KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 29 – After last being held in 1969, the National Cooperative Congress will be organised once again by Angkatan Koperasi Kebangsaan Malaysia Berhad (ANGKASA) for the third time on June 23 this year.
ANGKASA president, Datuk Seri Dr Abdul Fattah Abdullah said in a statemen on Wednesday that such a congress, known as the Malaysian Cooperative Congress, was first held in 1966 at Universiti Malaya to establish the National Cooperative Union to unify all cooperatives into a more comprehensive movement.
He said the outcome of the Second Malaysian Cooperative Congress held in 1969 led to the establishment of ANGKASA in 1971.
“The cooperative movement has been rooted in this country for over 100 years and it is time to focus on the development and related issues of cooperatives in this country, and to seek consensus to empower them.
“We hope that through this congress, cooperatives will have the opportunity to re-examine the relevance and suitability of the cooperative acts and regulations in use to align with the dynamic environmental changes,” he said while officiating the Pahang II (East) State Annual Meeting (MAN) 2024 in Temerloh, as quoted in the statement.
