BENGKALIS, RIAUGREEN.COM – There are interesting things in the visit of envoys from four ASEAN countries to Bengkalis from Friday to Sunday, September 16-18, 2022. One of them, investors from Singapore who will invest or will invest in batik products from Teluk Latak Village, Bengkalis District.

This interest and interest in investing in the batik products sector of Teluk Latak village was conveyed directly by the Singapore envoy, Datok Sri Roy Permana, during the welcoming ceremony of the Bengkalis Regency Government , Sunday, September 18, 2022.

Regarding the investment plan for the development of batik products in Teluk Latak village, said the man who also holds Kanjeng Raden Tumenggong Haryo Datok Sri Paduka Roy, this will be followed in the form of a protocol of Agreement (MoU) between Singaporean investors and artisans.

Although the batik products of Teluk Latak Village will be invested by investors from Singapore, Datok Roy still assures that the craftsmen and people of Bengkalis Regency need not worry, they will be reclaimed from the Land of Lion.

“Later, we will make batik products from Bengkalis under the slogan Made by Bengkalis (made in Bengkalis),” said Datok Roy, immediately greeted with applause.

Later, Teluk Latak Village batik product, Datok Roy said, in addition to being sold in Bengkalis and other parts of Indonesia, will of course be marketed in Singapore. He assured that batik products from the village of Teluk Latak would be in demand, especially in the face of celebrations such as Eid al-Fitr.

Build an Areca processing plant

In addition to being interested in investing in batik products from Teluk Latak village, it transpired that at yesterday’s meeting there was interest in investing in the plantation sector, especially products made from areca nuts.

As stated by the Head of Department of Tourism, Culture, Youth and Sports (Parbudpora) through Head of Tourism Alwizar. He explained that during a visit to the island of Bengkalis, an investor from Malaysia, Paduka Ayah Sumlee Tok Ayah Kori, expressed the wish to build an areca nut processing factory, which would then be exported to the ‘India.

As for the production of Teluk Latak Batik, Singaporean investor Datuk Sri Roy Permana will regularly buy it through a B2B MOU mechanism with the facilitation of Bengkalis Regency Government.

Not only that, according to Alwizar, Datok Sunlee is interested in investing in the tourism development of Rupat Island, including providing the fast boat Melaka-North Rupat.

Singapore investors when visiting the water dam complex, swimming pool and golf course also expressed their interest in investing in renovating the complex so that it can be used in conjunction with the Bengkalis Regency government.

“Businessmen from these 3 countries said that in the future they will write to the Regent of Bengkalis. Then they will come back and visit Bengkalis to discuss in more detail the forms of cooperation that can be carried out during these 2 month,” concluded Alwizar. .

The welcome ceremony for the four delegates from four ASEAN countries was attended by Vice Regent of Bengkalis Bagus Santoso, National Honorary State Troops Administrator Sofyan, National Honorary National Forces Commander of the Nation Datok Iskandar Izhar, President General of the Heart Volunteer Isnani Indra Hadi, President of Bengkalis MUI H. Amrizal and President of Bengkalis LAMR DPH Datuk Sri Sofyan Said.

Next, Your Majesty, Sumlee Tok, Kori’s father, from Malaysia, Mr. Duang from Thailand, Datok Seri Roy from Singapore, and Datok Chip, the president of the Malaysian Friends Legation Organization. (dsk)