Abang Johari (third right) joins Zulkurnain (second right) and the BPA delegates in a photo-call at the Chief Minister’s Office. — Penerangan photos
Abang Johari (fourth right) and Minos (fourth left) smile for the camera during the photo session with the delegates from Kota Samarahan Municipal Council.
Abang Johari (eighth left) poses for a group photo with Lucy (seventh left) and other Siwa members.
KUCHING: Strategic plans are to be implemented by the Bintulu Port Authority (BPA) towards making Bintulu Port an environmentally-friendly ‘Green Port’.
According to BPA general manager Zulkurnain Ayub, this is in line with Chief Minister Datuk Amar Abang Johari Tun Openg’s digital economy aspiration.
Zulkurnain said the plans would include transforming Bintulu Port into a ‘smart port’ – one that would use information and communications technology (ICT) and digitalisation.
He said this during a BPA courtesy call on Abang Johari at the Chief Minister’s Office in Wisma Bapa Malaysia here yesterday.
Zulkurnain was appointed as the authority’s general manager in May this year. The courtesy call by BDA was among four received by the chief minister yesterday.
A group from Kota Samarahan Municipal Council – led by Walikota Dato Peter Minos – also met Abang Johari, who then received an invitation to officiate at the ceremony to mark the council’s first anniversary this Nov 11 at Samarahan Civic Centre.
The chief minister was also invited to attend the launch of the ‘Sarawak Indian Women Heritage Book’, scheduled to take place at Astana Negeri here this Oct 16.
The delegates from Sarawak Indian Women Association (Siwa), led by their president Kapitan Lucy Lingam, presented the invitation to Abang Johari.
It is learnt that Head of State Tun Pehin Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud is expected to officiate at the launch of the book.
Abang Johari also hosted a meeting with the representatives of the National Council of Professors (MPN), led by its president Prof Datuk Dr Raduan Che Rose.
The courtesy visit was meant to congratulate Abang Johari on his appointment as the state’s sixth chief minister and also as a show of support for the development of the state under his leadership.