Issues Concerning Bird Nest Industry To Be Brought To Cabinet
| November 26, 2008 00:02 AM |
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 25 (Bernama) -- Issues relating to the bird nest industry which now has a value exceeding RM1 billion will be brought up to the Cabinet soon, said Agriculture and Agro-based Industry Minister Datuk Mustapa Mohamed.
He said among the matters that would be raised was for the industry to come under a specific government agency like the Veterinary Services Department.
"They (industry players) think that the government is not giving enough attention to this industry. It is growing. We are one of the biggest producers of edible bird nest in the world," Mustapa told reporters after opening the Malaysia-Netherlands bilateral talks on agriculture here Tuesday.
Mustapa had been asked about the outcome of his meeting with edible bird nest industry players from throughout the country at his ministry in Putrajaya, last week.
Bernama had highlighted complaints by bird nest entreprenuers in Sarawak who had asked for Sarawak Chief Minister Tan Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud's help to prevent enforcement officers from demolishing their nests because the premises did not have licences to operate the industry.
Unlike in the peninsula, Sarawak's laws do not permit urban premises to be used to grow birds nest.
-- BERNAMA
He said among the matters that would be raised was for the industry to come under a specific government agency like the Veterinary Services Department.
"They (industry players) think that the government is not giving enough attention to this industry. It is growing. We are one of the biggest producers of edible bird nest in the world," Mustapa told reporters after opening the Malaysia-Netherlands bilateral talks on agriculture here Tuesday.
Mustapa had been asked about the outcome of his meeting with edible bird nest industry players from throughout the country at his ministry in Putrajaya, last week.
Bernama had highlighted complaints by bird nest entreprenuers in Sarawak who had asked for Sarawak Chief Minister Tan Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud's help to prevent enforcement officers from demolishing their nests because the premises did not have licences to operate the industry.
Unlike in the peninsula, Sarawak's laws do not permit urban premises to be used to grow birds nest.
-- BERNAMA
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