President’s Message

I have said it before and now i’m saying it again; Dayak graduates, wherever you are, i am extending, on behalf of the association, our invitation to YOU to be with us in SDGA. I know for a fact that you all are busy people. Nonetheless, the least you can do is to register yourself as a member. You and I will make US; together let US boost the number. To this, i would like to refer to a common Malay saying that says, Bersatu  Kita Teguh, Bercerai Kita Roboh. Big membership base will create a strong foundation for SDGA. YOU have a place in SDGA, really.
 

Time passes by so quickly. The present EXCO took over in February last year. Looking back, in almost one year that we had been in the EXCO, a number of activities and programs have been initiated. In collaboration with local partners, outside of Kuching, SDGA had initiated programs in Bau, Serian, Kapit, Julau, Pakan as well as beyond Sarawak when it participated in the SDNU’s organised Four Wheel Drive Safari to West Kalimantan.  In addition, the EXCOs had also met with Dayak leaders in the government.

As President, i can assure SDGA members and the Dayak community at large that more is forthcoming. Our program and activities for 2010 had been crafted meticulously focusing on our core business in the area of educational attainment among the Dayak. The EXCO members will have their hands full this year as each and every one of them had been assigned specific tasks. I have no doubt about my team’s ability to deliver. They have done their level best the last eleven months (February 2009 – January 2010). This year, they all promised to perform better. Such high spirit and enthusiasm deserve praise as they are all performing voluntary work. Their love for the community is exemplary.

It is worth mentioning here also the fact that some members are now coming forward to lend a hand to the EXCO.  I hope more members will come forward so as to share this important task of community development.

SDGA had got the support from many parties. Our leaders have lent us their helping hand in the form of moral as well as financial support. The Dayak communities, the very reason for our existence and to whom we’re committed to serve have high expectation on us. Let us then resolve to make 2010 a better year for every Dayak. Resolving to make this year a better year than previously demands that each and every one of us asking; “what must i do to make myself a better Dayak this year? Imagine the outcome if this question and the answer to it reververates in the mind of every Dayak. Then we have all Dayak committed toward self as well as community excellence.  As someone had said before, “Excellence can be obtained if you care more than others think is wise, risk more than others think is safe, dream more than others think is practical and expect more than others think is possible”. Excellence is no more an option; it is mandated upon us Dayak bearing in mind that we’re lacking behind in so many fields of endeavours.

Dr. Dusit Jaul