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BENTONG, May 10 (Bernama) -- Steam boiler manufacturer Enco Danstoker (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd plans to build a RM22 million biomass steam plant which uses a cleaner development mechanism application to reduce the dependency on fuel for power.

8/5/06 (Business Times) - THE RM322.42 million Sapangar Bay container port at Kota Kinabalu that is being developed by Sabah Port Sdn Bhd, is now at the final stage of construction.

11/52006 (The Star) - NEW DELHI: Palm oil futures in Malaysia may rise as production fails to keep up with demand in Asia and Europe for the vegetable fat used in food, detergents and fuel, according to TransGraph Consulting Pvt.

9/5/2006 KOTA KINABALU (The Star) - Oil palm companies should voluntarily remove trees planted on riverbank reserves and not wait for the authorities to act against them.

10/5/06 (mercurynews.com) - New food labeling requirements have made it easier to determine if our favorite foods contain harmful trans fats. But the demand among food manufacturers for alternatives to trans fats may have an unfortunate consequence: Greater use of palm oil in many popular food products.

10/5/06 Sandakan (Daily Express News) - The Sandakan Tourism Committee under the Sandakan Municipal Council (MPS) strongly supports Chief Minister Datuk Seri Musa Aman's call to oil palm plantation owners encroaching into riparian areas to immediately vacate these areas or risk being penalised.

9/5/06 (The Jakarta Post, Jakarta) - Vehicle owners in Jakarta will have the choice of buying a more environmentally friendly alternative to diesel fuel when state oil and gas company Pertamina starts selling biodiesel fuel in its gas stations in mid-May.

6/4/06 AUSTIN (Texas) (The Star) - Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has told US President George W. Bush his concerns over attempts by certain US groups to discredit palm oil.

5/5/06 (NSTP) - Oil companies in Malaysia will have to supply Envo Diesel, a made-in-Malaysia biofuel, and bear the blending costs when the law mandating its uses comes into force next year.

9/5/06 (The Star) - Kumpulan Guthrie Bhd might be on a steep earnings recovery path as a larger number of its oil palm trees mature and yields from its plantations start to jump.

8/5/06 (Daily Express News) - Kota Kinabalu: Oil palm companies in the Kinabatangan have been urged to ensure their plantation boundaries do not encroach riparian areas (along riverbanks) to avoid the risk of being penalised by the Government.

7/5/06 (The Jakarta Post, Jakarta) - The government will go ahead with a much-criticized mega-plantation project along the Indonesia-Malaysia border on Borneo Island, but only small parts of the designated area can feasibly be used, says a minister.