Published on 7 Feb 2018
TRAINING ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY MONITORING, IN SUPPORT OF PILOT PROJECTS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AUDIT
20 personnel consisting environmental officers, forest management unit (FMU) coordinator, surveyors and safety officers from eight (8) Sarawak Timber Association (STA) member companies that had volunteered to undertake the Pilot Projects for Environmental Compliance Audit participated in the “Training on Environmental Quality Monitoring” from 30th January to 1st February 2018 at Kemena Hotel, Bintulu. Click here for more information.
Published on 12 Feb 2018
WORKSHOP TO IDENTIFY GAPS AND OPPORTUNITIES IN IMPLEMENTING FOREST MANAGEMENT CERTIFICATION IN SARAWAK
In response to this announcement, Sarawak Timber Association (STA) and Malaysian Timber Certification Council (MTCC) joinly organised a workshop to identify gaps and opportunities in implementing forest management certification (FMC) in Sarawak from 5 to 6 February 2018 at Wisma STA, Kuching. Click here for more information.
Published on 16 Apr 2018
CONSERVATION INTERNSHIP PROGRAMME FOR FOREST MANAGEMENT CERTIFICATION BATCH 2018
Drawing on the positive feedbacks received from graduates of the recently concluded Conservation Internship Programme (CIP) for Forest Management Certification (FMC) in 2017 and the supporting timber industry, SARAWAK FORESTRY Corporation (SFC), with funding from Sarawak Timber Association (STA) are organizing second batch of CIP for FMC. Click here for more information.
Published on 25 Jul 2018
SARAWAK TIMBER ASSOCIATION TO GIVE CASH AWARDS TO OUTSTANDING SPM AND STPM STUDENTS WHO EXCELLED IN THEIR EXAMINATIONS FOR YEAR 2017
The STA Cash Awards is organized by STA Mutual Sdn Bhd (STAM), a subsidiary company of Sarawak Timber Association (STA) to encourage and give recognition to students from Sarawak who had excelled in their SPM and STPM public examinations. Entering its third year of giving the Cash Awards, the Association had received applications from students throughout Sarawak, and selected a total number of 1,465 students, of which 1,067 are SPM students and 398 are STPM students. Click here for more information.
Published on 5 Sep 2018
STA ENCOURAGES RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN FOREST PLANTATION
KUCHING: Sarawak Timber Association (STA), through the STA Forest Plantation Committee, committed to the forest plantation development programme through encouraging and funding research and development (R&D) projects that will bring benefits to the Members of STA. Since 2004, STA has funded R&D projects to a tune of about RM6 million, aiding and supporting eight (8) research projects that are related to forest plantation establishment in the State. Click here for more information.
Published on 14 Sep 2018
STA PROVIDES FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO FIRE VICTIMS OF SK BATU BUNGAN, MULU
Today, the Sarawak Timber Association (STA) presented a financial assistance of RM30,000.00 towards the fund to help victims of the fire that engulfed the teachers’ quarters at SK Batu Bungan, Mulu. Click here for more information.
Published on 2 Oct 2018
SARAWAK TIMBER ASSOCIATION (STA) COUNCIL CELEBRATES ITS 100TH MEETING
The Sarawak Timber Association (STA) has reached a milestone today, celebrating the 100th meeting of its Council from the time of STA’s re-structuring exercise in 1988. STA began as a modest organisation since its formation on 7 August 1971 in Sibu by three (3) founding members, the Fourth Division Timber Merchants Association, the First and Second Division Sawmillers’ Association and the Third Division and Bintulu District Sawmillers’ Association as an umbrella association for smaller associations based on Divisions to look after the interest of the timber industry and serve as a vehicle to liaise with the Government. Click here for more information.
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