KUCHING, Oct 24: Sarawak ministers can no longer approve new grants while the State government operates in a caretaker capacity, says Minister of Tourism, Creative Industry and Performing Arts Dato Sri Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah.
However, he said the ministry was open to exploring funding for research into the Zhao An community’s migration history and heritage to preserve its historical background for future generations.
According to him, the research could be carried out in collaboration with universities and cultural organisations, with a focus on documenting the experiences of early migrants from China and the hardships they endured when settling in Sarawak more than a century ago.
“When you come to a new place, a far away land, a new community to establish families, and this is the kind of difficulties when your grand-grand generation has to adjust and go through,” he said.
