Posted on July 4, 2012, Wednesday
KUCHING: Tanjung Manis Halal Hub (TMHH) in Sarawak, the country’s biggest halal hub, has received committed investments from two companies – Sea Party Technology Co Ltd amounting to RM2 billion and Pertanza Sdn Bhd totalling RM2.5 million, Chief Minister Pehin Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud said yesterday.
Taib, who is also Resource Planning and Environment Minister, said Sea Party, a Taiwanese company, was focusing on aquaculture industry, such as farming of tilapia fish and prawn, chlorella cultivation as well as aquaculture research and development.
“Pertanza is a local company specialising in catfish farming in canvas, production of catfish-based food products and supply of frozen catfish,” he said in his keynote address cum launching of the 2012 Investment and Business Opportunities in TMHH Sarawak Seminar held at Mitsubishi Corporation in Tokyo, Japan.
The state government has designated a gross area of 77,000 hectares to the place where halal industry and halal production can thrive.
