Sibu Resident reflects on eventful 2018
SIBU: The year 2018 was a milestone for Resident & District Office (R&DO) Sibu.
Pointing this out, Sibu Division Resident Charles Siaw said this was because there were many state-level and major events held here.
“In organising state and national level events, the cooperation and support of all government agencies, both state and federal is critical.
“R&DO Sibu is not able to do this alone. The test case was the celebration of the Governor’s Birthday,” he said in his address during the appreciation night hosted by R&DO Sibu at a leading hotel here on Friday.
Siaw said one reason that R&DO Sibu was able to organise the numerous activities last year was to leverage on NGOs and the private sector. He said pooling the resources helped to keep such activities at lower cost.
State-level events held last year included Maksak volleyball championship, Gawai baazar, Chief Minister’s sport carnival in collaboration with R&DO SarawaK, Ma’al Hijrah, Youth Day and Road Safety Awareness.
Other major programmes included the national-level seminar on ‘Sufi menurut Pendekatan Wasatiyyah’, Sibu International Base Jump & carnival, ‘Berambeh Sungkei’, Gawai Raya celebration, ‘Maulidur Rasul’ Sibu Division celebration and campaign to
In organising state and national level events, the cooperation and support of all government agencies, both state and federal is critical. — Charles Siaw, Sibu Division Resident
control spread of Rabies.
Siaw also highlighted the success of R&DO Sibu such as emerging as champion of ‘Anugerah Inovasi Ketua Menteri Kategori Pejabat Residen dan Daerah’, five-star rating for its website, five-star Accountability Index and finalist in the High Performance Team (ranked third).
“I am sharing these success, not to boast about it but in early 2019, we need to reflect on what happened in 2018. I also like to take this opportunity to thank and acknowledge the contribution of all parties who make this success possible.
“My trust and faith in my people have bore fruits many times over. As a leader, I strongly believe that my major responsibility is to create a conducive and safe environment so my staff can do their best.
“I also try to facilitate so that it is easy for my staff to perform their duties and responsibilities and to give their best,” he added.