Computer games and cybercafes are not all bad

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KUCHING: Computer gaming is not necessarily a bad thing for youths, said Minister in the Chief Ministers Department Datin Fatimah Abdullah.

She said modern research and studies had shown that games could help sharpen a persons motor skills and ability to think creatively and strategically.

It is not a bad thing actually. In some sense nike outlet store, these computer games improve certain abilities in these youths, like keeping them alert, she said at a press conference when receiving a courtesy call from the organisers of the National Computer Competition 2011 here yesterday.

Fatimah said problems only cropped up if an individual gets addicted to gaming and starts to neglect other activities,Nike soccer shoes particularly their studies.

In ct, she said anything that was done in excess would have negative consequences.

Although statistics of school students frequenting cybercafes for gaming was not available, Fatimah believed it did not pose as a serious issue in the state.

She said it was not right to conclude that these students were at cybercafes for gaming only since they could also be surfing the net, typing out assignments, sending emails and also printing.

Some students will go to cybercafes while waiting to be picked up from school or for classes to start in the afternoon session, she said.

She said if there were indeed students who played truant because of computeComputer Gamesr gaming Nike soccer cleats, then the school should definitely keep tabs of their movement and parents should be notified.

Earlier on, Fatimah announced that the National Computer Competition 2011 19th series would be held on Dec 4 at Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (Unimas).

She said this was the second time the competition would be held in the state and it was opened to primary school pupils.

The competition will incorporate drawing, typing on the computer and the basic knowledge of it. Theyre -ing to get some 500 participants, she said.

Fatimah said the government was supportive of this event since it helped to promote IT literacy among the young.

She said the government had begun by getting children all over and also community leaders in rural areas, to miliarise with the basics.

She said now it hoped to get the people miliarised with the various functions and programmes that could be used to cilitate work and learning processes.

The competition is organised by Dynabook Computer Centre (S) Sdn Bhd nike air max shoes, Unimas and the Federation of Kuching and Samarahan Chinese Associations Youth Section.

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