Berita Arkib
23-03-2006
roup Calls on Food Industry, Consumers to Avoid Palm Oil
21/3/06 WASHINGTON, (U.S. Newswire) - Increased demand for palm oil is fueling destruction of the rainforest habitats of Sumatran and Bornean orangutans, pushing those and other already endangered species even closer to extinction, according to the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI). In a full-page ad in The New York Times, CSPI says orangutans are literally dying for cookies, as food manufacturers are replacing partially hydrogenated oils with palm oil in cookies, crackers, cereals, and microwave popcorn.
23-03-2006
Envoy to Encourage Malaysian Investment in Philippine Palm Oil
20/3/06 COTABATO CITY (Asia Pulse) - Visiting Malaysian High Minister YB Tan Sri Bernard G. Dompok has pledged to convince Malaysian investors to infuse capital to North Cotabato's growing palm oil industry in a bid to boost peace and development effort in the area and the rest of the region.
23-03-2006
PM Launches
21/3/06 PUTRAJAYA (Bernama) -- Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, Tuesday launched the B5 palm oil-based biofuel called "Envo Diesel", expressing the hope that it would revolutionise the use of fuel in the country
23-03-2006
Indonesia encouraging agriculture investment
20/3/06 (Bloomberg News) -- JAKARTA Indonesia could give tax breaks to help attract overseas investment in its oil palm plantations, cocoa and other agricultural products, a government official has said.
23-03-2006
Biofuel vehicles to hit streets
21/3/06 PUTRAJAYA (The Star) - Biofuel-run vehicles will hit the streets here today, with the Government taking the lead.
23-03-2006
Two biofuel plants planned in Kuantan
20/3/06 KUANTAN (The Star) - Two companies have expressed interest to set up biodiesel plants in the Kuantan Port Industrial Area (KPIA), with production expected to begin next year.
23-03-2006
The future's driving force
22/3/06 PUTRAJAYA (The Star) - Biofuel will be Malaysia's fuel of the future, with the Government giving it a promising start by filling up several of its vehicles with it yesterday.
23-03-2006
Biodiesel the way to go
22/3/06 PUTRAJAYA (NSTP) - Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi launched a made-in-Malaysia biodiesel yesterday that was expected to change the pattern of future fuel usage by Malaysians.
23-03-2006
Bio-diesel Solution
19/3/06 (NSTP) - n the face of escalating oil prices and the search for alternative fuels comes a modest plant with big promise, writes ELIZABETH JOHN.
23-03-2006
Rolling out palm oil-fuelled trucks
20/3/06 (NSTP) - MALAYSIA will launch the first six trucks co-powered by palm oil-based fuel in Putrajaya tomorrow.
20-03-2006
Pakistan plans four new crude palm oil refineries
18/3/06KARACHI (Daily Times) - Encouraged by low tax rates on the import of crude palm oil (CPO), Pakistan's leading edible oil buyers are planning to establish four new refineries with a 2,200 tonnes per day capacity, officials in the industry said on Saturda
20-03-2006
Philippine Firm Eyes Oil Palm Plantation in South Cotabato
14/3/06 GENERAL SANTOS CITY (Asia Pulse) - A Mindanao-based oil palm integrator is reportedly planning to develop some 10,000 hectares of oil palm plantations and a palm oil processing plant in Tampakan, South Cotabato within the next five years