Berita Arkib

08/12/2012 (The Star) - Malaysian exports dropped 3.2% year-on-year in October on the back of weaker demand for commodities from China and Japan but it was within the market consensus estimate.

08/12/2012 (Daily Express) - The recent decision by the Federal Government in approving a special Investment Incentive Package for the Sabah Development Corridor (SDC) is poised to further intensify the investment momentum in the state.

08/12/2012 (Reuters) - Malaysian palm oil futures closed flat on Friday, but notched their biggest weekly loss in almost a month amid an uncertain outlook where record high stocks are weighing on prices at the same time as expectations are rising for a pick up in demand.

07/12/2012 (Bernama) - The recent decision by the Federal Government in approving a special Investment Incentive Package for the Sabah Development Corridor (SDC) is poised to further intensify the investment momentum in the state.

07/12/2012 (Bernama) - Plantation counters appeared among the top losers when trading ended at 12.30 pm triggered by heightened worries over the high crude palm oil stocks and bearish demand.

07/12/2012 (Reuters) - Malaysian palm oil futures edged up 0.4 percent on Thursday as traders bet on demand rising in the face of tighter supplies of competing soyoil due to unfavourable weather in Argentina.

07/12/2012 (Business Times) - Red palm oil, though having been in existence for several centuries, is now seen as the preferred solution for various health conditions, particularly those relating to vitamin A deficiency.

07/12/2012 (India Times) - Coconut farmers demanded an increase in support price and the ban of palm oil through south Indian ports.

07/12/2012 (4-traders) - Expand delivery warehouse capacity and guarantee smooth delivery.

07/12/2012 (Bloomberg) - World food costs slipped for a second month in November as prices for oilseeds and cooking oils as well as sugar fell to the lowest in two years, the United Nations’ Food & Agriculture Organization said.

07/12/2012 (The Economist) - Climate-Change talks in Doha this week opened in a mood of pessimism about the chances governments will agree to and implement policies that might limit the rise in global temperature to less than 2ºC. But on December 5th a cheering announcement punctured the gloom: that Indonesia’s government had formally approved the country’s first project under the “REDD” scheme (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation).

07/12/2012 (Free Malaysia Today) - According to the Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) in 2009, Sabah was already a leading state in terms of acreage with oil palm cultivation taking up at 1.36 million hectares out of the national total of 4.69 million hectares (ha).