Berita Arkib

1/6/06 (Business Times) - SOON-TO-BE-LISTED Rimbunan Sawit Bhd expects a net profit of RM8.5 million for its year ending August 2006 on the back of a RM110.4 million revenue.

25/5/06 (Business Standard India) - Tariff rated quotas on palm oil imports from Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia under the proposed Free Trade Agreements will spell doom for the Indian edible oil industry, industry players said. Cheap palm oil would flood Indian markets if imports were allowed at lower duty, they said.

SIBU, May 25 (Bernama) -- The Ta Ann Group, a timber and oil palm conglomerate, is investing RM28 million in a biomass power plant at its plywood processing factory in Sungai Sadit here.

TOKYO, May 24 (Bernama) -- Japan is keen to cooperate with Malaysia in undertaking mutually beneficial research on producing high-quality biodiesel using palm oil, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said Tuesday.

PUTRAJAYA, May 25 (Bernama) -- Malaysia and Indonesia Thursday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to launch a new series of joint efforts to develop their commodity sectors with the aim of further strengthening their positions as the world's biggest commodity suppliers.

BEIJING, May 24 (Bernama) -- The seventh Malaysia- China Joint Economic and Trade Committee (JETC) meeting Wednesday agreed to enhance trade and investment linkages between the two countries.

KOTA KINABALU, May 23 (Bernama) -- State-owned plantation company, Sawit Kinabalu Bhd, Tuesday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with World Wildlife Fund - Malaysia (WWF-Malaysia) to continue the rehabilitation work in a flood prone area at Sungai Pin, in the Lower Kinabatangan area.

25/5/05 (Business Standard India ) - India's proposed Free Trade Agreement with Asean has hit another roadblock, this time with Finance Minister P Chidambaram expressing concern over the revenue losses that would arise from it.

23/5/06 ( rediff.com) - The Asean has unilaterally called off the next round of negotiations scheduled for May 29 in Singapore for finalising a free-trade agreement with India.

21/5/06 (The Star) - THE Malaysian Palm Oil Council (MPOC) has set up a RM20m fund to enhance biodiversity conservation related to palm-oil production worldwide. This was revealed at a Symposium on Sustainable Resource Development for key stakeholders from across the UK and Europe held at the Institute of Directors in London last week.

19/5/06 (The Star) - NEW clonal oil palm seeds, developed by United Plantations Bhd (UPB), were unveiled by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdul-lah Ahmad Badawi at Jenderata Estate near Teluk Intan.

23/5/06 (The Star) - DISCUSSIONS on Asean's free trade agreement (FTA) with India have run into difficulties over New Delhi's resistance to tariff cuts on a range of products important to the economies of South-East Asia, including commodities such as palm oil.