Tackling Tenom poverty via products

Tenom: The Rural Development Ministry is committed to eradicating poverty through cottage entrepreneurships.

 State Rural Development Minister Datuk Jahid Jahim said the Ministry is working hard to ensure the rural hardcore poor could be helped to become traditional product entrepreneurs.

 “Local enterprises can generate income through ventures like gong and traditional costume production,” he said when officiating the Gong, Traditional Costume Making and Embroidery Workshops, in Kampung Pulong, recently.

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 “To this end, the Ministry fully supports the efforts of highlighting local products like crafts, needle works and gongs to domestic and foreign tourists.”

 

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