Chee Hong Tat, Senior Minister of State for Education and Trade and Industry, complimented Brunei’s aquaculture industry during his two days trip to Brunei Darussalam. Chee visited Golden Corporation Sdn Bhd’s Multi-purpose Marine Resources Processing and Business Centre in Serambangun, Tutong.
“Today, I am very happy to have the chance to visit Golden Corporation and better understand its business model and operations on how to manufacture aquaculture products of good quality such as fish and shrimp, which it processes and sells domestically as well as for export,” he said.
Golden Corporation Sdn Bhd (GC) is a foreign direct investment company from Taiwan that was invited by Semaun Marine Resources Sdn Bhd (SMR) to develop the project of “Multi-Purpose Marine Resources Processing and Business Centre” in Serambangun, Tutong.
Dato Seri Setia Awang Haji Ali bin Haji Apong, Minister of Primary Resources and Tourism, taking a closer look at the operations of Nur Nabai Aquaculture Sdn Bhd / MOHD SAHRIZAL / Borneo Bulletin
The “Multi-Purpose Marine Resources Processing and Business Centre”, which commenced full operation since June 2012, is the first seafood processing plant in Brunei which is fully equipped and complete with all modern technologies.
The company manages more than 100 hectares of shrimp farms in Brunei for years as they supply shrimp fry and aquatic feed to the local farmers. They also provides buy-back support and further processing in their processing plant. It has exported its shrimp to several ASEAN member countries, as well as to Japan, Korea, Australia, Taiwan, the United States, China and the European Union.
The Singapore Senior Minister said he believes there is a lot of opportunity for collaborations in the area of aquaculture and seafood production between the two countries.
As member states of ASEAN, Brunei and Singapore enjoy close bilateral and economic relations. In 2017, bilateral trade between Singapore and Brunei stood at S$1.5 billion, a 25 per cent increase from 2016.
Source: Borneo Bulletin, Singapore MTI