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From induction courses to formal
training such as the Master’s
programme offered by the Centre for Building Human Resource for a
Modern Management, the Sarawak civil
servants have plenty of opportunities to High Income Economy
equip themselves with the necessary skills (Excerpt of speech of the Chief Minister, YAB Pehin Sri Haji Abdul Taib Mahmud
and competencies. during the Conference of Residents and District Oficers in Bintulu on July 8, 2008)
High ranking civil servants are sent to
prestigious academic program such as he number of jobs in Sarawak is projected to increase by 2.5
those offered by the John F. Kennedy School times from less than one million in 2006 to 2.5 million by 2030.
of Government in Harvard University while T
other qualiied staff are given opportunities The manpower will be skewed towards the skilled and semi-
to further their studies in national and skilled including those in the managerial levels.
international universities. Hence, the state’s emphasis on human capital development, which is also
in consonant with the national agenda, is to prepare the local people to play
meaningful roles in the process of development, the development of SCORE in
particular. Its basic aim is to produce, in the next ive to seven years, Sarawakians
who could take up skilled jobs in SCORE.
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From induction courses to formal
training such as the Master’s
programme offered by the Centre for Building Human Resource for a
Modern Management, the Sarawak civil
servants have plenty of opportunities to High Income Economy
equip themselves with the necessary skills (Excerpt of speech of the Chief Minister, YAB Pehin Sri Haji Abdul Taib Mahmud
and competencies. during the Conference of Residents and District Oficers in Bintulu on July 8, 2008)
High ranking civil servants are sent to
prestigious academic program such as he number of jobs in Sarawak is projected to increase by 2.5
those offered by the John F. Kennedy School times from less than one million in 2006 to 2.5 million by 2030.
of Government in Harvard University while T
other qualiied staff are given opportunities The manpower will be skewed towards the skilled and semi-
to further their studies in national and skilled including those in the managerial levels.
international universities. Hence, the state’s emphasis on human capital development, which is also
in consonant with the national agenda, is to prepare the local people to play
meaningful roles in the process of development, the development of SCORE in
particular. Its basic aim is to produce, in the next ive to seven years, Sarawakians
who could take up skilled jobs in SCORE.
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