Dalat headquarters for Sago and Nipah Authority
KUCHING: The headquarters of the Sago and Nipah Development Authority will be in Dalat and a branch office will be established in Pusa District. According to Beting Maro assemblyman Razaili Gapor who is also a member of its Board of Directors it was decided at a recent meeting that the headquarters of the board would […]
Entrepreneurs invited to join SAGO Incubator programme
BY GABRIEL LIHAN & LILIANA SHERYN KUCHING: The Sarawak Gastronomy (SAGO) Incubator invites aspiring entrepreneurs and applicants to participate in their 10-week programme to equip their business and culinary skills. SAGO Incubator held a soft launching at TEGAS Digital Village which was officiated by Deputy Minister of Tourism, Creative Industry and Performing Arts, Datuk Snowdan […]
Bringing nipah, sago industries to greater heights
KUCHING: Nectar Consortium Sdn Bhd is collaborating with Craun Research Sdn Bhd on the development of the nipah and sago industries. According to a statement recently, the collaboration aims to spur the expansion of the industries of both commodities to empower the economy of rural and urban communities which is in line with the government’s […]
Food venture incubator programme offers an edge
BY FASIHA KHUSHIRI and NATASHA JEE KUCHING: The first Sarawak Gastronomy Incubator Programme, also known as SAGO Incubator, has been launched to help food entrepreneurs (foodpreneurs) grow their food ventures and succeed in the digital economy. SAGO Incubator, is an 11-week programme which will equip food entrepreneurs with food skills, business acumen and market development […]
Jepak rep hopes board will do more to protect nipah, sago resources
KUCHING: Jepak assemblyman Datuk Talib Zulpilip hopes that with the establishment of the Sago and Nipah Development Board Bill 2022, it will increase research and planting, production of sago and downstream products. He also said that with the Bill, it would protect the nipah plants, as part of the environment and food industry which is […]
Free sago industry of bureaucracy, says Soon Koh
KUCHING: A self-regulation approach which is more ‘pragmatic’ rather than too much government regulation has been proposed to ensure the success of the sago industry. Datuk Seri Wong Soon Koh (PBS-Bawang Asan) said self-regulation was more flexible and less costly. “Afterall, the industry players know themselves better and have greater experience and efficiency, rather than […]
Sago workers back to work
MUKAH: It was business as usual for the sago industry here after it has been allowed to resume operation following the imposition of the movement control order (MCO). Currently, there are two sago factories in this district, one at Kampung Tabo and the other at Kampung Sau, and both are located by the riverside of […]
Formation of Sago and Nipah Industry Board praised
MUKAH: Tellian assemblyman Yussibnosh Balo has welcomed the formation of the Sago and Nipah Industry Board. He said its formation would also be supported by folk in the coastal areas, especially those involved in the sago and nipah industries. He added that this was because the board was expected to help guide, drive and enhance […]
New frontier for sago and nypa cultivation
DALAT: A new sanction was endorsed by the state government recently. A plan proposed three years ago by Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah to form a sago industry development board was accepted and approved by Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg. In addition to the […]
Bright future for sago industry
DALAT: Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah and some local sago smallholders have envisioned building a Sarawak Sago Industry Development Board (LPIRS) complex here. The Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister shared the dream after revealing the progress of the proposed LPIRS, which according to her, is close to becoming a reality. “In anything, […]
