Welcome Rakan Sarawak August 2005

Rangkaian Khidmat Awam Negeri Sarawak

A MONTHLY SUPPLEMENT OF RAKAN SARAWAK BULLETIN

(People, events, activities and programmes which make for a total quality-managed Sarawak Civil Service)

ISSN 1394-5726

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Residents, Deputy Residents, and District Officers Conference 2005 -

Pehin Sri Taib accompanied by Encik Ismawi Hj. Ismuni, the Director of SIMU
launching the New Project Monitoring
System, later named Sarawak Monitor by
Pehin Sri Taib to be used for the implementation monitoring of 9MP (2006-
2010) State-Funded Projects

One of the increasing roles of the Residents and District Officers in Sarawak, says the Chief Minister is that they must respect and keep abreast of the people’s progress by keeping up with the latter’s increasing knowledge and level of education.

YAB Pehin Sri Dr. Haji Abdul Taib Mahmud said this in his keynote address at the opening of the 2-Day conference in Kuching on 12 July 2005.

Amongst others, Pehin Sri also said that District Officers should be one who would be a catalyst in the leadership structure at the grass root level but the Resident would remain the main co-ordinator for the whole Division.

“The District Officer’s main task would be to make sure that the execution of government projects is on time and he must alert the Resident of any possible delays or failures. Any rectification at the early stage would be a saving in terms of costs,” he said.

Pehin Sri Taib further said that “The District Officers must develop a sense of local initiative within the framework of a divisional plan and they must make sure that the leadership under the Resident and encompassing the various Federal and State agencies is a lively administrative unit.”

The conference was organised by the State Implementing and Monitoring Unit, SIMU. At the same function, Pehin Sri Abdul Taib also launched the New Project Monitoring System, which he later called Sarawak Monitor.

Encik Maria Hasman, Resident of Limbang Division asking the
Chief Minister for some advise and suggestions on ways and means to improve the administration of the Division

Among the papers presented at the conference are “Regional and Spatial Development: Planning the Niche Sector for the Division” by Haji Mohd. Morshidi Abdul Ghani, Director, State Planning Unit; “Spearheading Rural Development through the Establishment of Rural Growth Centres (RGC)” by Hj. Chiati Bolhassan, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Rural Development; “Modernising the Agriculture Sector through Agropolis: Promoting Greater Local Participation at the Divisional Level” by Jaul Samion, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Modernisation of Agriculture; “Understanding Contract Administration: The Roles and Responsibilities of the Contract Administrator” by Teo Siaw Chun, Senior QS, Department of Irrigation and Drainage; “Planning and Developing a New Division: The Case Study of Mukah Division“ by H. Sarudu Hoklai, Mukah Resident; “Human Resource Planning and Development: Meeting the Needs and Future Development of the Division” by Datu Wilson Baya Dandut, Deputy State Secretary (Human Resource).