Empurau as national fish, breeder suggests to Tourism Malaysia boss

KUCHING: Tourism Malaysia will help to promote Sarawak’s highly-prized freshwater fish, the empurau, to tourists and overseas foodies.

Its chairman Datuk Seri Dr Ng Yen Yen promised to introduce the delicious fish, also dubbed “King of Sarawak Rivers” during her tourism missions to Hong Kong, China and Taiwan after she tasted it for the first time here on Wednesday.