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IN the quest to spur new export opportunities for Sabah small and medium enterprise (SME) products in the international market, Global Entrepreneur One Stop Centre (Glopec) has signed Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs) to form collaborations with several strategic partners for the United Kingdom (UK) and other European markets.

The signing of the MoUs between Glopec and nine parties, ranging from restaurateurs, wholesalers, distributors up to online retailers, in key areas, London recently was aimed at marketing made-in Sabah products to the UK, France and other European countries.

Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Dr Abdul Latiff Ahmad, who led a Promotion and Selling Mission of Bumiputera Sabah products to the UK from May 9 to 16, witnessed the signing of the MoUs, by Zaiton Bakri, General Manager of Kristal Handal Sdn Bhd on behalf of the company, which is a subsidiary of Yayasan Sabah Group which oversees Glopec.

Present were Malaysia High Commissioner to the UK Zakri Jaafar and Director of Yayasan Sabah and Executive Chairman of Innoprise Corporation Sdn Bhd (ICSB) Datuk Seri Ghulam Haidar @ Yusof Khan Bahadar, Glopec Director Azmi Aziz, and Teraju Chief Executive Officer Md Silmi Abdul Rahman.

The MoUs were inked with Jimmy Chong Ghee Chua, who represented Chuang Lee Supermarket; Pui Chin Yap @ Sarah Yap (Makan House Limited @ Uncle Lim Kitchen; Wan Joha Wan Ahmad (Malaysian Supermarket Ltd); Simon K. Suresh (Oh Malaysia/Halal Street UK Limited); Yoke Ng (Yi International); Datuk Uthama Kumara Naidu Sanjay (Aditya & Co); Swee Leong Goh (Nepcoe Capital Partners); Ku Farid Ku Yasin (KMF MalaysiaWe); and Paul Fritz on behalf of Premium Company Farm Food Limited.

Funded by the the Bumiputera Entrepreneur Development Fund (DPUB) programme and established through a strategic partnership between Yayasan Sabah Group and the Bumiputera Affirmative Action Unit under the Prime Minister’s Department (Teraju) in 2020, Glopec is one of the collaborative programme efforts which aims at assisting Sabah Bumiputera entrepreneurs, especially those from the B40 and M40 groups, through the marketing of local products to the international market.