E hana ana ʻo Sabah a me New Zealand i ʻaha kūkā hui e hoʻoikaika i ka mākaʻikaʻi a me ke kālepa. E noho nā mākaʻikaʻi mākaʻikaʻi mai nā ʻaoʻao ʻelua i ka ʻaha kūkā nui o Sabah-New Zealand Council of Tourism and Trade e hana i nā kulekele a me nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo i ke aupuni
ʻO kēia manaʻo i hoʻohilahila ʻia e ka Hope Aliʻi Nui o Sabah a me ke Kuhina Nui Huakaʻi, moʻomeheu a me ka nohona kaiāulu ʻo Datuk Christina Liew, a me ke Komikina Nui o New Zealand i Malaysia Hunter Nodge ma ka huakaʻi ʻoluʻolu a ko Liew keʻena i kēia lā. "E haʻi aʻo wau i ke kuhina nui (Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal) e pili ana i kēia hihia.
Manaʻo ʻo Liew lāua ʻo Nott e pōmaikaʻi ka ʻaha i nā ʻaoʻao ʻelua mai ka manaʻo o ka mākaʻikaʻi a me ka ulu ʻana o ka ʻoihana. "He manaʻo hou ia e pili ana i ka hoʻolālā a me ka hoʻolālā, akā ʻo ke kumuhana no ka laulima ʻana i ke kālepa a me ka mākaʻikaʻi kahi hana a mākou e hana ai no kekahi manawa."
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Nottage e hoʻouna ʻo ia i kahi hōʻike piha i Welinetona a kāhea aku hoʻi i ke kuhina nui i kāna huakaʻi hou aʻe ma aneʻi. Hōʻike nā helu helu o STB aia he 3,262 poʻe hōʻea hoʻokipa Nūhōlani i hōʻea i Sabah ma waena o Ianuali a me Kekemapa o ka makahiki i hala. ʻO nā mahina ʻeono mua o kēia makahiki i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i kekahi 1,256 hōʻea huakaʻi i hōʻea mai ka ʻāina.
Ua ʻōlelo pū kekahi i ka nānā ʻana i ka hana ʻana o ka inoa ʻo "Borneo" i ka hoʻoikaika ʻana e hoʻolaulaha iā Sabah a me Sarawak.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- “It's a new idea in terms of structure and architecture, but the theme for cooperating in trade and tourism is one that we have been doing for a while,” said Nottage.
- Tourism officials from both sides will sit on the proposed Sabah-New Zealand Council of Tourism and Trade to formulate policies and make recommendations to the government.
- The idea was mooted by Sabah’s Deputy Chief Minister and state Tourism, Culture and Environment Minister Datuk Christina Liew, and New Zealand High Commissioner to Malaysia Hunter Nottage during the latter's courtesy visit to Liew's office, today.
