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18-05-2005
Three palm oil factories fined RM20,000 each
12 May, 2005 - Tawau: Three oil palm factories represented by theirrespective executives were each fined RM20,000 or two months' jail by theSessions Court here for blatantly disposing effluence exceeding thepermitted level.
18-05-2005
Tocotrienols- Vitamin E Component in Palm Oil, Ric
5/17/2005 - A natural component of rice bran oil lowers cholesterol inrats, and ongoing research also shows it may have potential as ananti-cancer and anti-infection agent in humans, according to a Universityof Rochester scientist who has studied the antioxidant since 1996.
13-05-2005
Golden Hope's Biotechnology To Start Production In
BANTING, May 12 (Bernama) -- Golden Hope Plantations Bhd's newly-launchedBiotechnology Centre here will start producing oil palm tissue cultureplanting materials within one to two months, its group chief executiveDatuk Sabri Ahmad said.
13-05-2005
Malaysia says it may consider East Timor's offer t
Tuesday May 10, 11:53 AM - The government may consider East Timor'soffer to supply Malaysia with construction and agricultural workers in themidst of a shortage of legal foreign laborers, a news report said.
13-05-2005
Surat Thani Province Selected as Center of Thai Pa
5/12/2005 - The result of a study commissioned on the creation of a palmoil city has specified that Surat Thani is appropriate for the project.
13-05-2005
Wärtsilä wins contract to extend Italian liquid bi
11.05.2005
12-05-2005
Expulsion of illegal workers hits Malaysian econom
Wednesday May 11, 03:04 PM - KUALA LUMPUR, (AFP) - Malaysian oil palmplantations are losing up to 70 million ringgit (18 million dollars) amonth because of labour shortages after hundreds of thousands of illegalimmigrants were expelled, a report said.
12-05-2005
First batch of 1,100 Pakistani workers arrive in M
Wednesday May 11, 9:22 AM - More than 1,000 Pakistani workers havearrived in Malaysia as the first batch in an estimated 100,000 Pakistanisscheduled to stream into the country to fill a labor shortage caused bythe departure and expulsion of Indonesian workers, a news report saidWednesday.
12-05-2005
M'sia Can Supply Wider Range Of Products To Turkey
KUALA LUMPUR, May 10 (Bernama) -- International Trade and Industry DeputyMinister, Datuk Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah said Malaysia would be able tosupply a wider range of products and services to the Turkish market.
12-05-2005
Palm Oil Factories in Sumatra Must Own Plantations
JAKARTA, May 11 Asia Pulse - The provincial administration of Indonesia'sSouth Sumatra said it will close palm oil processing factories in thatregion that do not own oil palm plantations.An official of the regional administration Syamuil Chatib said thefactories will be given three years to acquire their own plantations.
12-05-2005
PPB Oil Palms to build 5 more mills for over RM360
May 11 12:20 AM - PPB Oil Palms Bhd, which may not achieve last year'sgrowth due to the softening palm oil prices, is planning to build fivepalm oil mills in Kalimantan, Indonesia, for possibly more than RM360million over a 10-year period, says its managing director Khoo Eng Min.
11-05-2005
10-year biotech masterplan for Stevian
Monday May 9, 2005 - STEVIAN Biotechnology Corp Bhd, one of the firstbiotechnology companies to operate in the country, expects its biochemicalproducts and food ingredients to generate RM6bil in revenue over the next10 years.