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SHS to showcase Narong Daun&#39;s retrospective works on <b>Sarawak</b> <b>...</b>

Posted: 18 May 2014 03:22 PM PDT

KUCHING: Sarawak Heritage Society (SHS) will be holding an 'Indah — The Hidden Beauty of Nature' exhibition of a prominent local artist Narong Daun at the Sarawak Museum's dedicated art gallery from May 21.

In a press release recently, the society said they were proud to announce a retrospective of the work of Narong Daun, charting her life journey from batik artist to freeform silk painter.

"We welcome the public to see Sarawak's nature through the unique viewpoint of one of Sarawak's present and future art stars."

"Narong has been painting professionally for 15 years.

Starting as a batik artist, Narong worked at Fabriko for three years before taking up her role as artist in residence at the Artrageously Ramsey Ong gallery on Main Bazaar in 2001.

Under Ramsey's guidance, she threw away her sketch book and pencils and threw away her tjantung, opting instead for the freeform outflow of creativity that characterises her work today.

A blaze of colour, Narong's paintings on silk depict scenes drawn from Sarawak's abundant nature.

"But this is a nature reworked and reimagined by the artist herself."

As Narong herself says, she wanted to combine realistic beauty with her own vision and imagination.

So hornbills and heliconia dance across canvases of impossible intensity that represent not only what she sees, but also what she feels.

Her art is an expression of herself and her movement away from the stricter traditions of batik painting giving her the freedom to find her own path.

Honing her skills over the last few years as artist in residence at Technographic, Narong has completed her evolution from traditional craftsperson to contemporary artist.

Her work blends elements of native Sarawak culture with the eternal rainforest into a vibrancy that reveals a new level of hidden beauty.

Running for three weeks, this exhibition will be the third in a series co-hosted by SHS and Sarawak Muzium Department to showcase the work of artists depicting aspects of Sarawak's cultural heritage.

The public is invited to the Sarawak Museum for a glimpse of colour, movement, culture, nature and beauty — Indah.

For further details, contact SHS on 016-8080938.

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<b>Sarawak</b> bowlers get technical boost for Sukma – BorneoPost <b>...</b>

Posted: 15 May 2014 10:39 AM PDT

KUCHING: Sarawak's preparation for Sukma XVII bowling competition has received a big and timely boost with the engagement of technical coach Paul Robert Delany from Australia.

Delany, 37, from Wagga Wagga which is north of Melbourne, will help to prepare the state bowlers on the technical aspects of their training and the bowling equipment.

He arrived yesterday and wasted no time in getting to work with the Sarawak bowling team which was undergoing its centralised training at Megalanes Adventure World at King's Centre.

Delany was very impressed with the set-up and the team of coaches under both the Sarawak State Sports Council (MSNS) and Amateur Tenpin Bowling Association of Sarawak (Abas).

"There is a very good team in place and they have done a good job in producing good bowlers including a world women's champion in Jacqueline (Jenelee Sijore)."

"I am here to complement this team and with my set of skills, I hope to help the team produce good results for the coming Sukma," said Delany who will work with the state team until end of Sukma XVII.

Delany, also here two weeks ago, was pleasantly surprised with the level of the Sarawak Sukma bowlers.

"Put it simply, these kids are good. I hope we can get our boys and girls to perform their best and after that we see where it goes," he said. "We have to get ourselves ready, we got to be ready and in control with what we can control – our performance, how we prepare and how we act as a team together," said Delany. "If we can do those things correctly, I think we can have positive results."

Delany was formerly a British citizen before migrating to Australia in 2004.

The owner of a bowling centre in Shell Harbour near Wollongong worked with former Australian national bowler and current Australian national coach Andrew Frawley in coaching the Kuwaiti national team from 2005 to 2010.

It was also at this time when he got acquainted with Malaysian coaches Holloway Cheah and Foong Tak Meng.

In this period, they produced a World Youth champion in Mohamed Al Zaidan, Asian Championship Masters gold medallist Khalid Dubyan and two-time Asian Schools Games gold medallist Abdullah Ahmed.

