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Regional News of Friday, 6 January 2012

Source: GNA

Ketu-South has potential for economic transformation-Diplomat

Denu, Jan. 6, GNA-Mr Tan Cheekeong, Acting Malaysian High Commissioner to Ghana, has said the Ketu-South District of the Volta Region has the potential to propel its economic transformation.

He said the area held good prospects for vegetable and fish farming, salt production and with lots of tourism development opportunities.

Mr Cheekeong made the observation after a tour of the area, at the invitation of Mr Fredrick Alipui, an economist and one of the nine National Democratic Congress (NDC) 2012 Ketu-South Parliamentary aspirants.

The diplomat's trip was to identify areas in which Malaysia could attract its entrepreneurs to invest in the District especially, in they could Build Operate and Transfer (BOT).

Mr Cheekeong said apart from the lagoon holding a major aqua culture industry, the sm'