Lee (standing left) watches some of the trainees service a motorcycle.
MIRI: Students of Institut Kemahiran Belia Negara (IKBN) Miri yesterday took part in a community programme to enable them to contribute to the local community.
Assistant Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture Datuk Lee Kim Shin said the Impak ILKBS@Komuniti programme enables IKBN trainees to put into practice what they have learned while contributing to society.
“What they have learned in IKBN is being used through the programme to help the community. Today they are helping folks in Pujut Adong here service their motorcycles for free and giving them free car wash.
“They are also sharing their knowledge in pastry-making by giving free demonstration,” he said when officiating at the programme held at Pujut Sungai Adong on Sunday.
Lee, who is also chairman of IKBN Miri Advisory Panel pointed out that such activity could promote skills education to rural youths.
“When we hold activities like this, it can help those in the outskirt areas and villages understand about technical and skills studies that are being offered in IKBN,” he said.
According to Lee, the Impak ILKBS@Komuniti programme enables students of skills training institute to contribute their skills and specialties to the local community by providing free services based on the course they attend in IKBN.
“We believe that the trainees not only gain meaningful experience from this programme, but they are also helping the society around them,” he said.
Also present at the programme were IKBN Miri director Fauzi Ariffin, deputy director (Student Affairs) Syed Zyied Wan Asnawi and chairman of Pujut Adong village security and development committee (JKKK) Abdullah Yusoff.
Among the activities held during the programme were free motor oil change for motorcycles, free car wash as well as demonstration on making cakes and pastries.