MPKS supports D-Virtual Park

MPKS supports D-Virtual Park

by Mohamad FikrullahNo Comments
Workers putting the finishing final touches on the D-Virtual Park. KUCHING: The Kota Samarahan Municipal Council (MPKS) has commended Serba Dinamik Group’s efforts in creating a virtual reality (VR) park in Kota Samarahan for the benefit of the people in the area and beyond. “All big and successful business groups should emulate Serba Dinamik Group’s actions in doing good for the society,” urged MPKS chairman Datuk Peter Minos yesterday. He said that representatives from Serba Dinamik Group had met with and briefed MPKS councillors and senior staff members on their upcoming virtual reality park D-Virtual Park, located in Kota Samarahan on the way to Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Sarawak’s old campus. He said that Serba Dinamik was among the largest oil and gas companies in Malaysia and they were creating D-Virtual Park at a cost of over RM10mil as its corporate social responsibility (CSR) project. “The VR park will have everything of the computer world in entertainment — games and sports, especially for the youths...
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Teraju visits upcoming virtual park in Kota Samarahan

Teraju visits upcoming virtual park in Kota Samarahan

by Mohamad FikrullahNo Comments
KUCHING: Bumiputera Agenda Steering Unit (Teraju) yesterday visited and attended a sharing session of D-Virtual Park, the first virtual park with hologram in Malaysia by Serba Dinamik Holdings Berhad in Kota Samarahan near here. D-Virtual Park is also the first in Malaysia to have a digital-concept incubator for business start-ups. Teraju’s visiting delegation was led by its chief executive officer Md Silmi Abd Rahman. Present to welcome them were Serba Dinamik Holdings Berhad director Datuk Abdul Kadier Sahib and Sarawak Multimedia Authority (SMA) deputy chief scientist Prof Dr Al-Khalid Othman. D-Virtual Park is a joint-effort between Serba Dinamik Holdings Berhad and business start-up hub Startup Borneo. The project is poised to not only create but provide wider access for business start-ups in the digital technology segment that would give greater impetus for youth economy in Sarawak, Teraju said in a statement from Selangor. For a start, Di-Virtual Park would be beneficial to the students, currently pursuing their studies at institutions of higher learning located...
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Peraduan Video Pendek dan Fotografi SMA-Simunjan 2020

Peraduan Video Pendek dan Fotografi SMA-Simunjan 2020

by Muhammad ZaidNo Comments
Sarawak Multimedia Authority (SMA) telah mengadakan Peraduan Video Pendek & Fotografi SMA-Simunjan 2020 bersempena dengan program Rindok Digital. Bertemakan "Apa ada di Simunjan?", peserta bebas meneroka disebalik pekan Simunjan yang penuh dengan budaya, bangsa dan cerita rakyat dengan kreativiti digital masing-masing. Terdapat dua kategori untuk video pendek dan satu kategori terbuka untuk fotografi. Oleh itu, rakyat Sarawak yang berbakat di dalam suntingan video dan gambar boleh masih kesempatan untuk mendaftarkan diri dipautan QR code di poster atas atau pautan http://bit.ly/simunjanregisterform. Ambilah peluang ini dengan tempoh penyertaan yang dilanjutkan sehingga 2 Februari 2020 ini. Pelbagai hadiah menarik menanti para pemenang untuk setiap kategori. Tunggu apa lagi! Rebutlah peluang keemasan ini. ...
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‘Limbang Waterfront project to be completed by 2021’

‘Limbang Waterfront project to be completed by 2021’

by Abdul Qaiyum AlidinNo Comments
LIMBANG: The RM60-million Limbang Waterfront upgrading project is expected to be fully completed by 2021. In stating this, Assistant Minister of Agriculture, Native Land and Regional Development Datuk Dr Abdul Rahman Ismail said the project was divided into two phases. “Limbang will have the longest waterfront in Sarawak once the waterfront project with a total length of 1.6km is fully completed by 2021. “This Limbang Waterfront would be the main development icon for the people here,” he said when met during the presentation of Limbang Waterfront Upgrading Project Phase 2 Contract at Limbang District Council yesterday. The Bukit Kota assemblyman said phase one of the project was progressing well. The one-km phase one project costing RM30 million is expected to complete by July next year, he added. The remaining 600-metre second phase project is scheduled to start in January next year and expected to complete in July 2021. “This project once completed would be another tourism and economic attraction for northern part of Sarawak because Limbang is located...
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Lab on improving public transportation planned

Lab on improving public transportation planned

by Abdul Qaiyum AlidinNo Comments
SIBU: The State Transport Ministry will look to organise a technical lab to improve public transportation in Sarawak, its minister Datuk Lee Kim Shin said. He told a press conference following a closed-door briefing with Sarawak Rivers Board (SRB) personnel here yesterday, that his ministry is determined to improve riverine transportation in the state. “As we all know, Sarawak is the land of many rivers. We have 35 gazetted rivers in Sarawak. Out of the number, six major rivers are in thecentral region. “Thus in central region, riverine transportation plays an important role in the movement of goods and the people. My ministry together with the SRB headquarters will seriously look into how to improve riverine transportation not only in the central region but throughout Sarawak,” he said. Lee, who was on a familiarisation visit here, added that his ministry – created following a cabinet reshuffle in August this year – was still in the process of filling up various posts, but that a few...
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Visit to Institute of Materials, Malaysia (IMM) by IMM IAViC2019 Organising Committee

Visit to Institute of Materials, Malaysia (IMM) by IMM IAViC2019 Organising Committee

by Abdul Qaiyum AlidinNo Comments
Visit to Institute of Materials, Malaysia (IMM) by IMM IAViC2019 Organising Committee. Special thanks to our host Mr. Hithaya Jeevan, General Manager of IMM Secretariat. Semoga terus sukses! Calling all Aerospace, Automotive, Rail, Oil&Gas industry players!Available exhibition space in November, but limited! Or book yourself a seat! Level up with latest technology and capability of 4.0. Venue: Kuala LumpurDate: 13-14 November 2019International Speakers1. Prof. Reza N. Jazar, RMIT University2. Kazuhito Kato, Japan3. Prof. Mohammad Fard, RMIT University To register, please contact International Applied Vibration Conference 2019​ (IAViC 2019) or email to iavic.events@firm-motion.com For any enquiries, please contact:1. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Rahizar Ramli at Mobile No.: +60 19-279 6970 or Email: rahizar@um.edu.my2. Abdul Qaiyum Alidin at Mobile No.: +6017 6949806 or Email: abdul.qaiyum.alidi04@gmail.com#NoDrowsyDriving #WeAreAutonomously ...
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Minister looks forward to VR changing way tourism industry operates

Minister looks forward to VR changing way tourism industry operates

by Naziatul AssiqinNo Comments
Abdul Karim (second left) launches VR technology by Aerovetics at a local hotel. KUCHING: Minister of Tourism, Arts, Culture, Youth and Sports Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah hopes that digital technology such as Virtual Reality (VR) will revolutionise the way the tourism industry operates in future. Speaking during the Beyond Paradigm Summit 2019 held at a hotel here last week, he said through VR technology tourists will be able to experience the destination of their choice even before making the trip. “This technology is especially helpful for elderly group of travellers who wish to travel to adventurous destination such as caves, underwater, mountainous areas and rainforest but are limited by their physical ability, health and age. Hence the VR technology would be able to give them the immersive personalised experiences as if they were there,” he added. During the event, Abdul Karim was introduced to a VR technology for tourism hotspots in Sarawak. According to the technology’s creators, the VR creation was in...
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