Monday August 25, 2008
KUCHING: The state's demand for a highly educated and trained workforce, particularly for its regional corridor of development, will be partly met by the Swinburne University of Technology, Sarawak.
Chief Minister Tan Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud said the Sarawak Corridor of Renewable Energy (Score) was expected to create 1.6 million jobs by 2030 in 10 high-priority sectors including petroleum, aluminium, metal and glass production, tourism and engineering.
"The demand for highly-skilled human resources for the industrialisation of Sarawak is both a challenge and a huge opportunity for us," he said at the opening of Swinburne Sarawak's expanded campus at Jalan Simpang Tiga here on Saturday.
Taib said the new RM110mil facilities had taken tertiary education in Sarawak to a higher level.
"Today, Sarawakians do not have to travel abroad to further their studies," he said.
Earlier Swinburne University of Technology chancellor Bill Scales said the opening of the expanded campus marked a new chapter for Swinburne Sarawak and thanked the state government for inviting Swinburne Australia to establish a campus in Sarawak eight years ago
The expanded campus has eight new buildings including the Chancellery, lecture theatre, student hostels and a multi-purpose hall
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