Brunei’s Handicrafts Promoted At KL Exhibition
By Rosli Abidin Yahya

Bandar Seri Begawan - Three local handicraft companies in Brunei Darussalam recently participated for the first time in the Nusantara Handicraft Promotion in Handicraft Complex, Kuala Lumpur in a move to introduce and promote local handicraft products to regional markets.

Some 87 handicraft companies from Malaysia, Indonesia and Brunei Darussalam participated in the event which was held for the second time.

The event - organised by Malaysian Handicraft, an agency under the Malaysian Ministry of Culture, Arts and Heritage - was officially launched by its minister Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim.

Organisers said the 2003 event was well received where the overall gross income obtained was about RM427,000 and a total of 12,491 visitors attended the event.

Figures for this year's event, held f om June 24 to 28 was not yet available but organisers expect an increase in the number of gross income and visitors.

Observers said the 14 handicraft booths from Indonesia, 3 from Brunei and 70 from

Malaysia featured almost similar handicraft concepts which showed that the people from the three nations shared the same culture and heritage.

"The differences were the design of the motives and the display of the national identity of their respective countries," they said.

They added that participating local handicraft companies should learn from their Indonesian and Malaysian counterparts on concepts and quality so they could emulate them in penetrating the global market. -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

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