LIST OF CONTRACT AWARDED Nov 2009 – Jan 2010

LIST OF CONTRACT AWARDED NOV2009 - JAN 2010

ECERDC Meterai Perjanjian Program Ternak Kambing

ECERDC Meterai Perjanjian Program Ternak Kambing
6/14/2010 -- BERNAMA


Majlis Pembangunan Wilayah Ekonomi Pantai Timur (ECERDC) memeterai perjanjian kerjasama dengan Jabatan Perkhidmatan Veterinar dan Institut Penyelidikan dan Kemajuan Pertanian Malaysia (MARDI) untuk bersama-sama membangunkan program penternakan kambing di Terengganu.

Ketua Pegawai Eksekutif ECERDC Datuk Jebasingam Issace John berkata objektif utama program itu ialah untuk mewujudkan pengeluaran kambing secara sistematik serta mampan dari segi ekonomi dan juga untuk membantu meningkatkan pendapatan penternak.
"Menerusi kerjasama ini, satu industri pembangunan komersil kambing di ECER akan dipercepatkan menerusi satu pendekatan berintegrasi yang merangkumi aktiviti huluan dan hiliran, dan juga sebagai pelengkap industri halal berasaskan makanan di wilayah itu," kata Jebasingam.
"Pada masa yang sama, projek ini juga akan memainkan peranan utama dalam pembangunan modal insan bagi para peladang ternak dan mereka yang mempunyai kepentingan dalam industri dalam ECER," kata beliau dalam satu kenyataan hari Isnin.
Pemeteraian perjanjian itu, yang termasuk satu perjanjian komersil dengan Terengganu Agrotech Development Corporation Sdn Bhd (TADC), disaksikan oleh Menteri Besar Terengganu Datuk Ahmad Said.
Di bawah perjanjian itu ECERDC akan menyediakan infrastruktur yang diperlukan bagi Pembiakan Kambing Kuala Berang dan Pusat Inovasi di Ulu Tersat sementara Jabatan Perkhidmatan Veterinar akan menyediakan kepakaran veterinari dan MARDI akan menjalankan dan melaksanakan kesemua aktiviti pembiakan dan penyelidikan pembangunan.
Jebasingam berkata di bawah perjanjian itu, TADC akan mengendalikan ladang itu secara komersil di Pembiakan Kambing Kuala Berang dan Pusat Inovasi.
"Pembinaan pusat itu dijadualkan bermula pada Ogos tahun ini, dan dijangka siap menjelang 2012," kata beliau.
"Kami menetapkan sasaran pengeluaran 12,620 kambing Boer dalam tempoh lima tahun, dan sebagai permulaan, ECERDC akan menyediakan 530 kambing pembiak baka asli kepada Jabatan Perkhidmatan Veterinar yang akan menyerahkan baka-baka itu kepada TADC bagi tujuan pembiakan dan 1,590 kambing lagi bagi ladang komersil itu," katanya.
Jebasingam berkata Projek Penternakan Kambing ECER itu telah dikenal pasti sebagai salah satu inisiatif di bawah Pelan Induk ECER untuk membangunkan industri pengeluaran kambing yang efisen, saksama dan berterusan di wilayah itu.
"Projek ini telah pun menarik beberapa pelabur asing yang berminat untuk memenuhi keperluan jaminan makanan negara masing-masing.
Sub-kluster kambing ECER juga dberkait rapat dengan industri halal wilayah itu, kerana ia menyediakan input bagi hab-hab halal dalam ECER," kata beliau.
Jebasingam optimis bahawa dalam tempoh lima tahun, ECERDC akan membangunkan 35 ladang dengan gabungan jumlah kambing sebanyak 36,000 ekor yang akan menghasilkan 216 tan metrik daging kambing.

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Steady income for hardcore poor from sheep-rearing

Steady income for hardcore poor from sheep-rearing
6/10/2010 -- The Star


Ten hardcore poor participants are now earning RM1,000 monthly through their involvement in sheep-rearing full-time under the East Coast Economic Region Development Council’s (ECERDC) Agropolitan Pekan project.
ECERDC chief executive officer Datuk Jebasingam Issace John said the project’s pioneer participants of 30 orang asli families who were working part time on sheep farms were seeing an average monthly income of RM600.
He was briefing members of the Implementation and Coordination Committee (ICC) on the progress of projects under the East Coast Economic Region (ECER) development masterplan at a state-level ICC meeting here on Tuesday.
“About 100 hardcore poor families within the area will be relocated to new homes in Batu 8, Lepar by end of September. The houses are currently in the advanced stage of construction.
“Another 200 houses will be built in September for Agropolitan Pekan project participants who will be working in the nearby oil palm plantation. Construction is expected to be completed by September next year,” he said.
John also told the committee that ECERDC had been entrusted by the Government to undertake the conservation of Lake Chini, with Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) already appointed as the project consultant.
He said the council had been working closely with the Natural Resources and Environment Ministry as well as the state government to undertake the conservation initiatives since February.
“The measures include installing water quality and hydrology monitoring stations.
“Other plans will involve developing a fish-breeding nursery, constructing a research lab complex, replanting trees and cleaning up polluted rivers in nearby areas,” he said.
As for Kuantan Port City, he said work on the main infrastructure was going well with the water-pipe installation works in Gebeng industrial areas already completed in February.
The construction of Panching water treatment plant (Phase 1) was expected to commence next month, he said, adding that the infrastructure design works for Phase 2 of the Pekan-Peramu Automotive Industrial Park (AIP) project were also expected to commence in July.
The construction of Panching water treatment plant (Phase 1) was expected to commence next month, he said, adding that the infrastructure design works for Phase 2 of the Pekan-Peramu Automotive Industrial Park (AIP) project were also expected to commence in July.
On the human capital development programme, John said that almost 390 participants and over 30 companies in Pahang had registered under ECERDC’s Graduate Placement Opportunity (GPO) programme.
“About 1,000 participants from more than 30 companies have registered for the Employee Placement Programme (EPP), a job-matching programme.
“A total of 405 participants have been employed by participating companies,” he said.
“As for its Skills Training Programme (STP), almost 1,000 participants were now undergoing various types of skill courses in six training centres in the state,” he added.

