KUCHING: The 'Sarawak Youth Start-Up' programme brings together various ministries and agencies of the Sarawak and Federal Governments, including all entrepreneur development agencies under the state and federal governments.

According to the Deputy Minister of Youth, Sports and Entrepreneur Development Datuk Dr Ripin Lamat, this programme is not only a platform for youth to gain knowledge in the field of entrepreneurship but also acts as a 'supplier' to the ministries and agencies involved.

"We become a supplier where we train these entrepreneurs to be handed over to the government agencies involved because each ministry has its own entrepreneur programme.

"For example, the Sarawak Ministry of Food Industry, Commodities and Regional Development (M-Ficord) has an Agropreneur programme, so we at 'Sarawak Youth Start-Up' will nurture them before handing them over to M-Ficord for skill improvement," he said.

He said this in a 'Sarawak Youth Start-Up' press conference at the Sarawak  Legislative Assembly Complex on Friday.

The Lambir Assemblyman added that his ministry also did not rule out the possibility of creating a youth 'Start-up' hub after seeing the success of such a hub in South Korea known as 'Pangyo Start-up Hub'.

In the meantime, Datuk Dr Ripin Lamat said that a total of 80 people have participated in Sarawak Youth Start-Up so far today.

Therefore, he called for youths aged 18 to 40 years who are interested in participating in entrepreneurship to participate in the Sarawak Youth Start-Up with 300 people being the target for the programme later.

Applications for the Sarawak Youth Start-Up will close on November 25 with the program running from December 7 to December 14. - UKASnews