About this episode

The episode discusses the potential for Singapore SMEs to invest in Sabah, highlighting opportunities in tourism, logistics, and food processing.

Every Singapore business that outgrows Singapore looks north. Most stop at Johor. It's close, it's familiar, and anything further feels like a different order of decision. Sabah is three hours away and does not make the shortlist. Closing that gap is now Kevin George Ukang's job. Five months into running Invest Sabah, after sixteen years inside a regional development authority, his pitch to Singapore SMEs is narrower than you'd expect: tourism, logistics and food processing, with cold chain the loudest gap of the three. Hotels in Kundasang sell out while travellers are still looking for beds. Cold storage runs short in a state built on perishables. Foreign investors can hold full equity, though native title land stays off the table. None of that makes Sabah easy. It makes it early. If you've been weighing where to grow next, has Sabah ever made your list, and what would put it there? Explore STTOS's trade and investment support and watch the full episode on YouTube for the key insights. #TheFinancialCoconut #STTOS #Sabah #SingaporeSME #InvestSabah #BusinessExpansion --- 🎧 The Financial Coconut: Your weekly source for empowering financial knowledge and unlocking possibilities. We…

People in this episode

Host: The Financial Coconut

Guest: Kevin George Ukang

Topics covered

• investment
• SMEs
• business expansion
• Sabah
• cold chain logistics
• tourism
• food processing

Keywords

• Singapore SMEs
• Invest Sabah
• cold chain
• business expansion
• tourism
• logistics
• food processing

Sponsors

STTOS

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Invest Sabah

Places: Sabah, Singapore, Johor, Kundasang

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