Tag: Cultural and Entrepreneurship Development Exco Amirudin Shari

BY ERMIZI MUHAMAD

SHAH ALAM, AUG 24: The youths in the state are recommended to play a role in continuing to uphold their cultural principles and strengthen their sense of identity to dignify their racial values.

The Youth, Sports, Culture and Entrepreneur Development Exco, Amirudin Shari said those principles will enable youths in Selangor to thrive forward while holding on to their customary and cultural values.

“The world which is moving fast with rapid technological advancement must be consistent with humanity, intellect, morality and identity development. Therefore, Selangor youths must be resilient to defend civilisation, customs, culture and community unity as these are factors that will bring us forward.

“These are the ongoing matters that must be thought of, to make the people of Selangor more competitive, globally,” he said at the Townhall Session in conjunction with the Selangor Student Congress 2017, at Dewan Raja Muda Section 7, recently.

Amirudin said that culture and self-identity will support the success of the younger generation, given that they have an increasingly wide opportunity to explore various fields.

He said, the importance of these aspects are also recognized by State Government through various policies which do not neglect the aspects of culture and nation development.

“Although we are enjoying modernism, these elements must be preserved to ensure they are not lost with time,” he said.

The State Government has been focusing on potential development policies to encourage a more active involvement from youths in Selangor.

It include entrepreneurial and employment; leadership and organisation; information technology and organisation; society, social networking, culture and arts; wellness and health; sports and fitness as well as religion and beliefs.

The Local Youth Mobiliser realizes these policies to produce competent leadership who will become the agents of change for youths in Selangor.

BY NORHAYATI UMOR

SHAH ALAM, AUG 7: The Malaysian No 1 Food Fest, Selangor Mega Food Festival (SMFF) 2017 has successfully attracted over 180,000 visitors from various race in the two days of its programme.

The fest closed its curtain last night, gathering over 100 urban, traditional and contemporary food operators in the whole of Lembah Klang.

Youth, Sports, Culture and Entrepreneur Development Exco, Amirudin Shari said the festival being held for third time still attracts big number of visitors as in 2015.

“We achieved the targeted visitor number. We saw the visitors were very excited.

“Food operators were also very creative in their presenting various food making which made it more interesting,” he said at the SMFF closing ceremony at Dataran Kemerdekaan.

Amirudin said, the effort to empower food operators are continuously done with the presence of food operators from districts such as Sabak Bernam and Kuala Langat, at that festival.

He added that the State Government is always reviving various ideas to help entrepreneurs from all levels to generate more income.

The food fest also featured some cultural shows while presenting the State Government, Inisiatif Peduli Rakyat.

SMFF was held last Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 12 midnight.

BY ERMIZI MUHAMAD

SHAH ALAM, JUL 25: The State Government has channeled RM237 million of financial aid towards the Selangor Hijrah Scheme (HIJRAH) microcredit programme, since its introduction in this state.

Youth, Sports, Culture and Entrepreneur Development Exco, Amirudin Shari said, that amount involved 38,821 borrowers.

“Applications from 38,821 entrepreneurs were approved with a total loan of RM237,751,500.00.

“Meanwhile, repayment is 82.14 percent,” he said.

He said that in replying to Sungai Pelek Assemblyman, Lai Nyuk Lan’s verbal question during the fifth term of the 13^th Selangor State Assembly.

HIJRAH is an integrated microcredit scheme, the brainchild of Dato’ Menteri Besar, Dato’ Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali, combining SKIMSEL, MIMBAR and WALA and it has been implemented since 2008.

The programme under the Inisiatif Peduli Rakyat (IPR) is an Action Research Project, focusing to enhance the economy of those in the middle-income group and close the income-gap among citizens.

Through this initiative, the State Government targets single-mothers, persons with disabilities (OKU) and university graduates.

Those who are eligible receive help through this microcredit scheme by getting additional capital to develop their business in order to generate additional income.