KUCHING: The Tabung Ekonomi Gagasan Anak Sarawak (Tegas) Digital Village at Sama Jaya High Tech Park here will be equipped with a hostel soon.
Premier Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Abang Johari Tun Openg said the Sarawak government agreed to a proposal made by Tegas chairman Datuk Len Talif Salleh on the facility.
“We are going to build the hostel as we have been receiving many visits from students recently, including those from outside Sarawak.
“The hostel allows them to stay here as well as continue their programmes by visiting and gaining exposure from the factories here, which are high-tech industries, in Sama Jaya,” he told the media after the Shell LiveWIRE Sarawak 2022 Awards at Tegas Digital Village on Wednesday (Dec 7).
“Besides the hostel, we will also develop a recreational area too as we still have a large area to be developed.”
Earlier, Abang Johari said students could have the opportunity to visit factories such as LONGi Kuching, which produces solar panels; Taiyo Yuden, which produces transmitters in electronics, and many others in the area.
“This programme exposes our young people to technology, and perhaps one day Sarawak can become an innovative hub.”
The Shell LiveWIRE Sarawak 2022 Awards unearthed five winners, namely Saiful Firdaus Sulaiman and Carolyne Eryna Ayesha Cindy Nadin from SPL Food Industries Sdn Bhd, Hanizam Hashim and Qistina Donna Lee Abdullah from Hornbill Networks Consortium Sdn Bhd, Fatin Hanna Jobli Fatin and Dayang Rogayah Moslaini Dayang from Fatin Hanna Bakes, Rizal Roney and Lavindar Singh from Easygrow and Normawati Mohamad Hamden and Abuassan Morni from Zueema Enterprise.
Meanwhile, for the Shell LiveWIRE Global Top Ten Innovator Awards held in Mexico, two Sarawakians finished in the top three, namely Ahmad Azuar Zainuddin from Satu Creative, placing second in the Implementing Partner category (Shell LiveWIRE Malaysia), and Heineken Laluan from Syarikat Timogah, also placing second in the Business Innovation category.
