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Brunei Produce For Fruit Juice
Factory In Limbang
By Rosli Abidin Yahya
Bandar Seri
Begawan - A Sarawak minister praised a Brunei firm yesterday
for extending their cooperation with entrepreneurs in Limbang as
well as to support a newly opened fruit juice factory by supplying
it with raw materials and marketing the final products in the
Sultanate.
Datuk
Hj Daud Hj Abd Rahman, Junior Minister in the Sarawak Chief
Minister's Office cum Junior Minister of Industrial Development and
Junior Minister of Religious Affairs said it was a welcoming gesture
by the Brunei firm, AgriDev Sdn Bhd, in the zest to help their
underprivileged neighbours in Limbang.
He urged for more cooperation
between entrepreneurs of Brunei Darussalam and Limbang to take
advantage of the huge halal food market estimated at US$3 trillion
towards the needs of 1.6 billion Muslims worldwide.
"Food is a commodity which is not
affected by recession. People will need to eat no matter what the
state of economy the world is in," said Datuk Hj Daud at a breakfast
hosted by AgriDev held at Purnama Hotel in Limbang. The breakfast
was attended by Director of AgriDev Hj Matzin Hj Salleh; Encik Henry
Som, the Member of Parliament for Bukit Mas; Dr Hj Abd Rahman Ismail,
Member of Sarawak State Assembly for Bukit Kota, Limbang District
Resident Maria bin Hasman, and Dr Nanang the Permanent Secretary at
the Ministry of Industrial Development.
The session was held prior to the
official launching of the fait juice factory in Kg Gadong, Limbang.-- Courtesy of Borneo
Bulletin
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