SARAWAK’s 26 year-old craft council has been bestowed regulatory powers as an authority in the state to oversee and develop ethnic handicraft, after the Sarawak Craft Council (SCC) Bill was passed at the assembly this afternoon.
Tourism, Creative Industry and Performing Arts Minister Abdul Karim Hamzah when tabling the bill said giving the council regulatory powers is important as the craft industry has grown since the council started operating on January 2, 1997.