Pride in Kedah’s economic success July 28, 2008

Pride in Kedah’s economic success

ALOR STAR: The people of Kedah continue to prosper under the reign of Sultan Abdul Halim Mu’adzam Shah, who celebrated his 50th year on the throne recently.

From a basically agrarian society, the state’s economic activities have grown by leaps and bounds, with many of the ruler’s subjects diversifying their livelihoods.An exposition to showcase the state’s many new and upstream economic activities is being held at Stadium Sultan Abdul Halim in Jalan Suka Menanti here.

Sultan Abdul Halim yesterday launched the week-long Ekspo Rakyat, which is being held in conjunction with the state-level Farmers’, Fishermen’s and Breeders’ Day celebrations.

Accompanying the ruler was Sultanah Haminah Hamidun, princess Datuk Seri Tunku Intan Safinaz and Raja Muda of Kedah Tengku Abdul Malik.

 

 

 

 

 

Also present was State Industry, Investment, Science and Innovation Committee chairman Amiruddin Hamzah, who represented Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Azizan Abdul Razak.Some 5,000 people showed up for the opening ceremony.

The Sultan made a brief speech to declare the exposition open.

His happiness at attending the event, one of numerous activities held in conjunction with his golden jubilee celebrations, was clearly evident.

With the Sultanah in tow, Sultan Abdul Halim visited each and every one of the 100 booths that were set up.

Showing a keen interest in his subjects’ entrepreneurship, the Sultan also took time to chat with them.

The exhibitors included budding entrepreneurs in traditional foods, herbal products and fruits. There were also a number of high-end product and services player such as KBioCORP, which specialises in biotechnology.

Also participating were various government-linked companies such as Kulim High-Tech Park, Muda Agricultural Development Authority and KedahAgro.

Nor Sabrina Mohd Noor, managing director of Kedah BioResources Corporation Sdn Bhd, described the exposition as an opportunity for the participants to share their diversified economic activities with the Sultan.

She said Sultan Abdul Halim was very supportive in his advice to her when he visited her booth.

“The exposition is an opportunity for us to expand our business by building networks with other companies.

“Also, this exposition gives us the opportunity to show off our products and services to our beloved Sultan. We want him to be proud of his subjects who have achieved much progress under his reign.”

Wong Sau Wei, who manned the Telekom Malaysia booth, described the exposition as “our way of saying congratulations to Sultan Abdul Halim on the 50th year of his rule.

“The Sultan has always encouraged the people to improve their livelihoods and remain united.

“Many of the exhibitors are successful entrepreneurs and their achievements could be attributed to the Sultan’s call and reminder for them to strive harder for themselves, their families and the state on many occasions in the past.”

Earlier, Amiruddin said the exposition was also aimed at forging greater networking among local entrepreneurs and between them and their global counterparts.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUMMERY

The people of Kedah continue to prosper under the reign of Sultan Abdul Halim Mu’adzam Shah, who celebrated his 50th year on the throne recently. The state’s economy activities has grown by leaps and bound. with many of the ruler’s subjects diversifying their livehoods.Sultan Abdul Halim yesterday launched the week long expo rakyat, which is held in conjunction with state level Farmer’, Fisherman and Breeders ‘Day celebrations.With Sultanah accompany, Sultan Abdul Halim visited all 100 booth that set up there and also take time to chat with some of entrepreneurship. Nor Sabrina Mohd Nor who is managing director of Kedah BioResources Corporation Sdn Bhd said the exposition was gives all entrepreneur to expand our business by building network with other companies.

 

 

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