Malaysia’s 40 years of Look East Policy and relocation of Indonesia’s capital: serumpun solution in Sarawak-West Kalimantan cross-border halal hub and relations

The relocation of Indonesia's new capital to Kota Nusantara (East Kalimantan) is a game changer. It creates a spill-over of the prosper thy neighbour policy upon the existing West Kalimantan-Malaysia Sarawak border for the first Japanese AEON Big in Kuching (Malaysia's Sarawak) and potenti...

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Main Authors: Ahmad Sharif Haron, Zarina Othman, Andika Wahab, Irwan Syazli Saidin
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Language:English
Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2022
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author Ahmad Sharif Haron,
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Andika Wahab,
Irwan Syazli Saidin,
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description The relocation of Indonesia's new capital to Kota Nusantara (East Kalimantan) is a game changer. It creates a spill-over of the prosper thy neighbour policy upon the existing West Kalimantan-Malaysia Sarawak border for the first Japanese AEON Big in Kuching (Malaysia's Sarawak) and potential Halal Wagyu beef market in Pontianak (Indonesia's West Kalimantan). Both countries should seize this golden opportunity to revisit their respective Look East Policy (LEP) with Japan and integrate Japan's advantages in quality assurance to overcome different regulatory Halal practices. After all, sustaining the Halal economy is no longer determined by the growing Muslim population alone but a shared knowledge and mutual policy lessons on Halal regulations and quality assurance. While both countries are essential players in the global halal hub and shared trade borders, there needs to be more harmonisation between Kalimantan-Sarawak's cross-border halal framework. With the Indonesian decision to relocate to a new capital, Kota Nusantara (located in East Kalimantan), there is a severe immediate need to bring LEP's benefits and profile the existing business ecosystem in Kuching (the capital of Sarawak) and Pontianak (capital of West Kalimantan).
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spelling oai:generic.eprints.org:256672025-07-22T08:10:38Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/25667/ Malaysia’s 40 years of Look East Policy and relocation of Indonesia’s capital: serumpun solution in Sarawak-West Kalimantan cross-border halal hub and relations Ahmad Sharif Haron, Zarina Othman, Andika Wahab, Irwan Syazli Saidin, The relocation of Indonesia's new capital to Kota Nusantara (East Kalimantan) is a game changer. It creates a spill-over of the prosper thy neighbour policy upon the existing West Kalimantan-Malaysia Sarawak border for the first Japanese AEON Big in Kuching (Malaysia's Sarawak) and potential Halal Wagyu beef market in Pontianak (Indonesia's West Kalimantan). Both countries should seize this golden opportunity to revisit their respective Look East Policy (LEP) with Japan and integrate Japan's advantages in quality assurance to overcome different regulatory Halal practices. After all, sustaining the Halal economy is no longer determined by the growing Muslim population alone but a shared knowledge and mutual policy lessons on Halal regulations and quality assurance. While both countries are essential players in the global halal hub and shared trade borders, there needs to be more harmonisation between Kalimantan-Sarawak's cross-border halal framework. With the Indonesian decision to relocate to a new capital, Kota Nusantara (located in East Kalimantan), there is a severe immediate need to bring LEP's benefits and profile the existing business ecosystem in Kuching (the capital of Sarawak) and Pontianak (capital of West Kalimantan). Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2022-12 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/25667/1/SDD%2012.pdf Ahmad Sharif Haron, and Zarina Othman, and Andika Wahab, and Irwan Syazli Saidin, (2022) Malaysia’s 40 years of Look East Policy and relocation of Indonesia’s capital: serumpun solution in Sarawak-West Kalimantan cross-border halal hub and relations. SINERGI: Journal of Strategic Studies & International Affairs, 2 (2). pp. 244-253. ISSN 2805-4520 https://spaj.ukm.my/sinergi/index.php/sei/issue/view/4
spellingShingle Ahmad Sharif Haron,
Zarina Othman,
Andika Wahab,
Irwan Syazli Saidin,
Malaysia’s 40 years of Look East Policy and relocation of Indonesia’s capital: serumpun solution in Sarawak-West Kalimantan cross-border halal hub and relations
title Malaysia’s 40 years of Look East Policy and relocation of Indonesia’s capital: serumpun solution in Sarawak-West Kalimantan cross-border halal hub and relations
title_full Malaysia’s 40 years of Look East Policy and relocation of Indonesia’s capital: serumpun solution in Sarawak-West Kalimantan cross-border halal hub and relations
title_fullStr Malaysia’s 40 years of Look East Policy and relocation of Indonesia’s capital: serumpun solution in Sarawak-West Kalimantan cross-border halal hub and relations
title_full_unstemmed Malaysia’s 40 years of Look East Policy and relocation of Indonesia’s capital: serumpun solution in Sarawak-West Kalimantan cross-border halal hub and relations
title_short Malaysia’s 40 years of Look East Policy and relocation of Indonesia’s capital: serumpun solution in Sarawak-West Kalimantan cross-border halal hub and relations
title_sort malaysia’s 40 years of look east policy and relocation of indonesia’s capital: serumpun solution in sarawak-west kalimantan cross-border halal hub and relations
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/25667/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/25667/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/25667/1/SDD%2012.pdf