"The governor will ask the Taiwanese government, investors and public to attend Sail Morotai in 2012," Secretary of North Maluku province, Muhadjir Albar, said here Thursday.
Previously, the governor had also promoted Sail Morotai 2012 in South Korea where he attended an Indonesian investment promotion event with other provincial governors.
Muhadjir said the North Maluku governor had been actively promoting Sail Morotai 2012 as an international event of great benefit to the province.
Sail Morotai 2012 would be a very good momentum for North Maluku to introduce its tourism potentials and investment opportunities.
The North Maluku provincial administration was hoping that after the implementation of Sail Morotai 2012, many tourists and investors would come to North Maluku.
According to Muhadjir, the minister of marine and fisheries affairs and North Maluku governor`s visit to Taiwan would also be utilized to promote North Maluku`s investment potentials, especially in fisheries.
Taiwan investors would be invited to take part in Morotai island`s development programs as the center of tuna industry in Indonesia. This program is an idea from the ministry of marine and fisheries affairs.
"The ministry choose Morotai island as the center of tuna industry in Indonesia as the waters has a great potential for tuna, particularly the yellow fin tuna which is in great demand in export markets," Muhadjir noted.
The investors, both domestic and foreign, are interested to invest in fisheries sector in North Maluku, but to realize its investment there are a number of obstacles, including limited capacity of electricity.
Therefore, the North Maluku provincial administration continues to pursue the investor to invest to the electricity supply in the province, especially by using the alternative energy such as geothermal and hydro powers.
(T.KR-LWA/HAJM/R013)
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