Orang Ulu women training to be master weavers under Sarawak specialised skills programme


SBF BizFund co-chair Anne Kung (seated second right) with participants of the weaving programme at Kampung Lusut, Miri.

KUCHING: Some 100 Orang Ulu women are learning to become master weavers in a specialised training programme under the Sarawak Business Federation's (SBF) Recovery BizFund.

Organised by the Orang Ulu Chamber of Commerce and Industry (OUCCI), a member of SBF, the weaving programme has been launched in Bario, Lawas, Sungai Asap, Tubau and Miri.

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