Sunday, April 24, 2016

BVBF Meets the Crown Prince of Pahang!

Saturday, April 23, 2015 was a momentous day for Bilut Valley Bee Farm. Thanks to Agrobank Malaysia, especially the Agrobank Raub branch, for selecting and giving us the golden opportunity to present our company, provide a concise explanation of our activities and to showcase our products to the Crown Prince of Pahang, His Royal Highness Tuanku Abdullah ibni Sultan Ahmad Shah.                
His Highness approaching
at our table.
This was at the launching of the programme of  “Penyuburan Budaya Masyarakat Perniagaan dan Keusahawan Pahang 2016” at Dewan Jubli, Raub. The event was held as one of the efforts to further encourage the people of Pahang to empower themselves economically through successful businesses, besides bringing the rakyat from the SME business fraternity in Pahang state closer to the Crown Prince. Among other things, His Highness had called upon all entrepreneurs to be bolder and take their business activities to greater levels. There are various Government departments and agencies that were set up specifically to support local businesses - big, small and anything in between - and they were present at the function yesterday. They include  MITI, SME Corp, Giatmara, TEKUN, Veterinary Department, cooperatives and of course Agrobank.

Our products on display.
Agrobank staff with Marzia.
Stopping at our booth, His Highness Tuanku Abdullah showed genuine and keen interest in meliponine honey and its rapidly growing industry. We were honoured and flattered when He looked impressed with our range of products and our packaging, and enquiring if we had  exported these overseas. We were so humbled that His Highness had decided to spend quite a few minutes at our table, asking pertinent questions and listening earnestly to the explanations presented by our spokesperson, Marzia Mazlan.

We were also delighted that Tuanku Abdullah, who is next in line to the throne of the Pahang Sultanate,  is very approachable and down-to-earth... so much so that our cheeky Lady Boss requested for a selfie with Him, to which He very sportingly obliged!

Daulat Tuanku!

Marzia with our products.

An Agrobank officer helping Marzia show-off posters and collages of the different spesis of  meliponines.
Marzia and her brother Aiman who manages the farm.

A spontaneous request by Marzia for a selfie with the Crown Price left everyone shocked to say the least!

Tuanku Abdullah signing in our Guest Book.

His Royal Highness taking a close look at our products and seemed impressed with our packaging.
Tuanku was genuinelyinterested in meliponine honey and its advantages over other honeys. 



We had met many people relevant and important to our business, including seen here Ir. Dr. Ahmad Ziad Sulaiman, an Associate Professor from Universiti Malaysia Pahang.