KUCHING: Centre of Technical Excellence (Centexs) inked a memorandum of understanding(MoU) with Huawei Technology (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd to supply talent for digital infrastructure especially for the state’s digital economy.
Abang Johari admires the new technology from Huawei.
Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg said for that purposes the state government has allocated RM18 million to kick-start the training programme offered by Centexs and Huawei.
“I applaud the collaboration between Centexs and Huawei to assist in the transformation of the state economy towards digital economy,” he said when witnessing the signing of the MoU at Centexs’ premises in Jalan Sultan Tengah here yesterday.
Earlier on, Abang Johari witnessed the signing ceremony between State Secretary Tan Sri Datuk Amar Mohamad Morshidi Abdul Ghani, who is also Centexs president, its director Syed Mohd Hussien Wan Abdul Rahman representing Centexs, and Huawei Malaysia represented by its vice president Foo Fang Yong and Global Huawei technical service department vice president James Xu Chengxin.
Abang Johari hoped the collaboration between Centexs and Huawei would produce a new technology to be called Cenhua Technology (Centexs-Huawei).
“When we have the new technology, we can meet the needs of Asean and Asia markets. Also, through this collaboration, Huawei will have a laboratory outside China, in Sarawak, which we can name Sanhua lab (Sarawak-Huawei),” he added.
He is confident that this collaboration would produce younger generation of Sarawakians who have the creativity and wish to become experts in the new technology field in tandem with Industry 4.0 revolution.
“I hope in five years we will have a micro satellite that can provide a wide internet network for the state,” he said.
Through this partnership, Centexs will be the first South East Asia Regional Certified Specialist Training Partner, not only for the locals but also for Asean.
In order to train the youths, Huawei will implement specialist programme covering wireless, microwave, fibre, data centre, telecom energy hardware installation and also assist to set up a digital lab for high school graduates.
These graduates will also have the opportunity to receive mobile application development training, after which they will be certified as Android Application Developer.
“Congratulations to Centexs and Huawei for making this partnership a success… to provide training for Sarawakian youths to fulfill the need of digital economy development in the state,” Abang Johari said.
(Taken from The Borneo Post)
In April 2017, The Right Honourable Chief Minister of Sarawak, Datuk Patinggi (Dr) Abang Haji Abdul Rahman Zohari bin Tun Datuk Abang Haji Openg has announced a major paradigm shift in Sarawak development strategy namely Sarawak Transformation through the Digital Economy.
In line with the Sarawak State development strategy, CENTEXS has identified its part to support the Digital Economy in talent development by establishing the Digital Training Unit in June 2017.
CENTEXS Digital Training Unit focus is on the development of technical manpower that will create sufficient digital skills and human resource required for the Sarawak Digital Economy. In March 2019, the Chief Minister of Sarawak, has announced the establishment of the Digital Academy.
The Digital Academy is envisioned to play a crucial role in producing digital talent pool to the industry. The Academy is an Industry relevant education program, focusing on reskilling and upskilling training, targeting school leavers, university graduates and industry employees.
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Yayasan Sarawak Chairman's View
His Excellency
The Governor of Sarawak
Tun Pehin Sri Haji Abdul Taib Mahmud
“The biggest opportunities lie in technical education. We will need more people with technical qualification. Technical and vocational education will be very challenging but then again the remuneration and rewards will be just as great. They will be our passage towards attaining a high-income society status by 2020.”
YAB Datuk Patinggi (Dr) Abang Haji Abdul Rahman Zohari bin Tun Datuk Abang Haji Openg
Chief Minister of Sarawak
“I applaud the collaboration between CENTEXS and Huawei to assist in the transformation of the State Economy toward Digital Economy. When we have the new technology, we can meet the needs of ASEAN and ASIA markets. Also, through this collaboration, Huawei will have laboratory outside China, in Sarawak, which we can name ‘CENHUA Lab’ (CENTEXS-HUAWEI) “.
Allahyarham YBhg Datuk Patinggi (Dr) Haji Adenan bin Haji Satem
Former Chief Minister of Sarawak
“We are very much aware of the importance of Technical Education in our quest for industrialisation. We don’t have enough people to man our industries because we have not been emphasising on technical education. Nevertheless, it is not too late for us to focus on technical and vocational education. So, we can meet the needs of thousands of technical hands in our industries.”
