KUCHING: Sarawak Workers Party’s (SWP) wish for year 2020 is to see the setting of a collecting, processing and packaging centre (CPPC) in Song District.
SWP president Munan Laja has proposed for the Ministry of Modernisation of Agriculture, Native Land and Regional Development (Manred) to set up a CPPC as the district is famous for its durian and dabai (local black olives) fruits.
“Everyone is asking for durian and dabai from Song because the fruits from the area are tasty and of high quality,” he said.
He said during fruit season, there is abundance of durians and dabai from the district that needs to be brought to as far as Sibu, Bintulu and Kuching for sale, which is very time consuming.
“The setting up of a CPPC in the area will cater for fruit farmers in the whole of Kapit division.
“It will also transform the division into the producer of durian and dabai and the fruits can be exported to the world,” he said.
He added that the agriculture sectors are expensive and challenging, and in order for the country to flourish, the government must step in and put necessary ecosystem for the sector to prosper.
“The transformation of rural population very much depends on the success of agriculture,” he said.
