APPRECIATION: Talib (centre) receiving a souvenir from Amran as (from second left) Yakup, Salleh and Adi look on.
BINTULU: The state government will continue supporting every effort towards empowering human capital development, intellectual and promoting good old values through colloquium, said Assistant Minister of Tourism DatukTalib Zulpilip.
Bintulu, he said, should be proud for being chosen to play host for the local knowledge or wisdom colloquium this year.
Presentations and discussions about issues related to the culture and way of life of a particular community especially in Bintulu during the colloquium, he said should be shared with other Malaysians.
Talib, who is also Jepak assemblyman, said this when officiating at the ‘Local Knowledge Colloquium’ at a hotel here yesterday.
“Local wisdom is how the human uses its cognitive ability to act and react on something which is full of intelligence.
“In our culture, local wisdom resources can be found in songs, languages, cultural activities, proverbs, tips, traditional foods and writings,” he said.
These values, he said, is inherent in the people’s daily lifestyle while the ‘attitude’ functions as a medium for unity and strength of that society.
Talib believed such colloquium will contribute on mental development, lifestyle and economic growth in Bintulu and Sarawak as a whole.
Meanwhile, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka (DBP) state director Dr Amran Joned said this ‘Local Wisdom Colloquium’ is a pioneer project for an introduction to local wisdom and its specific purpose to gather all scholars and researchers.
“This colloquium is also to encourage the study of local wisdom for discussion and writing to be known in society as part of (our) national cultural heritage,” he said.
The event, he said, is also to stimulate discourse of knowledge among scholars in Sarawak and outsiders that are associated with the national cultural heritage.
Other than that, he said this colloquium also aims to promote the various tribes and local activities, as a productive resource for the literature study and sociocultural and to be documented for reference.
Also present were Bintulu Resident Muhamad Yakup Kari, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka (DBP) Board of Governors chairman Prof Datuk Seri Dr Md Salleh Yaapar and DBP Board of Governors member Datu Dr Adi Badiozaman Tuah.