LAWAS: The agriculture, livestock and fisheries sectors will be given focus by the state government towards developing the state, says Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hasan.
According to a report by the Sarawak Public Communications Unit (Ukas), he said this was also to reduce the development gap and income disparity as well as increase the income of the community, especially those from the B40 group, many of whom had lost their jobs and had their businesses impacted.
“In the Sarawak government’s planning, among the sectors which will be focused on are the agriculture, livestock and fisheries sectors.
“This will make Sarawak an exporter of foodstuff. In addition, this would attract investors from within and outside the country to develop our agriculture sector commercially and help the community involved in this sector.”
Awang Tengah, who is also Minister of International Trade and Industry, Industrial Terminal and Entrepreneur Development and Second Minister of Urban Development and Natural Resources, said this at the Agriculture Community Outreach Programme (Agricop) and Peladang Prihatin Sarawak programme at Kampung Sualai on Sunday (Nov 14).
He added that the state government also wanted farmers, ranchers, and fishermen to utilise new technologies in these sectors in order to increase their revenue and promote their products.
He said the state government would also continue to improve business and processing facilities for the use of the people to enhance their living standards.
He also called on the people to uphold unity and support the Gabungan Parti Sarawak government which always strived to continue its development agenda and help the people.
During the programme, Awang Tengah also presented Takaful Kasih Plus Protection Scheme from Agro Bank and fishing equipment assistance to various recipients.
