I-Sabah ne-New Zealand zizakwenza ibhunga elidibeneyo lokukhulisa ukhenketho kunye norhwebo. Amagosa ezokhenketho macala omabini aza kuhlala kwi-Sabah-New Zealand Council yezoKhenketho nezoRhwebo ukuze benze imigaqo-nkqubo kwaye benze izindululo kurhulumente.
Uluvo lwaxhaswa nguSekela Mphathiswa oyiNtloko kunye noMphathiswa wezoKhenketho, iNkcubeko kunye neNdalo, uDatuk Christina Liew, kunye noMkomishinala oPhakamileyo waseNew Zealand eMalaysia Hunter Nottage ngexesha lotyelelo lokugqibela kwiofisi kaLiew, namhlanje. “Ndizokwazisa umphathiswa oyintloko (Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal) ngalo mba.
U-Liew kunye no-Nottage bakholelwa kwelokuba ibhunga liza kuxhamla omabini amacala kakhulu ngokwembono yokhenketho kunye nokukhula korhwebo. “Yimbono entsha ngokobume nobugcisa, kodwa umxholo wokusebenzisana kwezorhwebo nakwezokhenketho yinto ebesiyenza okwexeshana,” utshilo uNottage.
U-Nottage wathi uza kuthumela ingxelo epheleleyo eWellington kwaye atsalele nomphathiswa oyintloko kuhambo lwakhe olulandelayo apha. Iinkcukacha-manani ze-STB zibonisa ukuba bekukho i-3,262 yeNew Zealand yabakhenkethi eSabah phakathi kukaJanuwari noDisemba kunyaka ophelileyo. Kwiinyanga ezintandathu zokuqala kulo nyaka kubhalwe malunga ne-1,256 yabakhenkethi abasuka kweli.
Ubuye wacebisa ukugxila kuphawu "Borneo" kwimizamo yokukhuthaza iSabah kunye neSarawak.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- “It's a new idea in terms of structure and architecture, but the theme for cooperating in trade and tourism is one that we have been doing for a while,” said Nottage.
- Tourism officials from both sides will sit on the proposed Sabah-New Zealand Council of Tourism and Trade to formulate policies and make recommendations to the government.
- The idea was mooted by Sabah’s Deputy Chief Minister and state Tourism, Culture and Environment Minister Datuk Christina Liew, and New Zealand High Commissioner to Malaysia Hunter Nottage during the latter's courtesy visit to Liew's office, today.
