| James Kon |
FOREIGN tourists, departing Brunei through the international airport, can now purchase a variety of unique locally made products at the One Village, One Product (1K1P) shop.
Pehin Orang Kaya Seri Kerna Dato Seri Setia (Dr) Haji Awang Abu Bakar bin Haji Apong, Minister of Home Affairs, as the guest of honour officially opened the shop at the Departure Hall of the Brunei International Airport yesterday.
The 1K1P retailer is under Syarikat Seri Nova Food Industries.
It is one of the many initiatives carried out by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MoHA) to market the goods under the 1K1P project. It is hoped that the 1K1P retailers would be competitive and resilient to achieve the objective of the Mukim and village consultative council (MPMK).
The council’s goal is to help the local community improve their well-being and socio-economy.
Syarikat Seri Nova Food Industries was given the permission by the Civil Aviation Department to carry out its business at the Departure Hall under the ‘Brunei Pavilion’ initiative, which encourages the promotion and selling of locally made products.
The shop focusses on selling food products and handicrafts from the 1K1P as well as food products by the private sector under the micro, small and medium enterprises.
The products comprise prawn crackers, Madu Kelulut, Herbal tea, Kuih Sapit, banana crackers, Kuih Jala and Kuih Bahulu, while the handicrafts include handmade basket and young bamboo basket.
It is hoped that the partnership between the private sector and government agencies would eventually take the goods under the 1K1P to overseas market.
Also present were Abdul Mutalib bin Pehin Orang Kaya Seri Setia Dato Paduka Haji Mohd Yusof, Permanent Secretary at the MoHA; Dr Haji Abdul Manaf bin Haji Metussin, Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Primary Resources and Tourism; Haji Idris bin Haji Md Ali and Haji Mohammad Sunadi bin Haji Buntar, Deputy Permanent Secretaries at the MoHA; head of departments and diplomats.
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