KUCHING: Amanah Saham Sarawak Berhad (ASSAR) is expanding access to investment services to Sarawakians through the implementation of physical and digital initiatives to ensure that service delivery is more accessible to all levels of society.

Sarawak Premier Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri (Dr) Abang Abdul Rahman Zohari Tun Datuk Abang Openg said that the ASSAR management has implemented several initiatives including collaboration with Service Sarawak to provide ASSAR service counters on certain days at the Urban Transformation Centres (UTC) in Sibu and Miri, as well as the expansion of services to Sarikei.

In addition, he said ASSAR is also taking advantage of the Sarawak Rural Broadband Network (mySRBN) network facilities provided by the Sarawak Digital Economy Corporation (SDEC) to operate mobile office services in peripheral and rural areas.

According to him, the initiative is also supported by the cooperation of district offices as well as community and village heads.

“I hope that initiatives like this will continue and expand. We want to see more innovations in the way services are delivered in Sarawak, especially in rural areas, so that it is more inclusive, more people-friendly and more efficient,” he said.

He said this during the ASSAR Dividend Announcement Ceremony at the Satria Pertiwi Complex on Friday.

In a related development, Datuk Patinggi Abang Zohari stressed the importance of digitalisation in expanding the culture of savings and investment among the people, especially in rural areas.

He said that with the increasingly robust digital infrastructure, platforms such as SPay Global can be utilised as an easy channel for the people to save and invest through ASSAR.

He called on the people of Sarawak to continue to support the investment products and initiatives offered by ASSAR as a joint effort to build a more sustainable future.

Also present at the ceremony were Sarawak Deputy Premier Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas, Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Leonard Linggi Jugah, Chairman of the ASSAR Capital Group Dato Sri Wahab Dolah and other dignitaries. -UKASnews

Reporter: Nur Nabilla
Translator: Ryan Lim
Photographer: Ibanez Jeffery Guang