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SIGNING OF MoU ... Dompok (seated, 3rd from left) witne;sing the MoU signing ceremo
ny between BTl and UMS yesterday.
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21 MAYl1998 NED MAIL
MoU on devt of human •
resources for tourism
KOTA KINABALU: The Borneo fied as Non-Timber Forest Pro
Tourism Institute (BTl) together duct (NTFP), an alternative to the with the Unixersiti Malaysia tim~r industry.
Sabah (UMS) will be working On the .MoU, he said it was a together to develop human privilege for him to be able to col
resources for the tourism sector. laborate with a full-fledged univer- BTl Course Development direc- sity in the State, adding that the tor Danny Chew said his estab- BTl wnich walS synonymous with 1ishment would be looking into the tourist guide training had always provision of Nature Tourism had a close relationship with the Vocational skill while the UMS UMS on conversation through would take care of the academic nature tourism since its (UMS)
sector. inception in 1995.
"This would contribute effi- He also said that through a ciently and effectively in the devel- Sniart Partn.ership the develop
opment of skilled human ment of competent frontiers would resources in this field," he said. be achieved.
In his speech, he said that Chew later told reporters that nature for tourism in its various courses comprising one month,"
terms had been identified as three months and nine months Malaysia'S sub-component of would have.30 participants in each tourism for economic resources course.
diversification. He said the courses would com- He said it had also been identi- . mence as soon as possible.
