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10/2/06 (The Star) - JOHOR BARU: Despite the latest venture into biodiesel production, Kulim (M) Bhd will remain focused on its traditional core business in oil palm plantation.

7/2/06 JAKARTA (AFP) - Activists and economists are outraged at Indonesian plans to cut a swathe through one of the world's largest remaining areas of pristine rain forest to create a massive Chinese-funded palm oil plantation.

9/2/06 JOHOR BAHARU (Bernama) -- Diversified palm oil group Kulim (Malaysia) Bhd is set to boost the region's biodiesel production capacity through its partnership with German company Peter Cremer (Singapore) GmbH.

9/2/06 KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia's Kulim (Malaysia) Bhd said on Thursday it has teamed up with a German firm to set up two biofuel plants in Malaysia and Singapore to produce "green" fuel mainly for the European market.

9/2/06 KUALA LUMPUR (Dow Jones)--Malaysia's Golden Hope Plantations Bhd. (1953.KU) plans to make 50%-owned Cognis Oleochemicals (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd. a unit and may float the company within three years, a senior Golden Hope executive said recently.

9/2/06 JOHOR BAHARU Bernama) -- Johor Corporation (JCorp) hopes to turn the Tanjung Langsat Industrial Complex into the first regional hub for biofuel, says its group chief executive Tan Sri Muhammad Ali Hashim.

9/2/06 ( Business Times) - MALAYSIA, the world's largest palm oil producer, is highly sought after in the coming EDIBLE OIL' 06 International Business Fair for Edible Oils and Fats (EO'06) to satisfy demand for palm oil-based products among international buyers.

10/2/06 (Reuters) - SOYAOIL from South America is set to upstage rival palm oil imports to India due to lower prices and customs duties, and analysts predict tough times for the traditional cooking medium.

7/2/06 KUALA LUMPUR (Dow Jones)--The Malaysian state of Sabah has embarked on a 10-year plan aimed at transforming itself into the hub of the Asia's palm oil industry, encompassing everything from plantations to processing and logistics activities, said an official involved in the development.

7/2/06 JAKARTA, (Asia Pulse) - The government will grow oil palm on idle land in border areas of East Kalimantan, Agriculture Minister Anton Apriyantono said.

8/2/067 IPOH (The Star) -The high rubber price has prompted Perak to consider replanting some of its oil palm acreage with rubber trees.

7/2/06 KUALA LUMPUR (Dow Jones)--Malaysia's Carotech Bhd. (0076.KU) is targeting a steep rise in net profit as it expands capacity to meet growing global demand for specialty palm-oil extracted products.