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| From left, Jumaatun Azmi, director of KasehDia, organisers of WHF 2007, Khairy Jamaluddin, chairman of World Halal Forum, Tan Sri Syed Jalaluddin, chairman of Halal Industry Development Corporation and Badlisyah Abdul Ghani, CEO of CIMB Islamic addressing the media. |
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"We see the Halal agenda as a great opportunity for our country. Our stakeholders include Malaysians of all races and religions, and indeed the success of the halal industry will bring success to a great many of our people."
- Tan Sri Syed Jalaluddin Syed Salim, chairman of HDC.
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KUALA LUMPUR, March 20 (Bernama) -- The Halal Industry Development Corporation (HDC) is set to position Malaysia as the reference point and preferred destination for halal training to produce world-class halal industry professionals in auditing, certification and industry best practices.
Its chairman, Tan Sri Dr Syed Jalaludin Syed Salim, said today HDC is in the midst of designing programmes to develop its research, testing and training capabilities.
As interest in the halal market increases, he said, "our specific halal expertise will be in high demand."
HDC's task, he said, is to nuture and develop industry players to enable them to play an important role in the national economy.
Syed Jalaludin said HDC has identified two specific areas, capacity building and halal integrity, "where we can focus our energies to take advantage of the opportunities that are open to us."
"Several of our universities are already doing excellent and ground-breaking scientific research related to halal matters, and are offering diploma, degree, masters and PhD programmes for halal-related subjects.
"All these halal integrity programmes relate to building human capital, and this is a great opportunity for the Bumiputera sector to take advantage of," he said at the World Halal Forum 2007 (WHF 2007) Sponsors Brunch & Networking event here.
Also present were WHF 2007 chairman Khairy Jamaluddin and CIMB Islamic Bank Bhd chief executive officer Badlisyah Abdul Ghani. CIMB Islamic is WHF 2007's platinum sponsor.
At HDC, Syed Jalaludin said, "we see the halal agenda as a great opportunity for our country.
"Our stakeholders include Malaysians of all races and religions, and indeed the success of the halal industry will bring success to a great many of our people.
"HDC is 100 percent committed to the success of the mission and to realise Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi's vision of Malaysia as a global centre of halal excellence."
On WHF 2007, he said it brings many benefits to Malaysia. Playing host to the best and brightest decision makers in various industries immediately positions Malaysia at the very core of this unfolding market.
"It confirms Malaysia's leadership as developers of halal market expertise in such matters as standards, certification, research and market intelligence," added Syed Jalaludin.
At the event 21 Malaysian sponsors pledged their commitment and participation in WHF 2007, to be held on May 7 and 8 at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre here.
-- BERNAMA
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