August 03, 2008 17:11 PM
Agropolitant Projects In Kelantan To Be Expedited, Says Mustapa
KOTA BAHARU, Aug 3 (Bernama) -- Implementation of agropolitant projects, as outlined in the corridor development plan of the East Coast Economic Region (ECER), will be expedited for the benefit of the hardcore poor in Kelantan, Agriculture and Agrobased Industry Minister Datuk Mustapa Mohamed said.
He said the projects, costing RM148 million, would involve areas in south and north Kelantan.
"RM90 million has been allocated to the South Kelantan Development Authority (Kesedar) and RM58 million to the Kemubu Agriculture Development Authority (Kada) for the projects," he told reporters after chairing the Kelantan Federal Action Council meeting here Sunday.
Mustapa said implementation of the projects would benefit more than 4,000 hardcore poor, who would be the project participants.
He said the projects were supposed to have been implemented earlier but delayed as proper planning was needed to ensure their success.
A national-level launch of the project will be carried out by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi in Kuala Lipis, Pahang on Tuesday, he added.
Meanwhile, Mustapa is confident that several new development programmes would be made for Kelantan under the Ninth Malaysia Plan second mid-term review.
He said the focus in Kelantan was to eradicate hardcore poverty by 2010.
On today's meeting, Mustapa said it discussed, among other things, the establishment of a veterinary faculty at Universiti Malaysia Kelantan.
-- BERNAMA
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