THE Penang International Halal Hub (PIHH), in collaboration with the Halal Industries Group from the United Kingdom, is organising the Halal Capital Markets Conference in London scheduled from May 24 to May 28. Calling for participants, Penang Domestic Trade, Religious and Consumer Affairs Committee chairman Abdul Malik Abul Kassim said the event would be a “world’s first” and would be launched by Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng.
PIHH to jointly hold halal conference in London
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Brunei Tourism infrastructure under scrutiny at travel mart
TRAVEL buyers have expressed their concern over inadequate
tourism-related infrastructure in Brunei as the Asean Travel Exchange
(TRAVEX) 2010 came to a close yesterday. Let's see if Brunei can now fast track all its plans it has in place to address all the issues that were raised during the tourism event, which has now been handed over to Cambodia for next year.
Halal accreditation system, e-commerce win ThinkBig
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BUSINESS plans for a system to help firms in getting halal accreditation, and an e-commerce directory tied for the grand prize of Brunei's
ThinkBig Business Plan competition. An
educational programme which would allow individuals to get their
Master's degree in Islamic Banking and Finance came third in this competition to encourage young people to think about new business plans. With Halal, E-Commerce and Islamic Finance coming into the top three business plans we can see where the next generation business leaders are looking for the future.
Cooperation of ECO Members on "Halal"
At the 10th General Assembly and
13th Executive Committee Meetings of ECO (Economic Cooperation Organization) Dr. Nahavandian, the head of Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries and
Mines (ICCIM) and the head of Islamic Chamber of Research and
Information Center (ICRIC), invited the heads of
ECO's chambers to participate actively in the First International Halal
Fair and Forum which will be held on March 2-5, 2010 in Tehran, Iran.
Prospects for Econonic Cooperation between Russia and Malaysia
A working group from Russia of top executives from Islamic finance and Halal products & services, recently visited Malaysia looking for areas of cooperation with representatives from
Islamic business and finance in South-East Asia. One of the topics discussed with Malaysia counterparts was the 'KAZANHALAL
2010' Exhibition to be held in the city of Kazan on the 27-29 June 2010, alongside the II Summit on International
Islamic Business and Finance.
Gulfood Highlights Global Industry Trends for 2010
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The talks will be presented by Jochen Zoller, President of Food Services, Intertek, on Day 1 and Alex Andarakis, the new CEO of Al Islami, on Day 3. You pay per talk/session, not for the full 4 day conference, which may be a way of pulling people away from selling at their booths to listen, and also an interesting way to narrow down which speakers are really drawing the crowds. We wait with interest to see what size crowds the Halal related sessions pull in! Will Halal be the new 'Global Mega Trend' as suggested by Alex Andarakis in his talk?
Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) supports Gulfood 2010
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Industry Players Competing For Slice Of Europe's Halal Market
Industry players are now
competing to get a significant share of the halal industry market in
Europe which has a population of 51.2 million Muslims. "Everyone now wants a slice of the halal market," said Dr Cedomir
Nestorovic, a professor at the ESSEC Business School Paris in France. According to him, halal is now regarded as a "big thing" in Europe and is no longer a taboo subject in the mainstream media.
The World Halal Forum 2010
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Timely themed “Global Halal Industry: Regulatory
Architecture, Trade and Market Access”, the 5th World Halal Forum (WHF)
will be the result of extensive feedback and research by the
organisers, KasehDia Sdn Bhd, to address the burning but immediate need
to understand current global regulatory architecture for Halal and its
relationship with trade and market access.
Meat Obtained from Stunned Animals Questionable, says Food Safety Expert
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DUBAI: Al Islami Foods at the World Secure Food Chain conference
expressed that meat obtained from non-stunned animals is healthier and has a longer
shelf life. And non-halal and stunned meat is highly questionable, quoting a
research conducted by the Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research on the same
subject. The conference was recently held in Hong Kong.