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ABDULLAH ARRIVES TO OPEN TANJUNG MANIS HALAL HUB
TANJUNG MANIS (Sarawak) (Malaysia), Feb 18 (Bernama) -- Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi arrived here this afternoon to launch the Tanjung Manis New Township Halal Hub.
The Tanjung Manis Halal Park, strategically located on the west coast of
Sarawak , the fastest growing and dynamic state in Malaysia, is the first
one-stop Halal Park in East Malaysia for upstream and downstream Halal Food and
manufacturing activities.
Accompanied by his wife, Jeanne Abdullah, and Chief Minister, Abdul Taib
Mahmud, Abdullah was accorded a traditional welcome, steeped in customs and
traditions of the Sarawak diverse ethnic groups at the project site.
Federal and state cabinet ministers, federal and state government officers,
thousands of people from all walks of life, various races and religions were on
hand to greet the prime minister who arrived at 3pm.
To mark the launch, six Taiwanese and three Malaysian investors will sign a
land lease agreement and receive the permit to enter the project site.
Aquaculture, biotechnology and livestock projects will be implemented apart
from setting up halal food processing estate and research and development
centre.
Under the economic stimulus package announced in November last year, the
Sarawak Timber Industry Development Corporation was tasked with developing
Tanjung Manis.
It was allocated RM135 million (US$1=RM3.65) to develop basic
infrastructures for the hub.
Since the project was announced at the World Halal Forum in Kuala Lumpur in
May 2008, the corporation received many proposals for halal-based industrial
projects worth not less than RM2 billion, covering 47,000 acres.
The projects are expected to generate 3,000 jobs for locals.
The Tanjung Manis new township project started in 1990 with timber
industries and has since diversified into deepsea fisheries industry, poic-palm
oil industry cluster), petroleum and gas-based industries and shipping industry.
The launch of the halal hub is expected to increase diversity of the
existing economic activities in Tanjung Manis.
-- BERNAMA
The Tanjung Manis Halal Park, strategically located on the west coast of
Sarawak , the fastest growing and dynamic state in Malaysia, is the first
one-stop Halal Park in East Malaysia for upstream and downstream Halal Food and
manufacturing activities.
Accompanied by his wife, Jeanne Abdullah, and Chief Minister, Abdul Taib
Mahmud, Abdullah was accorded a traditional welcome, steeped in customs and
traditions of the Sarawak diverse ethnic groups at the project site.
Federal and state cabinet ministers, federal and state government officers,
thousands of people from all walks of life, various races and religions were on
hand to greet the prime minister who arrived at 3pm.
To mark the launch, six Taiwanese and three Malaysian investors will sign a
land lease agreement and receive the permit to enter the project site.
Aquaculture, biotechnology and livestock projects will be implemented apart
from setting up halal food processing estate and research and development
centre.
Under the economic stimulus package announced in November last year, the
Sarawak Timber Industry Development Corporation was tasked with developing
Tanjung Manis.
It was allocated RM135 million (US$1=RM3.65) to develop basic
infrastructures for the hub.
Since the project was announced at the World Halal Forum in Kuala Lumpur in
May 2008, the corporation received many proposals for halal-based industrial
projects worth not less than RM2 billion, covering 47,000 acres.
The projects are expected to generate 3,000 jobs for locals.
The Tanjung Manis new township project started in 1990 with timber
industries and has since diversified into deepsea fisheries industry, poic-palm
oil industry cluster), petroleum and gas-based industries and shipping industry.
The launch of the halal hub is expected to increase diversity of the
existing economic activities in Tanjung Manis.
-- BERNAMA