Agropolitan Pekan ternak biri-biri Australia

Agropolitan Pekan ternak biri-biri Australia


Sebahagian masyarakat Orang Asli yang akan bekerja dalam projek Agropolitan Pekan melihat kumpulan pertama 649 ekor kambing biri-biri Australia di Runchang, Pekan, Pahang, semalam. - UTUSAN/Mahathir Ali


PEKAN 23 Julai - Sebanyak 649 ekor kambing biri-biri baka Dorper tiba di tapak Projek Agropolitan Pekan di Runcang, dekat sini pagi ini setelah mengharungi perjalanan lebih 21 jam dari Melbourne, Australia.

Pengurus Bahagian Pembangunan Sosial dan Agropolitan Wilayah Ekonomi Pantai Timur (ECER), Mohd. Yusof Hidrus berkata, ternakan tersebut yang terdiri daripada 621 kambing jantan dan 28 ekor betina diterbangkan dari Australia menggunakan MasKargo.

Beliau berkata, kesemua biri-biri itu tiba di Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa Kuala Lumpur (KLIA) di Sepang pada pukul 7 petang semalam sebelum dibawa ke sini pada pukul 12 tengah malam tadi dan tiba pukul 8 pagi ini.

"Kambing-kambing itu ditempatkan di enam kandang dengan setiap kandang mampu menempatkan lebih 100 ekor. Setiap kandang akan diselia oleh tiga peserta," katanya kepada pemberita di sini, hari ini.

Beliau berkata, kambing biri-biri itu akan diserahkan kepada 30 peserta Orang Asli pada 11 Ogos ini, manakala penyerahan kepada peserta bukan Orang Asli di Batu 8, Bebar dekat sini akan dilakukan pada September.

Menurutnya, seekor biri-biri Dorper betina berharga RM1,500 manakala biri-biri jantan berharga antara RM4,500 dan RM10,000 seekor.

Projek Agropilitan Pekan dengan kos keseluruhan RM90 juta bakal dimajukan di kawasan seluas hampir 2,000 hektar.

Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak dijadual melancarkan projek tersebut pada 4 Ogos ini.

Projek tersebut membabitkan penyertaan 1,450 keluarga termasuk 750 keluarga Orang Asli sekali gus mampu mewujudkan 5,000 peluang pekerjaan selain melonjakkan pendapatan isi rumah miskin tegar daripada RM350 kepada RM1,500 sebulan.

First Batch Dorper Sheep dari Australia untuk Perasmian PM Malaysia





Pada 22 Julai 2009, kumpulan pertama kambing Dorper telah sampai ke Malaysia dari Australia yang telah dikendalikan oleh Syarikat MajorTrans Global (MTG). Kambing Dorper tersebut telah dibawa masuk khas ke Malaysia bersempena perasmian Pekan Agropolitan Project yang akan dirasmikan oleh Perdana Menteri Malaysia, Dato' Seri Najib Tun Abd Razak pada 4 Ogos 2009. Syarikat Agroman Ma N Man Resources telah terlibat sama sebagai perunding ternakan( Livestock Consultant) untuk ECER Development Council.

AGROPOLITAN PROJECT

Agropolitan is an initiative aimed at eradicating harcore poverty through various integrated agricultural and agro-based development projects.

The agropolitan initiative will be all-encompassing, involving the participation of the public and private sectors, universities and social institutions. The development will be backed by a main development centre with tertiary and secondary economic activities. In turn, the project will support employment growth and opening income opportunity for the population.

Activities and Projects
To achieve the above target, participants will be involved in two types of main activities:

Primary activities where each participating family (head of family) will be given shares of palm oil, rubber and cocoa;


Secondary activities where each participating family (the dependents) will be involved in crops, livestocks, and tourism.


Support activities : These centres, Collection, Processing and Packaging Centres (CPPC), and Collection and Marketing Centres (CMC) will undertake product grading, product planning, inventory control, packaging, distribution and export management for agricultural products.