Helping farmers to sell produce new main focus: Uggah

SERIAN: The State Farmers’ Organisation (SFO), under its new management, will focus on helping farmers, breeders and fishermen to sell their produce. Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas said this would be one of the organisation’s primary tasks. “The organisation has a new chairman, Datuk Dr Abdul Rahman Ismail. He is also the […]

Webinar secures RM310k in export order

KUCHING: The Sarawak Trade and Tourism Office Singapore (Statos) Matching Webinar on Sarawak food exports has secured food export order worth RM310,000. In a press statement issued yesterday, Statos stated that the overwhelming response from the Singaporean business community has also attracted them to order a container of banana chips with Banana Tree Sdn Bhd […]

State food firms synergising trade with Singapore

KUCHING: Sarawakian food production companies are keen to link up with Singaporean investors or partners, as seen during the ‘Sarawak Business Matching on Food Sourcing’ webinar jointly organised by Singapore Business Federation and Sarawak Trade and Tourism Office Singapore (Statos) on Wednesday (June 24). At the event, seven Sarawakian food production companies delivered presentations on […]

‘Sayur midin’ geopolitics

KUCHING: Sarawak and Singapore can achieve their respective food-related goals by pooling their resources in joint ventures, said Sarawak Trade and Tourism Office Singapore (Statos) chief executive officer, Chew Chang Guan. He pointed out that Sarawak was developing into a food basket for Malaysia while Singapore aimed to have 30 percent of its food requirements […]

Positioning Sarawak in the global market

The Sarawak Trade and Tourism Office Singapore (Statos) was set up in the Lion City in August last year to position Sarawak in the global market, bring in more investments, promote trade and attract more tourists to the state. Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg saw the importance of setting up the office […]

Singapore has potential for high-tech farm produce

KUCHING: Singapore’s core strategy of source diversification is an opportunity for Sarawak to enter the market there. “They do not rely on just one source for their products,” said Sarawak Trade and Tourism Office Singapore (Statos) chief executive officer Chew Chang Guan during the ‘Talking About What Really Matters’ forum at Chemsain Building here on […]