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Beluran Gets Half MPOB Quota
Beluran Gets Half MPOB Quota
01/03/2016 (Daily Express) - Sabah has been allocated a total of 1,500 hectares of land under the Oil Palm New Plantation and Re-Plantation Schemes for Small Holders (TBSPK) and smallholders with 17 acres of land or less will be eligible to apply for them.
Zon 1 (Sabah) Tunas Coordinator of the Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) Amran Arifin said that although the offer this year is smaller, it is enough to cater to the demands of the State.
"From 2011 until December 2015, Sabah received an allocation under this scheme of 15,000 hectares or 37,066 acres of land and 90 per cent of it, or 33,000 acres of the land have been planted with oil palm trees and the balance will be fully filled up with oil palm trees by June," Amran said during the launch of the Smallholders Plan (Ranpek) Fresh Fruit Bunch (FFB) Collection Centre, Jalan Kuala Sapi, here Monday.
The launching of the collection centre was officiated by former Labuk Assemblyman, who was also former member of the Board of Directors of MPOB, Datuk Tan Yong Gee along with the owner of the collection centre, Soh Eng Hock.
"The people of Beluran should feel lucky because out of the 37,066 acres that have been allocated by the MPOB within the past five years, almost half of that allocation is in Beluran – 18,466 acres altogether and this includes 14,910 acres for the New Plantation Scheme and 3,556 acres for the Re-Plantation Scheme.
"This aid is the continuation of Tan's efforts following the success of the 'Projek Jabatan dan Wakil Rakyat' (Jawara) which he pioneered while he was a serving assemblyman," said Amran.
Meanwhile, Tan in his speech thanked the MPOB for helping the people of Sabah especially in the districts of Labuk and Sugut in the palm oil industry.
Before the existence of the TBSPK scheme, Tan pioneered the Jawara project for eight years from 1992 to 1999 and oversaw the distribution of 1.075 million oil palm seeds to 3,551 smallholders including 367 smallholders from Sugut who are now free of poverty.
At the same time, Tan also helped in providing 26,800 acres of land for the people to utilise the land for oil palm plantations and this includes 5,000 acres in Telupid; 1,800 acres in Nangoh/Kamansi; 1,500 acres in Rancangan Nangoh; 9,000 acres in Terusan Sapi; 2,500 acres in Kiabau; 3,000 acres in Manduring; and 4,000 acres in Muanad.
"As the assemblyman at that time, I am happy and satisfied today to see the progress of life of the people in Labuk who can now reap the benefits from their efforts in utilising those lands for oil palm plantations.
"After my tenure as assemblyman, I was appointed as a member of the Board of Directors of the MPOB for four years and this gave me the chance to continue where I left off as assemblyman and to help the people," Tan said.
He added that the smallholders who have received the benefits of the Jawara Project and the TBSPK Scheme should continue taking care of their land.
"Do not sell off your lands or that will be the sorriest decision that you will ever make," he added.
Tan also said that he hoped the new Ranpek FFB Collection Centre will buy oil palm fresh fruit bunches from the villagers at a reasonable price and not to be unscrupulous in order to obtain excessive profits.
"I also ask the villagers to support this collection centre by selling their fresh fruit bunches to them because this is the only collection centre that is owned by a local villager," he added.
During Tan's tenure as MPOB Board of Director member, he also contributed to the establishment of six MPOB offices in the State namely Telupid, Keningau, Kota Marudu, Beaufort, Beluran and Bukit Garam.
During the launching too, officers from the MPOB gave a series of talks ranging from the grading of fresh fruit bunches, control of Ganoderma diseases and right methods of fertilisation.
Zon 1 (Sabah) Tunas Coordinator of the Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) Amran Arifin said that although the offer this year is smaller, it is enough to cater to the demands of the State.
"From 2011 until December 2015, Sabah received an allocation under this scheme of 15,000 hectares or 37,066 acres of land and 90 per cent of it, or 33,000 acres of the land have been planted with oil palm trees and the balance will be fully filled up with oil palm trees by June," Amran said during the launch of the Smallholders Plan (Ranpek) Fresh Fruit Bunch (FFB) Collection Centre, Jalan Kuala Sapi, here Monday.
The launching of the collection centre was officiated by former Labuk Assemblyman, who was also former member of the Board of Directors of MPOB, Datuk Tan Yong Gee along with the owner of the collection centre, Soh Eng Hock.
"The people of Beluran should feel lucky because out of the 37,066 acres that have been allocated by the MPOB within the past five years, almost half of that allocation is in Beluran – 18,466 acres altogether and this includes 14,910 acres for the New Plantation Scheme and 3,556 acres for the Re-Plantation Scheme.
"This aid is the continuation of Tan's efforts following the success of the 'Projek Jabatan dan Wakil Rakyat' (Jawara) which he pioneered while he was a serving assemblyman," said Amran.
Meanwhile, Tan in his speech thanked the MPOB for helping the people of Sabah especially in the districts of Labuk and Sugut in the palm oil industry.
Before the existence of the TBSPK scheme, Tan pioneered the Jawara project for eight years from 1992 to 1999 and oversaw the distribution of 1.075 million oil palm seeds to 3,551 smallholders including 367 smallholders from Sugut who are now free of poverty.
At the same time, Tan also helped in providing 26,800 acres of land for the people to utilise the land for oil palm plantations and this includes 5,000 acres in Telupid; 1,800 acres in Nangoh/Kamansi; 1,500 acres in Rancangan Nangoh; 9,000 acres in Terusan Sapi; 2,500 acres in Kiabau; 3,000 acres in Manduring; and 4,000 acres in Muanad.
"As the assemblyman at that time, I am happy and satisfied today to see the progress of life of the people in Labuk who can now reap the benefits from their efforts in utilising those lands for oil palm plantations.
"After my tenure as assemblyman, I was appointed as a member of the Board of Directors of the MPOB for four years and this gave me the chance to continue where I left off as assemblyman and to help the people," Tan said.
He added that the smallholders who have received the benefits of the Jawara Project and the TBSPK Scheme should continue taking care of their land.
"Do not sell off your lands or that will be the sorriest decision that you will ever make," he added.
Tan also said that he hoped the new Ranpek FFB Collection Centre will buy oil palm fresh fruit bunches from the villagers at a reasonable price and not to be unscrupulous in order to obtain excessive profits.
"I also ask the villagers to support this collection centre by selling their fresh fruit bunches to them because this is the only collection centre that is owned by a local villager," he added.
During Tan's tenure as MPOB Board of Director member, he also contributed to the establishment of six MPOB offices in the State namely Telupid, Keningau, Kota Marudu, Beaufort, Beluran and Bukit Garam.
During the launching too, officers from the MPOB gave a series of talks ranging from the grading of fresh fruit bunches, control of Ganoderma diseases and right methods of fertilisation.