MARCH 8 is International Women’s Day.
It is a good occasion to see how far women in Sabah have progressed in 2020. We fully agree with Chief Editor of Daily Express, James Sarda, that women development goes beyond having a Wisma Wanita. (“Sabah Can Lead In 30pc Women Quota” on Jan 24, 2022)
Yes, Sabah’s Wisma Wanita was the envy of many other Malaysian states when it was officially opened by the wife of then Prime Minister, Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor, in July 2010.
Notably, Sabah is the first state in the country to have a Wisma Wanita of such magnitude, thanks to then Chief Minister Tan Sri Musa Aman.
Musa had envisioned Wisma Wanita to be a tourist attraction by getting indigenous women handicraft makers to be based at the building.
Economic activities involving the public were held on the grounds of the building but response from patrons wasn’t encouraging, probably due to lack of promotional efforts or little media publicity.
PETALING JAYA: They came, they saw, they got vaccinated.
Elderly folk turned up in droves at vaccination centres nationwide to get their first Covid-19 vaccine doses in the first eight states to roll out Phase Two of the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme.
In George Town, three nonagenarians are looking forward to keeping the virus at bay now that they have received their first shot.
Among them was retired construction developer Lee Ah Kim, 97.
“I am the first in my family to get the jab. My son signed me up for the vaccination and drove me here.
“I’m not worried as I am healthy, ” he said when met at the Caring Society Complex here yesterday.