In a 10-month timeframe, a comprehensive study on assisting the Department of Agriculture and Agrifood establish food-processing incubators will be completed. It will help generate local agrifood processing entrepreneurs in the areas of production and marketing, focusing on the production of halal quality and food safety in order to penetrate the local and global market.

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THE border town of Limbang is sandwiched between the two halves of Brunei — Brunei Muara, Tutong and Kuala Belait to the west and Temburong District to the east.Replete with heritage sites plus a lively local cultural scene and a long history, and situated on the bank of the 247m long Limbang River, it is just the place for lovers of history, culture, adventure and Nature, not forgetting the hundreds of visitors pouring in from the neighbouring Sultanate for shopping, recreation or transit every weekend.

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The marketing drive for the Brunei Halal Brand is set to hot up ahead of the Hari Raya celebrations as hampers go on sale this month at The Mall, according to The Brunei Times.

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The upcoming International Halal Products Expo and International Halal Market Conference from June 3-6 will be an avenue for Brunei to establish its Halal credentials to the world. During the last five years, almost every other country in the world that has an interest in anything Halal has been holding a Halal conference. Managing Director and Senior Analyst for global Halal consultancy Imarat Consultants, Mr Abdalhamid Evans, said this yesterday in a media conference.

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Now in its 5th year, Brunei’s International Halal Market Conference is being hosted at the International Convention Centre in Bandar Seri Begawan on 5-6 June 2010.

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Brunei Darussalam’s first Agro Technology Park, to be completed in 2012, is expected to lead the way in the country’s research and technology industry. This was revealed by Ghanim International Food Corporation Sdn Bhd’s new chief executive officer, Wahid Kandil, in an exclusive interview with the Weekend Bulletin yesterday. The park, which will mainly house a Halal Science Centre to benefit Brunei’s Halal Brand products, “will play a fundamental role in research and development,” said the new CEO. Mr Kandil is currently awaiting the official announcement of his appointment, which is expected to be made in June during the 5th Brunei Halal Expo at the International Convention Centre in Berakas.

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Brunei Darussalam’s first Agro Technology Park, to be completed in 2012, is expected to lead the way in the country’s research and technology industry. This was revealed by Ghanim International Food Corporation Sdn Bhd’s new chief executive officer, Wahid Kandil, in an exclusive interview with the Weekend Bulletin yesterday. The park, which will mainly house a Halal Science Centre to benefit Brunei’s Halal Brand products, “will play a fundamental role in research and development,” said the new CEO. Mr Kandil is currently awaiting the official announcement of his appointment, which is expected to be made in June during the 5th Brunei Halal Expo at the International Convention Centre in Berakas.

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The Department of Agriculture and Agri-Food (DAA) is planning to create an Agriculture Industry Park in Tutong to develop the district’s agricultural industry. The area is located at a recently gazetted land of 1,348.32 hectares around the Batang Mitus to Padnunok area in Tutong, according to YB Pehin Orang Kaya Seri Utama Dato Seri Setia Hj Yahya Begawan Mudim Dato Paduka Hj Bakar, the Minister of Industry and Primary Resources during the 6th Legislative Council Meeting yesterday.

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More than 4,900 hectares of new land has been identified and allocated in all of the four districts for the rice initiative in achieving self-sufficiency, the Minister of Industry and Primary Resources said yesterday. YB Pehin Orang Kaya Seri Utama Dato Seri Setia Hj Yahya Begawan Mudim Dato Paduka Hj Bakar said this in response to YB Orang Kaya Maha Bijaya Hj Othman Uking’s question of new lands for the rice initiative during the sixth Legislative Council (LegCo) meeting. During the meeting, the minister listed all of the rice field areas which have been allocated for the initiative.

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A total of 1,804.15 hectares of land in the Tutong District have been gazetted for agricultural and agri-food activities, of which 605.64 hectares have been allotted to farmers and agriculture producers for development. This was stated by the Minister of Industry and Primary Resources, YB Pehin Dato Seri Setia Awg Hj Yahya bin Begawan Paduka Hj Bakar, on the first day of the Legislative Council Session yesterday. He further said that the Tutong District has been experiencing growth in the agriculture and agri-food activities.

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The Tutong district generates $44.71 million per year in the poultry industry, said the Minister of Industry and Primary Resources during the second session of the sixth Legislative Council Meeting. YB Pehin Orang Kaya Seri Utama Dato Seri Setia Hj Yahya Begawan Mudim Dato Paduka Hj Bakar said on Saturday the poultry industry was one of the many businesses currently being developed in Tutong.

