KUCHING, Feb 1 — Chief Minister Tan Sri Abang Johari Openg thanked the Chinese business community for their ideas presented in Post Covid-19 Economic Council meetings.“We are ready to develop Sarawak with our economic engine moving forward to a new era,” Abang Johari said in his keynote address during the 2022 Chinese New Year open house held virtually, adding that green economy would be given emphasis next.
He also congratulated SUPP for its massive victory in wresting additional seats from the opposition fold in the recent state election. “This is a tall order, and it will be difficult, but with the resources that we have along with the upgrading of our knowledge, I am sure we can achieve our objective by 2030. We are fortunate to have a good mandate from the people,” said the Gabungan Parti Sarawak chairman.Meanwhile, in his welcoming remarks, SUPP president Dato Sri Dr Sim Kui Hian thanked Covid-19 frontliners for their continued battle against the Covid-19 virus.
“Nothing stops Sarawakians from coming together to celebrate Chinese New Year, albeit via virtual means, despite living with the Covid-19 virus,” he said.