Mawan suggests enterprise ventures for SDNU’s future

(Entrance, from fifth left) Chambai, Mawan, Wong and others pose for a bunch picture session. Photograph by Peter Boon

SIBU (December 8): The Sarawak Dayak Nationwide Union (SDNU) might kind a separate entity to conduct enterprise actions to maintain itself.

Giving this proposal, its president, Tan Sri William Mawan Ikom, stated it could possibly be within the type of an enterprise three-way partnership or collaboration.

“We’ve got to start out. SDNU isn’t an enterprise group; however, there is no such thing as legislation in it that prohibits us from establishing a separate enterprise entity.

“So, we will kind of be an entity outside of that, our core enterprise. It could possibly do enterprise; it will possibly cooperate; it will possibly do joint ventures.

“We are able to kind of be a separate entity, and other people perceive us. We’ve got to outlive, besides relying on direct grants from the federal government on a regular basis.

“This, I really feel, is the one strategy to maintain a civil society,” he instructed reporters when requested to make some extent in his speech earlier throughout SDNU Sibu’s Golden Jubilee celebration at a number one restaurant right here to elucidate final night time.

Mawan, who’s a Pakan assemblyman, instructed that this proposed branch-level enterprise entity may discover the exploitation of rural transformation program (RTP) tasks, for instance.

On the other hand, be aware; he emphasised that SDNU is working intently with the federal government of the day.

“As I stated from the start, for any civil society group, with their social, cultural, and financial packages, which might be pushed ahead to be continued, you want the help and the understanding of the federal government.

“And in that context, if you need to survive on cooperation, on help, you’ll be able to by no means be contradictory. You have to go and perform your actions with the federal government.

“As a result, despite the fact that we’re not political events, we should know which facet of the bread is buttered. That is my understanding; that is my reminder to all our members. And those you see in all places, extra branches develop.

“They’ve got that understanding. No method you’ll be able to survive; you probably have that sort of confrontational  strateg or something that goes in opposition to the desires and with the understanding of the federal government of the day.”

In view of this, he hoped that extra youths will be part of SDNU, expressing confidence that with talent and expertise, in addition to dedication, SDNU will develop in energy and develop into extra-related sooner or later.

In his opening speech, SDNU Sibu chairman Chambai Lindong delved into the background of SDNU and paid tribute to its previous leaders.

He additionally stated that SDNU Sibu presently has 4,329 members, with about 1,000 folks attending the celebration.

In the meantime, Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah, who couldn’t attend the occasion because of urgent commitments, pledged RM50,000 to SDNU Sibu, whereas Tourism, Arts, and Tradition Minister Dato Sri Tiong King Sing, via his consultant Agatha Ting, pledged RM20,000.

Bawang Assan assemblyman Dato Sri Wong Quickly Koh, Mawan, Krian assemblyman Friday Belik, and Meluan assemblyman Rolland Duat Jubin pledged RM10,000 each, whereas Worldwide Commerce, Trade, and Funding Deputy Minister Datuk Dr Malcolm Mussen Lamoh pledged RM5,000, and former Tamin assemblyman Datuk Joseph Mauh pledged R3 000.

Amongst these current was Sarakup Indu Dayak Sarawak (SIDS) chairman, Dato Alice Jawan Empaling.