zone of Sarawak.

Caption: Premier Abang Johari Openg says that restructuring effort will involve large scale investment and be implemented in stages

Premier Abang Johari Openg said that Sibu's development needs to be guided by a more strategic master plan since the development model based on the logging industry no longer meets the needs of the current economy.

According to him, the restructuring effort will involve large-scale investments and be implemented in stages according to the financial capacity of the Sarawak government.

"If Sibu was previously developed based on the logging industry, today we need to develop it in a new way. That is why we want to restructure Sibu," he said when speaking at a dinner with the community leaders tonight.

He explained further that the restructuring aims to transform Sibu into a low carbon smart city that balances economic development, environmental conservation and the use of digital technology in service delivery.

"This is Sibu that we must develop and restructure to become a low carbon smart city in the heart of Sarawak," he said.

He added that the development agenda will be driven through the roles of the Mid Rajang Development Agency (MiRRDA) and Rajang Delta Development Agency (RDDA), in addition to emphasizing forest conservation as a carbon sink, exploring carbon trading opportunities and empowering digital technology.

"Sibu has a strategic position in the heart of Sarawak and has the potential to become a low carbon smart city that can support the state's sustainable development agenda in the future," he said.
Also present were Deputy Prime Minister Fadillah Yusof, Deputies Premier Douglas Uggah Embas,  Awang Tengah Ali Hasan and Dr Sim Kui Hian, Speaker Mohamad Asfia Awang Nassar, Sarawak State Secretary Mohamad Abu Bakar Marzuki, federal ministers and ministers.

 

Agrofest nyungkak agropemakai, Sebauh ulih nyadi hab tibang nangchem

SEBAUH, 10 Julai 2026: Agrofest Sebauh 2026 majak nyungkak agenda pemansang sektor agropemakai Sarawak ari ngena teknologi, bekunsi penemu enggau pengerembai makit, kelimpah ngerandang peluang ngagai Sebauh nyadi tibang nangchem di nengeri tu.

Caption: Menteri Dr Stephen Rundie Utum bejaku lebuh iya bejadika Agrofest Sebauh

Menteri Industri Pemakai, Komoditi enggau Pemansang Kandang Menua Dr Stephen Rundi Utom madah, Agrofest nyadi pelasar strategik ngempung orang bumai enggau Opis Betanam Betupi sereta agensi bekaul ngulihka embing teknikal, servis sanding penemu enggau teknologi pemadu baru dikena nambahka produktiviti sereta penatai pemisi.

“Agrofest ukai semina bejual lalu ukai mega ngelaku produk aja. Tu mih awak mensia mayuh ngulihka malin ari Opis Betanam Betupi bekaul nama ke patut dikereja enggau baka ni ngemansangka tanah endur sida betanam betupi,” ku iya.

Iya nyebut jaku nya lebuh bejadika Agrofest Sebauh 2026 di Pekan Sebauh, kena Hari Lima.

Iya mega madah, pemansang sektor agropemakai begunaka kerejasama entara perintah enggau komuniti nentuka tanah ulih dikena manah, kelimpah nambah semekih asil lokal ari bekenaka teknologi enggau pengawa betanam betupi moden.

Seraya Direktor Betanam Betupi Dominic Chunggat madah ke Opis Betanam Betupi bejalaika tungkap ngemansangka Sebuah nyadi tibang nangchem berindik ari pemayuh peminta ba utai tanam nya ke majak nambah, nyengkaum ari makit Brunei Darussalam.

Ku iya, pekara nya ngerandang peluang ngagai mayuh agi orang bumai ngereja pengawa nanam berega lalu negapka rentayan bekal agropemakai nengeri.

“Kitai bejalaika tungkap ngangkatka Sebuah nyadi tibang nangchem. Peminta nangchem ari Sebauh mega chukup manah, nyengkaum ari Brunei Darussalam. Tu ngayanka berita manah ngagai kitai ngaul mayuh agi orang bumai ba industri tu,” ku iya.

Iya mega meransang orang dagang ngulihka setipikit Malaysian Good Agricultural Practices (MyGAP) nentuka asil betanam betupi tetangkupka standard pemakai likun, kelimpah nambah pengandal penguna enggau produk ulih besemekih ba makit.

Berebak enggau nya, orang bumai diperansang meri perati ngagai utai tanam ke bisi mayuh peminta ngambi ulih meri asil ke meruan agi sereta nyukung agenda jamin bekal pemakai Sarawak.

Sama datai, Sapit Menteri Industri Pemakai, Komoditi enggau Pemansang Kandang Menua Martin Ben, Sekretari Mendam Opis Menteri Industri Pemakai, Komoditi enggau Pemansang Kandang Menua Sarawak (M-FICORD) Sirai Daha, Residen Sitak Bintulu Datu Nyurak Keti, Pegawai Pelilih Sebauh Thaddeus Ling Bartholomew Allu enggau Pegawai Betanam Betupi Sitak Bintulu Jackson Nanta Barnabas Baie. -EDISI UKAS