Waste collectors and food delivery riders will be honoured as unsung heroes in this year’s Sarawak Day celebration on July 22 which, for the second consecutive year, will be observed in a hybrid manner due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
State minister in charge of the celebration Dr Sim Kui Hian today said these workers and riders would be among the limited number of guests invited to a formal event for the celebration, which would be attended by state governor Abdul Taib Mahmud and Chief Minister Abang Johari Openg.
Sim told a media conference in Kuching today that event guests would not just be VIPs but also members of the public and NGOs whom he described as unsung heroes.
Sim, who is the Sarawak local government and housing minister, said the event would be held at the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly building at Petra Jaya in Kuching and this year’s theme would be “Sarawak Gemilang Untuk Semua” (A Glorious Sarawak for All).
“The grand finale of the Sarawak Day celebration is a new song called Sarawak Gemilang which is consistent with our theme. We are all in this together, we shared together, suffered together, we enjoyed together, we fight together,” he said.
He said the event would be broadcast live on TV Sarawak at 8.15pm on July 22.
Apart from the formal event, he said the Sarawak Multimedia Authority (SMA) is also organising a TikTok competition for young Sarawakians to express their thoughts creatively on the theme of the celebration from July 14 to 19.
Information on the competition would be on SMA and Serba Dinamik’s official Facebook pages.
Entry for the competition is free and cash prizes, as well as e-certificates, will be awarded to the top 13 entries.
July 22 had been declared a public holiday in Sarawak since 2016 by its then chief minister Adenan Satem as Sarawak Independence Day.
- Bernama
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