Suria Sonia Ahip Abdullah

She is one of the staff in Pustaka Negeri Sarawak. She has been working with Pustaka Negeri Sarawak since 2001. She has been recruited as the Administrative Officer at Pustaka Negeri Sarawak until now. She has served at the News Strait Times, Kuala Lumpur in year 2000 with their Business Times Team. Her early working experience before was also with a private company at Kuching that involved with maintenance and construction sector. She was in the management group for a period of 1 year. Currently, she is almost 21 years in service with Pustaka Negeri Sarawak and with around 13 more years to go in service at PUSTAKA, whihc has given her great exposure in various segment of the operations and systems. Involved in Quality initiatives, Training and Development, Human Resource Management, Publicity and Promotion as well as in the library services is an on-going process in the organisation. She is a Bidayuh lady, parents are from Siburan and currently resides at Matang, Petra Jaya. She is the eldest of five siblings and all of her siblings are currently working at various sectors of the economy.

Personal Details

• Name: Suria Sonia Ahip Abdullah
• Date of birth: 24th December 1975
• Gender: Female
• Nationality: Malaysian
• Home Address: No. 21, Taman Rassnorm 3, Jalan Matang, 93050 Petra Jaya, Kuching, Sarawak
• Contact number: 082-442000
• Email: soniasa@sarawak.gov.my

Education

Her early tertiary education was at SRB and SMB St. Mary, Kuching. She continued her STPM at St. Joseph Secondary School and later graduated from University of Otago, New Zealand, Bachelor in Business Studies (Commerce) year 1999.

• SRP – 1990
• SPM – 1992
• STPM – 1994
• Bachelor in Business Studies (Commerce) – 1999, Otago University of New Zealand

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Work Experience in Pustaka

During her early years of service, she was responsible in Public Relation Unit of Pustaka Negeri Sarawak. Her task was to look after the publicity and marketing in Pustaka Negeri Sarawak. After five (5) years in PR Unit, she has been reshuffled to Human Resource Development & Quality Unit in 2005. Her task was to take care of the training for all Pustaka Negeri Sarawak staff and local councils. In the same year, she was appointed as the Quality Management Representative (QMR) for PUSTAKA and being assisted by Bronny Lawrence Nawe, the DQMR at that point of time.

On 1st August 2018 - Nov 2021, she was transferred to Pustaka Negeri Sarawak, Miri campus as the Division Head of Corporate Management, Miri. She is now back to HQ Kuching as the Division Head of Human Resource Management.

• 2000 – Temporary Secondary teacher at SMB St. Mary
• 2001 – New Straits Times Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur), Public Relation & Marketing
• 2001 – Current – Pustaka Negeri Sarawak, Administrative Officer

Hobbies, Skills & Favourite Outdoor Activities

Hobbies		Skills		Favourite Outdoor Activities
a) Collecting coins and stamps		a) Microsoft & Productivity tools		a) Jungle Tracking
b) Networking and meet people		b) Critical thinking and problem solving		b) Sight-seeing
c) Blogging		c) Adobe Photoshop		c) Camping
d) Reading		d) Teamwork and collaboration		d) Hiking
e) Learning a new language		e) Oral and written communications skills		e) Photography
f) Vacation planning		f) Media literacy		f) Documentation and report writing
g) Gardening		g) Creativity
h) Volunteering		h) Information literacy
i) Learn calligraphy
j) Pick up needlework
Professional experience 2000 – Temporary Secondary teacher at SMB St. Mary 2001 – New Straits Times Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur), Public Relation & Marketing Officer 2001 – Current – Pustaka Negeri Sarawak, Administrative Officer Professional memberships /Involvement Pustaka Quality Management Representative – MS ISO 9001:2000 2 years as Public Relation Officer for Pustaka Negeri Sarawak Facilitator for Quality Moves in Pustaka Occasionally supporting The Blind Association Activity Member of Koperasi Anib Member of Pustaka’s Sport & Recreational Club A member of Pustaka Negeri Sarawak QCC Group An alumni member of Otago University, New Zealand. A member of Pustaka Negeri Sarawak QCC Group An alumni member of Otago University, New Zealand. Paper Presented Introduction to MS ISO 9001:2000 Languages Bahasa Bidayuh (Spoken & Written) Bahasa Malaysia (Spoken & Written) English (Spoken & Written) Bahasa Sarawak (Spoken) Interests and activities Reading, Writing, Listening to Music, Dancing & Travelling (Sight Seeing) Conference / Events Organised Organizing Spring Cleaning Week Organizing Quality Week Organizing 5S Activities Setting Up Quality Exhibitions Local Council Trainings State Wide Organizing MS ISO 9001:2000 Certification Award Ceremony