Sunday, May 11, 2008

Dayak Chamber of Commerce and Industry

KUCHING: Dayak entrepreneurs with the knowledge and means to compete in a globalised environment will soon make their presence felt if the Dayak Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) realises its goal of drawing more aggressive members of the community to go into big time business.

Ujang, Moggie and Linggi

Towards this end, DCCI has set up various sub-committees to be headed by vice presidents and senior members who will submit to the supreme council reports of their respective programmes by next month. DCCI president Tan Sri Datuk Amar Leo Moggie told a press conference here yesterday that bringing more Dayaks into business was a challenge to the chamber, and called for greater efforts done to realise the objective. He admitted that the Dayaks still had limited experience in the business field.

“DCCI being an umbrella body to encourage greater participation of the community (Dayak) in commerce and industry will always find ways to help and prepare the community to go into business,” Moggie said after a supreme council meeting, yesterday. Arranging more business courses and disseminating information pertaining to loan facilities available from the government were among steps to be undertaken by the DCCI to help its members, he added. Established in 2003, DCCI now has about 430 members, and Moggie urged more young people from the community to join them.

He added that DCCI’s main function was similar to other race-based chambers in the country, which was to help their communities to prosper in business. He said that since its set-up many Dayaks were now doing quite well in various business endeavours such as construction, and oil and gas industries. With the implementation of Sarawak Corridor of Renewable Energy (SCORE), and large-scale planting of rice in the state, he called on the community to grab all opportunities available. Deputy president Dato Sri Celestine Ujang and a member of the advisory panel Datuk Amar Leonard Linggi Jugah were also present at the meeting.

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