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National Co-operative Seminar starts tomorrow (bb-21/5/07)

THE 2nd National Co-operative Seminar themed “Empowering Co-operative Movement towards entrepreneurship” will be held at Goldstone Conference Hall, Centrepoint Gadong starting tomorrow, 22 May till May 23, 2007. The two day conference is expected to gather co-operative experts and lecturers from Malaysia and the host country deliberating diverse topics on how to spur economic growth through co-operative business enterprise.

A keynote address will dominate the proceeding on the opening day which will also see four papers being presented and three more on the following day. A forum is also due to take place in the last day of the seminar entitled “Diversifying activities empowers co-operative economy.”

Some 500 participants are expected to attend the seminar represented by co-operative leaders, business persons, agencies involved in co-operative movement development, chambers of commerce, SMEs and youths council including participants from Sabah and Sarawak.

The opening ceremony will be graced by Pehin Orang Kaya Setia Pahlawan Dato Seri Setia Dr. Awang Hj Ahmad bin Hj Jumat, Minister of Industries and Primary Resources while the closing ceremony is expected to be officiated by his deputy, Dato Paduka Hj Hamdillah bin Hj Abd Wahab.

Meanwhile, a dinner gathering scheduled on May 23 is to take place on May 22 instead. The venue remains unchanged and it will take place at Songket Ballroom, The Rizqun International Hotel, The Mall, Gadong.

Among the objectives of the seminar are to spur co-operatives to proactively involve in businesses which will lead them to entrepreneurship, enhancing capabilities towards a more professionally managed co-operatives, sustainable, competitive as well as encouraging co-operative entity to venture out into other profitable investments. –

A cultural rehearsal took place at Songket Ballroom, The International Hotel for a dinner gathering