Chief Minister To Launch Tanjung Manis Halal Hub Seminar In Tokyo

KUCHING (Sarawak, Malaysia), July 2 (Bernama) -- East Malaysia state of Sarawak's Chief Minister Abdul Taib Mahmud will deliver a keynote address and officially launch a one-day Tanjung Manis Halal Hub seminar at Mitsubishi Corporation in Tokyo, Japan on Tuesday. According to a statement issued by Sarawak Information Department Monday, Taib and members of the delegation will also visit the Mitsubishi Corporation Museum, Sony Showroom "Square" and SME University as well as having a lunch meeting with Hitachi Limited. Others who will also speak at the seminar will be former chairman and senior advisor to the Board of Mitsubishi Corporation Misako Sasaki and Japan Malaysia Association chief director Takakazu Ogawa. After the launching ceremony, there will be panel presentation with the panel members comprising Malaysian Investment Development Authority Tokyo director Mohd Hashim Abdul Ghani, Chief Minister’s Department State Planning Unit director Ismawi Ismuni and Chief Minister’s Department Halal Hub Unit director Samat Junai. Ismuni will talk on Investment and Business Opportunity in Sarawak Corridor of Renewable Energy (SCORE) while Samat will speak on Investment and Business Opportunities in Tanjung Manis Halal Hub. Meanwhile, Advisor of Regional Corridor Development Agency and former federal minister, Rafidah Aziz will give a special address on Malaysian Investment and Economic Review, followed by closing remarks by Mitsubishi Corporation Malaysia general manager and chief executive Koichi Wada. State Industrial Development and Public Utilities Minister Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hasan will also deliver a closing remark at the seminar. Other members of the delegation are State Secretary, Mohd Morshidi Abdul Ghani, assistant ministers Mohd Naroden Majais, Len Talif Salleh and Julaihi Narawi, Tanjung Manis Member of Parliament Norah Abdul Rahman and Director of Land and Survey Department, Sudarsono Osman. -- BERNAMA