With the aim of helping budding entrepreneurs to get their business ideas off the ground, the IdeaKita roadshow by MDEC here culminated with the launching of GA Space as the first digital hub in East Malaysia.
Its Director Yvonne Yong said the event, which was attended by a full-capacity crowd, provided the opportunity for participants to build their understanding and awareness on the IdeaKita programme which provides participants with a series of workshops and training sessions to help them through their ideation journey
Recreational fishing, often known as angling, is a popular outdoor activity in Malaysia and has been promoted as a tourism sport in the country by Tourism Malaysia.
Malaysia’s tourism sector was severely impacted when the Covid-19 pandemic began during the first quarter of 2020. Consequently, it is likely that recreational fishing was also affected.
The imposed Conditional Movement Control Order (CMCO) at the beginning of the pandemic (in 2020) saw guidelines released by the Department of Fisheries Malaysia regarding recreational fishing, which explicitly targeted anglers. When the CMCO was extended, it was declared that recreational fishing was strictly prohibited.
Tourism and recreational fishing will undoubtedly recover, and researchers at Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) have collaborated with Reefish and World Wide Fund for Nature Malaysia (WWF-Malaysia) to bring recreational fishing to a more wholesome and exciting level, while also contributing to scien
The first batch of 24 locals from Pitas and Paitan left for Johor for training to equip themselves with skills needed for jobs at a coconut-based manufacturing facility project developed by Linaco Resources Sdn Bhd in Paitan.
Its Executive Officer Alex Yong said the recruitment drive would continue every month until the company has enough workers.
“We started the recruitment process in Pitas and Paitan which is among the poorest districts in Sabah because we want to give an opportunity for local youths to have stable jobs and also acquire skills, so they can have a better future,” he said.
He said the batch of trainees is provided with free flight tickets to Johor where they will work at the company’s factory at Batu Pahat. At the factory, they will enjoy free accommodation and transportation to and from the hostel to work, water and electricity, as well as lunch which is provided every day free of charge.
According to Alex, the tra
FROM gleaming, pristine rivers fringed by tropical rainforests, to dreamy beaches and islands circled by aquamarine seas, Sabah’s waters are teeming with some of the most exciting fish species known to the world of recreational fishing.
Far from being a popular pastime, recreational fishing or sportfishing is more than just a personal hobby that scales up to become a multi-billion-dollar industry in many developed countries such as Australia, the United States and New Zealand. In many of these countries, recreational fishing is a big engine in the economy because as an industry, recreational fishing provides a living for countless of people in business ranging from fishing tackle, accessories manufacturing, to travel and hospitality, to boat manufacturing.
To put this into perspective, a study by Recfishwest Australia issued in 2019 found that recreational fishers in Western Australia spent a staggering AUD$2.4 billion per year on fishing related activities such as
Sabah Pakatan Harapan (PH) has submitted a motion to make English the second official language of Sabah and for the re-establishment of the Malaysia Agreement Intergovernmental Committee (IGC) at the State Legislative Assembly sitting from July 18 to 21