By Nur Ashikin Louis
KUCHING, April 14: Ronnie Teo from The Borneo Post was re-elected as president of Kuching Division of Journalists Association (KDJA) at its annual general meeting (AGM) held at Borneo Convention Centre Kuching (BCCK) here today.
The 36-year-old Business Editor will lead the 11-member committee for the 2023 to 2025 term.
He will be supported by The Star’s Zulazhar Sheblee as the vice president, RTM’s Firdaus Arasy Idris (secretary), DayakDaily’s Nur Ashikin Louis (vice secretary), See Hua Daily’s Chong Kho Lee (treasurer) and Bernama’s Zaphne Philip (vice treasurer).
All six top posts were retained from the previous KDJA committee for the 2021-2023 term.
Meanwhile, the new executive committee members (exco) are Johnlister Chan of Sin Chew Daily, Farah Diyana Shamsuddin and Jeeridyne Chan of TVS, Nancy Nais of DayakDaily and Angeline Lim of Sarawak Public Communications Unit (Ukas).
The committee will also be assisted by The Borneo Post’s Jacqueline Nur Atiqah as the advisor and See Hua Daily’s Edmund Chang as the auditor.
Teo thanked the 30 members who were present during the AGM for the vote of confidence.
“I look forward to serving the media community to the best of my capacity for the new term. We hope the community will continue to support the media in its efforts to deliver accurate and timely news to the public,” he said.
KDJA currently has 380 members since its establishment in 1972 to look after media practitioners’ welfare and improve media professionalism in Kuching.
Among the key activities to be organised by KDJA this year include the annual Kota Kinabalu hiking trip in conjunction with Sarawak Day and a courtesy visit to Indonesia to build relations with the media, government agencies, embassies and industries there. — DayakDaily
