Johor government gives nod for agro-resort park
KLUANG: The Johor government will consider a request by the Kluang Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCCI) for a piece of land to be developed into an agro-resort park.
Mentri Besar Datuk Abdul Ghani Othman said the state would liaise with the Agriculture and Agro-based Ministry to identify the suitable land plot for the project.
He said this would include land within the Ayer Hitam Agricultural Centre along Jalan Kluang-Batu Pahat just few kilometres away from the Ayer Hitam toll exit.
“KCCCI must make sure that the agro-resort park is successful and able to attract visitors to Kluang,” Ghani said after opening the Associated Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry Malaysia (ACCCIM) 64th annual general meeting recently.
Ghani said Kluang has the potential to attract visitors interested in the agro-tourism related activities as it has many products such as fruits and vegetable farms and animal husbandries.
He was responding to the request made by the KCCCI president Datuk Tan Seng Leong in his welcoming speech.
Earlier in his speech, Ghani said the Johor government has agreed to contribute RM100, 000 to the KCCCI for its activities.
Tan said the proposed agro-resort park would be different from other agro-resort parks in the country where visitors could plant their favourite fruit trees in dedicated plots.
He said a certificate of ownership of the plants would be issued to them while workers at the park would be the caretakers of their plants.
“As owners, they have a choice of harvesting the fruits for their own consumption or they could ask us to sell the fruits to other visitors,” said Tan.
-News courtesy of The Star-
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