No Plan To Export Pigs To China, Says Selangor MB - Bernama

SHAH ALAM, April 19 (Bernama) -- The Selangor government has no intention of exporting pigs to China from its proposed modern integrated pig-rearing project in Tumbuk Estate, Menteri Besar Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim said Saturday.

"There is no such thing. Selangor is not interested to become an exporter of pigs," he said after launching a road safety campaign, here.

Abdul Khalid was asked to comment on a report in the Utusan Malaysia daily Saturday that a group of businessmen from China was keen to start a joint venture with pig breeders in Malaysia for the export of the animals to China because the price of pork at pig farms in the country was most competitive, the lowest in Asia.

Asked why Selangor did not want to take advantage of the huge demand for pigs in China, the menteri besar said: "They (China) can buy from elsewhere around the world where there is a big production of pigs.

"Expanding the Selangor project will require an even bigger land area to ensure economies of scale, and Selangor will not give any more land than it has already allocated for the project."

He said the state government had allocated 160 hectares for the Tumbuk Estate project.

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