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A workshop to help SMEs prepare themselves for the global halal market has been lined up for March 3, bringing together a group of presenters and facilitators with first-hand experience on how to succeed in this exciting new market, a press release from the Ministry of Industry and Primary Resources said.

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Sabah sees avenues for cooperation with Brunei Darussalam in hotel businesses as well as in Halal products

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Business plans for a system to help firms in getting halal accreditation and an e-commerce directory tied for the grand prize of this year's ThinkBig Business Plan competition

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Besides prawn-rearing, there is another aquaculture-based opportunity to help the nation achieve self-sufficiency in food production – indoor soft shell crab farming

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The Agrifood sector will become Brunei Darussalam's new direction to compete with the regional and international market

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DESPITE the encouraging growth in the food processing sector, only four companies have currently acquired the HACCP certification while one is scheduled to acquire the ISO 22000 certification in January 10, according to the National Standards Centre (NSC) at the Ministry of Industry and Primary Resources.

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Starting a small scale chicken meat poultry in 1977 the Soon Lee Sendirian Berhad Company has now expanded to become a very successful entreprise today.In the 80s the company begin its chicken egg production venture and in 1995 the company expanded its activities with the opening up of chicken hatchery farms in the

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THE Haoyue Halal Meat Company is one of the meat suppliers in the Sultanate. It will begin its planning beginning 2010 when the 11th of a five year-plan ends. The company’s achievements include the mass slaughtering of a million cattle, two million lambs, the processing of 300

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MULAUT Abattoir Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of Royal Brunei Airlines, marked the first anniversary of importing beef from Haoyue Halal Meat Company Limited, Jilin ChangChun Province, People’s Republic of China, a thanksgiving prayer and Hari Raya gathering recently. The three-in-one

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Rearing freshwater prawns in "greenwater" produces a higher survival rate than raising them in freshwater without using a biofilter, an expert said at an industry-focused course at the Sungai Jambu Fish Farm. The news is a boon to fledgling prawn farmers as it alleviates the need for a biofilter to clean the water used

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A joint venture (JV) between Bruneian and Chinese companies, will establish a halal fish-processing facility in the Sultanate once the newly-formed company has settled in and operations are running smoothly. The facility, along with other plans to introduce a fish hatchery and nursery, cold storage room and blast freezers, requires the joint-venture to inject a further $6 million to its initial investment of $1.45 million into the "fish cage culture project" located near the Pelong Rocks offshore

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A Joint venture between local and Chinese investors from Guangdong, People's Republic of China yesterday has paved the way for the implementation of $l.45 million offshore cage culture project that is expected to produce about 400 metric tons of grouper and cobia per

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The first 300 tiger grouper fingerlings were released into the deep-sea fish cages of the newly-formed Brunei-China joint-venture. Another 80,000 golden pompano (trachinotu blochii) have been ordered by the company, which targets an annual production of about 400 tonnes of high-value fish within two years. Speaking to The

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THE Brunei Halal brand had its first regional showcase at the ASEAN Food Conference here next week as the government continues its drive to globalise the brand. “The Brunei Halal brand will definitely be presented. It is an opportunity for us to present our brand now,” Dato Paduka Hj Mohd Hamid Hj Mohd Jaafar, permanent secretary of the Ministry of Industry and Primary Resources, said yesterday.

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Ghanin International Food Corp Sdn Bhd is keeping its doors open to the possibility of helping domestic poultry producers export their goods to Singapore using the premium Brunei Halal brand.

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The Middle EDP programme is intended to introduce medium-level executives to the core issues involved in national development, public policy and public governance, as well as core leadership and management skills, while providing them with a pragmatic approach in EDP training.

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The Agriculture Department has announced plans to raise production and exports of halal products to Singapore. Although free of avian flu, Brunei producers will need to raise biosecurity before Singapore will accept its products.

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THE Department of Agriculture's food processing "incubator" project is expected to be completed by end of this year, Agriculture Director Hjh Normah Suria Hayati PJDSM DSU Dr Hj Mohd Jamil Al-Sufri has told The Brunei Times.

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Following the award presentation at the Sheraton Utama Hotel for the Best National Product 2009, awarded to a chicken frankfurter with cheese, Dr Hj Ibrahim Hj Abd Rahman said that local manufacturers were currently producing food products such as crisps, crackers and

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A Leading cooperative is in the process of applying for land at the eco-aquaculture park in Sg Paku to start a grouper-breeding business.

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