Sabah to set up trade and tourism office in S'pore

 By Olivia Miwil - June 28, 2021 @ 3:34pm

Chief Minister Datuk Seri Hajiji Noor said the state and Singapore have a long history of trade relations and the office would enhance relations. - STR/MOHD ADAM ARININ

KOTA KINABALU: Sabah has agreed to set up a trade and tourism office in Singapore for bilateral economic potentials.

Its Chief Minister Datuk Seri Hajiji Noor said the state and Singapore have a long history of trade relations and the office would enhance relations.

"I would also like to invite Singaporean investors to look at opportunities under our Halatuju Sabah Maju Jaya development plan focusing on high impact investments particularly in the agriculture and tourism sectors," he said in a statement.

Hajiji, who is also the state Finance Minister, earlier had a virtual call with Singapore's High Commissioner to Malaysia His Excellency Vanu Gopala Menon at his office here.

Singapore is among Sabah's top 10 trading partners with a trade value of RM133 million as at January this year.

Among the 10 product categories exported to the island republic include palm oil, seafood, crude petroleum and wood products.

Sabah recorded more than RM7 billion trade revenue for the past two years.

Apart from setting up the office, Hajiji and Vanu had also discussed containing the Covid-19 pandemic and measures taken to keep numbers down.