Meanwhile, Sarawak team manager and coach Robert Lu stressed on the importance of having a technical coach to prepare the bowlers for the big challenge ahead.

"We had the assistance of Canadian ball specialist and coach Alan Chan for Sukma 2010 in Melaka where we emerged overall champions and in the Pahang Sukma two years ago, we finished among the top five teams," said Lu who returned to Kuching end of April to help Sarawak prepare for the Sukma challenge.

Lu, also Abas vice president, was attached with the Megastrike Bowl in Bandar Seri Begawan in Brunei for two years.

"Sukma has always been a big event in any state. If we are taking part in a five-star tournament, we need to get outside help and there are many states who are getting foreign assistance," he pointed out.

He said Delany was engaged by MSNS on the recommendation of Sarawak Sukma XVII head coach Jackson Ting.

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SLDB disburses RM3.6 mln dividend to participants and settlers <b>...</b>

Posted: 19 May 2014 10:09 AM PDT

KOTA KINABALU: The Sabah Land Development Board (SLDB) has disbursed RM3.6 million in its latest dividend payout to its participants and settlers throughout Sabah.

SLDB chairman Datuk Abdul Rahim Ismail attributed the disbursement for the first quarter to the strengthening of the agency's core business.

"The agency under the new management team has implemented several proactive measures to consolidate SLDB's business performance through productivity maximisation and cost efficiency," he told Bernama.

SLDB, a state agency, has been mandated by the state government to implement agricultural development projects mainly to help alleviate poverty in rural areas.

These projects include the Mini Estet Sejahtera (MESEJ), Projek Mesra Rakyat (PMR) and Projek Pekebun Kecil Terancang (PPKT).

Abdul Rahim said there are currently 6,221 participants and settlers in SLDB's agricultural development projects, mostly in the state's interior, and more areas have been developed in recent years. — Bernama

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&#39;<b>Sarawak</b> serious in its fight against illegal gambling&#39; – BorneoPost <b>...</b>

Posted: 14 May 2014 12:36 PM PDT

KUCHING: Police have set up a special task force to tackle illegal cyber gambling in line with Sarawak's firm stance in wanting to eradicate all illegal gambling activities.

The State Legislative Assembly heard yesterday that from Jan 1 to April 15 this year, police raided 276 cyber gambling centres, and this resulted in 66 illegal cyber gambling operators charged in court.

Minister of Local Government and Community Development Dato Sri Wong Soon Koh said this in his winding-up speech in response to questions raised by Baru Bian (PKR-Ba' Kelalan), Dr Wong Hua Seh (DAP-Repok), Ripin Lamat (BN-Lambir), Yap Hoi Liong (DAP-Dudong).

"I have responded to this issue during the last Dewan sitting. Illegal cyber gambling is not just a problem that is occurring in Sarawak, but rather it is universal in nature," said Wong.

"I would like to stress and assure this august House that the state government is firm in its commitment to weed out all forms of illegal gambling. To tackle and to address this problem would require concerted efforts from other agencies such as the police, Malaysia Communications and Multimedia Corporation and local authorities."

Meanwhile, the state DAP was not satisfied with Wong's answers and called for a press conference at the Media Centre. The party described Wong's answers as mere `bureaucratic textbook' answers.

Chong Chieng Jen (DAP-Kota Sentosa), who held the press conference with Chiew Chew Sing (DAP-Kidurong), Ling Sie Kiong (DAP-Piasau), said in 2013 the state assembly had amended the Local Authorities Ordinance to increase the penalty for operating illegal cyber gambling to RM500,000.

"The reason given then was that the local authorities needed it to combat cyber gambling. Six months later (today), he (Wong) gave us some useless answers in state assembly that it was the responsibility of the police."

Chong, who is also Bandar Kuching MP, also pointed out that since amending the Local Authorities Ordinance, the cyber gambling problem had gone from bad to worse. This illegal activity is now not only happening in cities but also in second-tiered towns such as Bau and Lawas, where people of all ages, including children and the elderly, are lured into it.

"A slot machine is even found openly in a market under the jurisdiction of Kuching South City Hall (MBKS). The local authorities have failed miserably after being given the power to tackle cyber gambling," said Chong.

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