Above: STA Annual General Meeting (AGM) held on 30 March 2006, presided by Datuk Leo Chai, 3rd from left

   


Above: Presentation of cheques to representatives of 13 companies
whose candidates had successfully completed the
STA Training Sdn Bhd (STAT) Trainer Development Programme
in a simple ceremony held on 30 March 2006

 

Above: Company representatives collecting their ballot papers

Above: The new STA Council Members met after the AGM

 

STA through its wholly-owned company, STA Mutual Sdn Bhd had a presentation of financial contribution to 14 Private Secondary Schools in Sarawak on 20 March 2006

Above: Group photo with the School representatives

 

Above: Mr Ling Beng Hui, the President of the
Sarawak United Association of
Private Chinese Secondary Schools Management Board,
presenting a memento to Datuk Leo Chai

Above: STA Members and school representatives
at the ceremony

                  

Above: Visit by the Secretary General of the Ministry of Human Resource, Dato’ Thomas George (4th from right) on 3 July 2006

Above: A group of 22 undergraduates from Universiti Malaysia Sabah visited STA on 1 March 2006 as part of their familiarisation tour to Sarawak

STA and the Sarawak Forestry Corporation Sdn Bhd (SFC) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on 23 May 2006

Above: Exchanging of MoU between Datuk Leo Chai
of STA and Datu Cheong Ek Choon of SFC

Above: Signing of the MoU between STA and SFC

  

Left: A consultative session with the Malaysian Timber Certification  Council held  on 16 June 2006

 

  



Left: Trainers and course participants of the Train-the-Trainer Programme  on  Occupational Safety & Health in Logging Operations held from 26 - 29  June  2006 at Wisma STA jointly co-organised by STA and the National  Institute of  Occupational Safety & Health

 

 

 

The STA Invitational Golf Competition 2006 was held on 2 July 2006 at Kelab Golf Sarawak, Kuching with a total of 84 participants consisting of STA Members and invited guests.

Above: Hole-in-one Prize, a Proton Savvy

Above left: A group photo before teeing off
Above right: Participants collecting their souvenirs after the game

 

Below: The STA Educational Talk on “Engineered Wood Products:
Status and Untapped Potentials of Utilisation in Sarawak” was held on 8 July 2006.
The invited speaker was Mr. Ting King Boh of the Sarawak Forestry Corporation Sdn Bhd

STA organised a series of Goods and Services Tax (GST) Seminars for Members in Kuching, Sibu, Bintulu and Miri on 17 and 18 July 2006

Above: The overwhelming turnout at the seminar held in Sibu

Above: Participants attending the GST seminar in Kuching
 

  
Left: A group of representatives from the European Timber Trade accompanied by officials from the Malaysian Timber Council visited STA on 10 July 2006
 

 

Above: Students from Inti College Sarawak paid a visit
to STA on 6 July 2006
 

Above: Members of Institut Kimia Malaysia, Sarawak Branch
visited STA on 22 July 2006
 

Above: A group of members from the Land Surveyors Board Sarawak visited STA on 4 August 2006

Above: The STA Certification Committee met on 20 July 2006

Above: Associate Professor Dr. Hugh Bigsby briefing
the 26 students enrolled for the
Post Graduate Diploma in Applied Science
during the Orientation Week held from 21 - 25 August 2006

Above: STA hosted a group of students from
Lincoln University, New Zealand who were on a
familiarisation visit to Sarawak from 13 - 23 August 2006

Above: Interns with the Sarawak Forestry Corporation Sdn Bhd
visited STA on 1 September 2006 as part of their programme
to learn about the timber industry of Sarawak

Above: Recipients of the STA Awards from Universiti Malaysia Sarawak
on 13 September 2006, Ms. Linna Chieng (2nd from left)
and Ms. Diana Lim (2nd from right)

Launching Ceremony of the Post Graduate Diploma in Applied Science (Sustainable Tropical Forestry Management) by YB Dato Sri Haji Awang Tengah Ali Hassan,
Second Minister of Planning & Resource Management on 10 October 2006

Above: YB Minister ringing the bell to launch the course

Above:The STA Team performing the Haka

Above: Group photo of YB Minister, STA Chairman, STA Vice Chairman, Directors of STA Training Sdn Bhd
and the Advisory Group for the Post Graduate Diploma in Applied Science (Sustainable Tropical Forestry Management)

Above: Witnessing lecture in progress

Above left and right: The Advisory Group formed by STA, made up a team of specialists on
sustainable forest management to advise on the delivery of the Post Graduate Diploma in Applied Science.

Above: A special committee was formed by the Hill Logging Committee to look into the standardisation of logging road signs.
The committee met twice in 2006.
The photo was taken on 16 October 2006

 

 

Above: Members of the STA Panel Products Category paid a
courtesy call on the Acting Consul General of Indonesia,
Bapak Rubaya Thalib on 19 October 2006 to discuss and clarify matters related to the endorsement of “Job Order”
and new registration of employers, recruitment agencies and Indonesian workers engaged in the forest and timber industry of Sarawak

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The Commissioners of the Human Right Commission of Malaysia visited STA on 13 October 2006 after a dialogue session with various government agencies.
 

From left to right: Dr. Chiam Heng Keng (Commissioner), Puan Rafidah Yahya (Officer), YM Tunku Datuk Nazihah Tunku Mohamed Rus (Commissioner), Datuk Dr. Denison Jayasooria (Commissioner)

Below left & right: A group of STA Members made a courtesy call on YB Dato Sri Haji Awang Tengah Ali Hassan, the Second Minister of Planning and Resources Management on 15 November 2006 to discuss matters pertaining the employment of Indonesia workers

   
Above: Delegates of the Working Committee in a
business matching session with STA Members

  
  Above: Students from the Post Graduate Diploma in Applied Science on a field trip to a mill which is part of their studies on 13 December 2006