Malaysian halal industry to benefit from collaborative platform

PUTRAJAYA: Local players will benefit from a memorandum signed on a collaborative platform for the halal industries of Malaysia and China, says Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Dr Wee Ka Siong.

Dr Wee said a memorandum between the Secretariat for the Advancement of Malaysian Entre­preneurs (SAME), a unit under the Prime Minister’s Department; Halal Industry Development Corporation; and the Bank of China (BOC) was intended to encourage small-and- medium enterprises (SMEs) to enter the China market.