Minister: Combining pineapple and coconut industries will help take business to greater heights

Ahmad Shabery (third from left) slicing a pineapple to launch the Malaysian Pineapple Industry Board’s 60th anniversary Pineapple Fiesta at the Pontian Trade Centre. Looking on are MPIB director-general Datuk Mohd Anim Hosnan (left), MPIB chairman Datuk Shamsolbari Jamali (second from left), state agriculture and agro-based industries committee chairman Ismail Mohamed (fourth from left) and Pontian district officer Mohd Shukri Masbah.

PONTIAN: The merger of the coconut industry under the Malaysian Pineapple Industry Board (MPIB) will be able to benefit both industries, said Agriculture and Agro-Based Industry Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Shabery Cheek.

He said combining the coconut industry with pineapple shows the government’s confidence in MPIB in expanding and taking the industry to new heights.