Spaoh to become hub for food production

SPAOH: Plans are afoot to turn Spaoh into a food production hub, said Deputy Premier Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas. He said making it a food production area will enable landowners and farmers to generate better income besides strengthening and promoting socio economic development in the sub-district. “We hope to work with the Sarawak Land […]

Set eyes on international horizons, urged Uggah

BAU: The Modernisation of Agriculture, Native Land and Regional Development Ministry is committed in assisting the state’s agriculture industry to ensure farm produce can be exported internationally. Its minister, Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas, said it has been the vision of Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg for Sarawak to be a net […]

Sibujaya— potential food production hub

Abang Johari (second left) looks closely at a model of the proposed community sports centre.

SIBU: More comprehensive development plan implemented by the state government in Sibujaya in future could boost the area’s potential as a food production hub in central Sarawak. This is why the government is actively upgrading infrastructure especially roads to facilitate agricultural production in the central region including Sarikei, Bintangor and Julau, said Chief Minister Datuk […]