KUCHING, Jan. 9 -- Sarawakians who choose not to return to their homeland to contribute to the state's development are not truly successful, said Datuk Amar Dr Sim Kui Hian.

The deputy premier said Sarawak has produced many high-achieving individuals, but the true measure of their success must include giving back to the state and participating in nation building.

"We are very successful in many ways. The classic example is our mission schools are so successful, our Chinese schools, so successful, but so successful that all our students coming from all these places, they are so famous in the world, they go all over the world, but they never come home.

"So, I don't call that successful," he said at the Kuching Heritage Race (KHR) appreci...