Promotional videos on pepper commodity industry

KUCHING: The Malaysian Pepper Board (MPB) has partnered with ME Info Media Sdn Bhd to produce promotional videos on the pepper agri commodity industry. A ceremony to hand over the completed videos was held on Friday (April 30) at the MPB Headquarters in Kuching. ME Info Media Sdn Bhd’s managing director Presley Ng handed over […]

Explore export opportunities to Romania, businesses urged

KUCHING: Sarawak should explore export opportunities of local products to Romania, said Datuk Mutang Tagal. The honorary Consul of Romania in Sarawak said goods like palm oil, rubber, pepper as well as electronics could be marketed there. “As the honorary Consul for our state, I urge that local businesses explore markets for their products in […]

Company formed to boost pepper industry

KUCHING: The establishment of Sara Spice Berhad (SSB) will be the trigger effect to boost local pepper industry. It is a subsidiary of the Malaysian Pepper Board (MPB) and functions as its investment arm but not taking over its pepper purchase operation, said Plantation Industries and Commodities Deputy Minister Willie Mongin. He said the future […]

Empowering the pepper industry

By Sarah Hafizah Chandra & Nur Shazreena Ali KUCHING: The Malaysian Pepper Board (MPB) will continue to empower the pepper industry and implement more programmes to encourage target groups to venture into pepper cultivation. MPB director-general Stanley Liew Joo Kong said that the programmes will focus on providing exposure to the target groups on how […]