TAWAU: Sebanyak 1,706 koperasi telah berdaftar di bawah Suruhanjaya Koperasi Malaysia (SKM), cawangan Sabah, dengan kira-kira 218 daripadanya berdaftar di Tawau, setakat Disember tahun lepas.
Pembantu Menteri kepada Ketua Menteri, Datuk Nizam Abu Bakar Titingan, berkata jumlah itu jelas menunjukkan potensi rangkaian perniagaan yang meluas dalam ekosistem koperasi Sabah.
“Ini menunjukkan ia adalah platform terbaik untuk meningkatkan tahap sosio-ekonomi dan pendapatan masyarakat,” katanya ketika berucap pada program “Turun Padang Ke Arah Kemasyarakatan Koperasi” (Maskop) di sini.
Nizam turut menggesa gerakan koperasi di Sabah supaya fokus meningkatkan daya saing dan merebut peluang ekonomi yang ada, selain bekerjasama ke arah mentransformasikan Sabah.
“Kerajaan Sabah yang mesra pelabur telah menyumbang secara positif dan memberi peluang kepada koperasi di negeri ini, dan sehingga September tahun lepas, Sabah telah memperoleh sejumlah RM11.9 bilion dalam pelaburan asing dan RM942 juta dalam pelaburan domestik dalam tempoh dua tahun,” katanya.
Melalui pelaburan itu, koperasi Sabah khususnya di Tawau perlu bijak merebut peluang dan sumber yang ada, bagi membolehkan mereka menjalankan aktiviti pengeluaran atau perkhidmatan yang menguntungkan.
Sementara itu, Ketua Pengarah Institut Koperasi Malaysia (IKMa) Datuk Mohd Ali Mansor ketika ditemui pada majlis sama berkata program itu diadakan setiap tahun bagi mengukur maklum balas daripada koperasi bagi mendapatkan impak yang lebih baik daripada program tersebut dan 30 lokasi telah disasarkan untuk pelaksanaan program pada tahun ini.
Berita asal: Daily Express
TAWAU: A total of 1,706 cooperatives have registered under the Cooperatives Commission of Malaysia (SKM), Sabah branch, with some 218 of them registered in Tawau, as of December last year.
Assistant Minister to the Chief Minister, Datuk Nizam Abu Bakar Titingan, said the number clearly showed the potential of the extensive business network in the Sabah cooperative ecosystem.
“This simply shows that it is the best platform to increase the socio-economy and income level of society,” he said in his speech at the “Turun Padang Ke Arah Kemasyarakatan Koperasi” (Maskop) programme, here.
Nizam also urged the cooperative movement in Sabah to focus on improving competitiveness and seizing the economic opportunities available, besides working together towards transforming Sabah.
“The investor-friendly Sabah Government has contributed positively and provided opportunities to cooperatives in the State, and as of September last year, Sabah has secured a total of RM11.9 billion in foreign investment and RM942 million in domestic investment within two years,” he said.
Through the investments, Sabah cooperatives, especially in Tawau, need to be wise in seizing the opportunities and resources available, to enable them to conduct profitable production or service activities.
Meanwhile, Cooperative Institute of Malaysia (IKMa) Director-General Datuk Mohd Ali Mansor, when met at the same event, said the programme was held annually to gauge responses from cooperatives for a better impact of the programme and 30 locations have been targeted for the programme implementation this year.
