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8/6/06 (The Star) - KUALA LUMPUR: The government is taking steps to promote the research and development as well as utilisation of alternative fuels in Malaysia, including a RM1.9bil investment for bio-diesel projects this year as at June 1, according to Deputy International Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah.

SINGAPORE - 07 June 2006 - Sesdaq-listed Advanced Holdings Ltd. ("Advanced" or the "Group") , the best performing stock in Singapore in 2005 in terms of percentage gain in share price, announced today that it has incorporated two wholly-owned subsidiaries, Advanced Clean Fuels Pte Ltd ("Advanced Clean Fuels") in Singapore, and Advanced Biofuel Technologies Sdn Bhd ("Advanced Biofuel") in Malaysia.

5/6/06 (Bloomberg) JAKARTA: PT Indofood Sukses Makmur, the world's biggest instant- noodle maker, may sell shares of its palm oil units as surging demand for the commodity in India and China drives up prices.

5/6/06 ( Business Times) UNITED Plantations Bhd (UPB), one of the country's major plantation firms, is banking on research to boost crude palm oil yield way past the national average.

8/6/06 (Business Times) - BURSA Malaysia has defended its plan to license out daily settlement prices for crude palm oil (CPO), saying it will make Malaysia the global pricing centre for its golden crop.

02/06/2006 (Food Production Daily) - The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) welcomed UK supermarket Sainsbury's as its 100th ordinary member last week.

2/6/06 ( The Jakarta Post, Jakarta) - Giant instant noodle maker PT Indofood Sukses Makmur is set to launch an initial public offering (IPO) for its crude palm oil business.

KUANTAN, June 2 (Bernama) -- Malaysia has the potential to become the world's leading biodiesel producer with the help of the country's reputation as the world leading producer of palm oil.

KUANTAN, June 2 (Bernama) -- Mission Biotechnologies has invested RM100 million to set up a new biodiesel and glycerine purification refinery located at the Kuantan Port here.

1/6/2006 (The Star) - KUALA LUMPUR: Rimbunan Sawit Bhd is looking to further expand its land bank over the next two to three years, chief operating officer Khoo Lian Hong said yesterday.

3/6/06 (Business Times) - THE Government has approved the construction of 22 biodiesel plants, whose combined capacity could earn Malaysia some RM700 million in export revenue based on current crude palm oil prices.

3/6/06 (Business Times) - UK RENEWABLE fuels company, Biofutures International Plc, is in talks to buy a biodiesel plant in Malaysia in a deal which will result in the takeover of the British firm.