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07/01/2008 (Earth Times), Kozhikode (Kerala) - The Kerala port town of Beypore witnessed a protest by various political parties and farmers' organisations over the import of palm oil as an Indonesian ship, Global Triton, arrived Monday to unload 3,000 tonnes of oil.

08/01/2008 (The Star Online), Johor Bahru - Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Department officers are stationed at the Causeway and Second Link to prevent Singaporeans from taking out palm oil-based cooking oil from the country.

07/01/2008 (AFP), Kuala Lumpur - Malaysian retailers have begun to ration cooking oil purchases after the government imposed restrictions to curb a shortage blamed on smuggling and panic-buying triggered by price-hike rumours.

08/01/2008 (The Star Online), Kuala Lumpur - The market will be flooded with 70,000 tonnes of cooking oil to resolve the shortage of the essential item.

08/01/2008 (NST Online), Kuala Lumpur - There should no longer be a shortage of cooking oil in the country, as from today 70,000 tonnes of it will flood the market.

07/01/2008 (The Economic Times), Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia will not have to ration cooking oil, because it is increasing the supply of subsidised cooking oil to help replenish depleted stocks, Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said on Monday. "The meeting found that there was no shortage of cooking oil supply in the country," Abdullah said in a statement.

08/01/2008 (Radio Australia) - Malaysian retailers have been forced to ration cooking oil purchases after the government imposed restrictions to combat shortages.

07/01/2008 (The Financial Times) - Malaysia has called on stores to ration cooking oil sales because of panic buying sparked by rumours that the government was set to raise the price of the basic household commodity.

07/01/2008 (The Daily Star, Bangladesh) - The importers and refiners of the country yesterday called on the government to relax value added tax (VAT) and other levies on the import of edible oil to keep the domestic market stable.

07/01/2008 (The Star Online), Penang - Until the cooking oil supply is back to normal, economy rice seller Lim Chin Aik is cutting down on the amount of food that he normally prepares for his customers.

04/01/2008 (The Hindu), Kochi - The Kerala High Court on Tuesday refused permission for discharging 3,000 tonnes of palm oil, for which the contract for import was signed after the new Central Government notification banning import through the ports in the State was issued.

06/01/2008 (NST Online) - Felcra chairman Datuk Nasaruddin Hashim said a study was being carried out and a decision would be made soon.