I was posted to Sarawak four years ago – and I’m still here and loving it

EVERY year, a new intake of government officers receives their posting and the same pattern follows: Familiar postings fill within minutes, those in Sabah and Sarawak remain unfilled. Young officers just starting out choose to resign rather than go to our Bornean states. It is a talent drain built on a fear that no longer reflects reality.

I understand the fear behind it. What I want to offer is what actually happens when you go. This is a reflection by a government dental officer at Klinik Pergigian Lanang, Sibu, Sarawak.