KUCHING, Nov 5: Yayasan Sarawak plays a pivotal role in developing skilled talent to help Sarawak overcome the middle-income trap and advance towards a high-income economy.

Premier Sarawak Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Abang Johari Tun Openg said the establishment of the Ministry of Education, Innovation and Talent Development reflected the State government’s recognition of the importance of nurturing talent to drive the new economy.

“Yayasan Sarawak has to play a very important and pivotal role in producing Sarawakians with the talent needed to lift our economy out of the middle-income trap and transform it into an advanced economy,” he said when officiating at the Yayasan Sarawak 55th Anniversary Gala Night at a hotel here last night (Nov 4).