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Indonesia Looking at rism and Palm Oil Sectors For A Collaboration
Indonesia Looking at rism and Palm Oil Sectors For A Collaboration
20/07/2015 (New Straits Times) - Indonesia looking at tourism and palm oil sectors for a collaboration By Kristy Inus - 17 July 2015 @ 9:03 PM KOTA KINABALU: Tourism and palm oil sector are the two fields identified where Indonesia can collaborate with Sabah.
Indonesian Consul General to Kota Kinabalu, Akhmad D H Irfan said they would like to leverage on the positions Indonesia and Malaysia hold, world's first and second highest palm oil producers.
"These are amongst the other things we can work together in, and tourism being a strong sector in Sabah, we like to promote destinations between the two too," he said during the Hari Raya open house at his official residence in Tanjung Aru here.
Among dignitaries who attended the Hari Raya do were Yang di-Pertua Negeri Sabah Tun Juhar Mahiruddin, Sabah Chief Minister Datuk Seri Musa Aman, Deputy Chief Minister Tan Sri Joseph Pairin Kitingan, Sabah Police Commissioner Datuk Jalaluddin Abdul Rahman and their spouses.
Akhmad said he also took the opportunity of the meet to remind the Indonesian workers in the state to not break any laws however menial it is.
"They should not do anything that could jeopardise their jobs here," he said, adding that there are about 400,000 Indonesian workers in Sabah according to their statistics.
Indonesian Consul General to Kota Kinabalu, Akhmad D H Irfan said they would like to leverage on the positions Indonesia and Malaysia hold, world's first and second highest palm oil producers.
"These are amongst the other things we can work together in, and tourism being a strong sector in Sabah, we like to promote destinations between the two too," he said during the Hari Raya open house at his official residence in Tanjung Aru here.
Among dignitaries who attended the Hari Raya do were Yang di-Pertua Negeri Sabah Tun Juhar Mahiruddin, Sabah Chief Minister Datuk Seri Musa Aman, Deputy Chief Minister Tan Sri Joseph Pairin Kitingan, Sabah Police Commissioner Datuk Jalaluddin Abdul Rahman and their spouses.
Akhmad said he also took the opportunity of the meet to remind the Indonesian workers in the state to not break any laws however menial it is.
"They should not do anything that could jeopardise their jobs here," he said, adding that there are about 400,000 Indonesian workers in Sabah according to their statistics.