Our City Council announced plans to develop Jalan Yu Seng/Jalan Merpati into a tourist attraction. Part of it has been developed with canopy being erected near the traffic lights on the intersection of Jalan Yu Seng and Jalan Merbau. It is almost dead silent at 9pm along the Jalan Merpati stretch.
What left to be known is the status of the plan to develop further up the road towards Imperial Mall.
The idea for the cover design comes from our Iban pua kumbu. The red, yellow, black and white colors are of our State flag as well as regular colors for Iban weaving.
This tri-language dictionary is a must for those who wish to visit the interior of Sarawak where people speaks mostly Iban and Malay.
Thank you to Jaya Ramba, the editor for giving me a free copy. It is sold at RM25 per unit at bookstores in major towns in Sarawak. Get yours today!
Options for employees with similar case with Stephen Geri (SG)
In respond on how hard it is to get a promotion as per the article in the Borneo Post, our reader have some points to share/highlight for Mr. Stephen Geri.
Judging by his qualifications (MBA etc) he can try for M (PTD)scheme. They are people like SG who started off as support staff, studied, naik sedikit-sedikit and now at the mid years of their lives, minta jadi officer at PTD level. There is no cut-off years but they are given equivalent chance to try to apply provided they apply through SPA and goes through and passes the rigmarole of PTD exam, PTD assessment and interview. And if given the job in the end, willing to accept the job on an initial contract basis (yes, there are permanent and contract options now but you don’t get to choose, and it all depends on your intake).
If SG is a federal employee, he can do all the above or try upgrading himself secara KPSL (exams internally and promoted internally providing got kekosangan jawatan and within superiors support and consent).
Or he can use his new qualifications, and apply for different schemes via Suruhajaya Perkhidmatan Awam‘s website (there are many schemes available).
On the other hand, if he is state employee, we don’t know how he can jump from N (support staff scheme) to N41 and above (officer scheme) for the state civil service. Itu kena tanya people in the State Civil Service. Selalunya, state civil service quite hard to get in on officer level but not impossible.
