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30/12/05 JAKARTA, ( Asia Pulse) - The Indonesian government has been asked to forget about its plan to build a palm oil plantation in the Kalimantan-Malaysia border region, since these parts still have timber producing potential estimated at Rp237.8 trillion (US$23.5 billion).

29/12/05 KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) - Malaysia has warned it will name and shame Malaysian palm oil plantation companies based in Indonesia which contribute to the annual haze hazard by allowing open burning.

26/11/05 (The star) - The Government, through the Ministry of Plantation Enterprises and Commodities, has introduced a special scheme to help poverty-stricken rural folk in Sabah and Sarawak to venture into the oil palm industry

25/11/05 JAKARTA (Dow Jones)--China will remove import quotas on edible oils in 2006, but that won't lead to a dramatic increase in Indonesian palm oil exports to China, as increasing competition from soyoil will make it difficult for Indonesia to aggressively compete for added market share, analysts said.

29 November, 2005 (Sabah Daily Express) - Ranau: Industrial Development Minister Datuk Ewon Ebin said the Malaysia recorded export receipts of RM20 billion from palm oil last year, of which 30 per cent (or RM6 billion) was contributed by Sabah.

24/11/05 SHANGHAI (AFX) - Chinese candle makers will have to cut exports to the US next year if a decision expected in January puts candles made from palm oil in the same category as petroleum wax candles, the Shanghai Daily reported.

24/11/05 SINGAPORE, (Bernama) -- The members of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) have adopted the Principles and Criteria for Sustainable Palm Oil Production with an overwhelming majority.

30/11/05 KUALA LUMPUR (COMTEX) -- Malaysia will send fact- finding teams to explore investment opportunities in palm oil- related activities overseas, especially in those countries that have the similar climate, a senior official said here on Tuesday

30/11/05 (Philippine Daily Inquirer) - Brighter prospects are on hand for Philippine coconut producers and millers as local manufacturers expand operations and a new biodiesel plant comes on-stream next year.

30/11/2005 (Financial Express) - Genome-mapping through PCR-based (Polymerase chain reaction) molecular markers could unlock R&D in plantation crops like cocoa, arecanut, oil palm, acacia and cinchona too, according to Dr K V Peter, Vice Chancellor, Kerala Agricultural University.

29/11/05 (Thai Press Reports) -Indonesia, the largest country in Southeast Asia, is likely to surpass Malaysia as the world's biggest palm oil producer.

21/11/05 RIO DE JANEIRO (Agence France-Presse) - Brazil could lead the world toward a revolution in biodiesel and become a world energy leader, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said Friday.