SERI KEMBANGAN: The desire of traders at the Seri Kembangan Borneo Cultural Market to develop the place as a destination for Sabah and Sarawak products will be discussed with the Sabah and Federal Governments, said Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Seri Dr Jeffrey Kitingan.He said initiatives would be taken to develop the Borneo Market with the support of the Sabah Government and coordinated by the Ministry of Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives.
“We want to make sure the Borneo Market continues to grow by helping traders and channelling incentives to organise programmes that can introduce Sabah and Sarawak in the peninsula,” he said. Jeffrey, who is also Sabah Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Industry Minister, said this when he met Sabah traders at the Borneo Cultural Market, here, Saturday.
The session aimed to find approaches to help traders and further identify the challenges they face after the Covid-19 pandemic.
Also present were Dr Jeffrey’s wife Datin Seri Cecilia Edwin, Sabah State Relations Office representative Mohd Hafeez, Borneo Culture Market Association President Nelson Entap and his deputy, Nilisip Juin @ Akang, who is also the organising chairman.
Nelson said Jeffrey was the first Sabah Minister to meet Sabah and Sarawak traders at the Borneo Market.
The Borneo Market, which has been operating since 2016, is open every Saturday between 5am and 11am involving 80 traders from Sabah and Sarawak who live in the peninsula.
The idea of creating the market was sparked when Nelson and his friends faced difficulties in getting products or food from their home village.
“Starting from a small scale, it grew until the opening of the Borneo Market, which is now popular,” said Nelson.
The Borneo Market is now one of the main destinations to buy various local products from Sabah and Sarawak.
