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Sarawak Industrial Promotion and Exhibition Centre (SIPEC) Information and
Mini Trade Exhibition Centre
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| The newly renovated SIPEC
building at Jalan P. Ramlee |
The newly renovated Sarawak Industrial
Promotion and Exhi-bition Centre or SIPEC, a mini industrial promotion and exhibition
centre at Jalan Haji Taha in Kuching is the new pride of the Ministry of Industrial
Development (MID) Sarawak.
Prior to its launching on 25th September 2003 by YAB Tan Sri Datuk Amar George
Chan Hong Nam, Deputy Chief Minister of Sarawak, the exhibition centre has undergone
several transformations.
It began as the Geological Department Office in the 1970s before it was taken
over by Sarawak Economic Deve-lopment Corporation for its Bumiputera Entrepreneurs
Development Coordination Centre in the 1980s. In the 1990s, the building was turned
over to the Ministry of Industrial Development where it served as Sarawak Industrial
and Entre-preneur Information Centre. Today, the newly renovated MID’s SIPEC
is one of the latest assets of the Ministry, providing an appropriate place for
mini exhibitions and seminars for government agencies and related organisations.
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| Tan Sri Datuk Amar Dr. George
Chan officiating the Centre’s opening in September 2003 |
In his launching speech, Tan Sri Datuk Amar Dr. George Chan Hong Nam revealed
that the centre was renovated at a cost of about RM1.5 million. “It took
more than a year to complete the renovation,” he said, adding that the Centre
will provide an appropriate avenue to serve the business community, especially
the manufacturers and potential investors.
Facilities
The centre is made up of six main
components. They include the Indoor Exhibition Hall, Outdoor Exhibition Hall,
Seminar and Training Block, Mini Auditorium, Management and Canteen Block, and
Surau Block.
The Centre is equipped with two seminar /meeting rooms, two mini lecture/utility
rooms and a mini auditorium which can accommodate about 50 people. The mini
auditorium is well equipped with the basic audio and visual aid, computer and
modern multimedia LCD projector. The Centre also has a special visitors’
room, a prayer room (surau) and a canteen. There are about 20 parking lots for
the visitor to park their vehicles and it is manned by experienced staff and
a 24-hour private security service
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| One of the many facilities
available at SIPEC |
Objectives
Among the objectives of setting up the Centre include :
- To create awareness among existing and potential manufacturers /entrepreneurs
on the State’s industrial development direction, policies, strategies &
programmes
- To compile and disseminate information on the current policies,
incentives, programmes, rules and regulations, procedures, technologies and
other information relating to the manufacturing industry
- To assist local manufacturers in promoting their products through well organised
exhibition and display of products at the centre
- To impart technical skill and knowledge to enterprising Small and Medium Industries
(SMIs) through well organised courses, seminars and workshops with other government
agencies and related organisations
To use its facilities, a letter of request must be submitted to:
Permanent Secretary
Ministry of Industrial Development,
12th-13th Floor, Wisma Sumber
Alam,
Jalan Stadium, Petra Jaya,
93050 Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia
Tel: 440121/441932,
Fax: 082-445337, 442955
website: http://www.mid.sarawak.gov.my
e-mail: midgen@po.jaring.my
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