The Borneo Post

Collection centre for central region proposed in Tanjung Manis

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SIBU: Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hasan has suggested that a collection centre for agricultur­e and sea products be set up in Tanjung Manis to cater for the central region.

“As we know, our Chief Minister has approved a collection centre in Lawas for the Northern Region and another collection centre in Samarahan for Southern Region.”

“That is why, we should have one collection centre for Central Region and Tanjung Manis is the most ideal for the purpose,” he said.

Awang Tengah was speaking on behalf of Chief Minister Datuk Amar Abang Johari Tun Abang Openg at the state-level Cooperativ­e Day 2017 held at Kampung Belawai festival site yesterday.

“Tanjung Manis is the Halal Hub in Sarawak and thus it has great potential to be further developed. That is why the state government strongly emphasised the agricultur­al sector such as planting coconuts, pineapples, oil palm industrial cluster, fish factory, bird nest industry, tourism, poultry, prawns and many more,” he added.

Awang Tengah who is also Minister of Industrial and Entreprene­ur Developmen­t, Second Minister of Urban Developmen­t and Natural Resources said Cooperativ­e Day could instil greater awareness on the importance of cooperativ­es in the nation’s developmen­t.

He noted that in Sarawak alone, there were 1,002 cooperativ­es with membership of over 322,000 involved in property, plantation, service and tourism industries.

Deputy Minister of Domestic Trade, Cooperativ­es and Consumeris­m Dato Henry Sum Agong, Assistant Minister for ECommerce Datuk Mohd Naroden Majais, Assistant Minister for Urban Planning, Land Administra­tion and Environmen­t Datu Len Talif Salleh, Assistant Minister for Corporate Affairs Abdullah Saidol, Tanjung Manis MP Datuk Norah Tun Abdul Rahman, Daro assemblyma­n Safiee Ahmad and Balingian assemblyma­n Abdul Yakub Arbi were also present.

 ??  ?? Awang Tengah (third right) with other VIPs officiatin­g at the state-level Cooperativ­es Day 2017 at Kampung Belawai festival site.
Awang Tengah (third right) with other VIPs officiatin­g at the state-level Cooperativ­es Day 2017 at Kampung Belawai festival site.

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