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PANGKAL PINANG – Integrated Programme Palm Oil-Cow as the Ministry of Agriculture proposed is welcomed by the provincial government of Bangka Belitung (Babel). Provincial government Babel through the Head of Agriculture and Livestock Agency, Toni Batubara said their readiness to success the programme.

PEKAN BARU –Commission B, Riau Representatives welcomed the plans of Riau Government to make new State Enterprice to manage palm oil factories.

KARACHI–General Consulate of Malaysia in Karachi, Abu Bakar Mamat said, for the first time, 100% of Malaysian cooking oil is sold in Pakistan markets.

MALANG –General Secretary of Indonesian Palm Oil Farmers Association (IPOFA) Asmar Arsjadsaid, moratorium which the government made in 2011 postponed the progress of Indonesian palm oil farmers.

ROKAN HILIR–As part of the people welfare, Plantation Agency of Rokan Hilir plans to distribute 500 hectares palm oil plantation to the poor people in the region in 2014.

JAKARTA - PT Eterindo Wahanatama Tbk (ETWA) plans to build palm oil factory by the end of 2014 within the investment about Rp 175 billions. This is done to supports the business in the upstream sectors.

JAKARTA –Palm oil and kernel oil companies belonging to Sampoerna Agro, which parts of Group Sampoerna Strategic got increasing income in the first quarter about 10,9% to be Rp 649.6 billions than in the same period last year which reaching Rp 585.5 billions.

JAKARTA - PT SMART Tbk achieved Work Healthy and Safety Management System Award (WHSMS) and Zero Accident Award in 2014, which was held on May 26, 2014 in Birawa Room, Bidakara Hotel. The yearly agenda was held by Ministry of Labour and Transmigration to appreciate the companies and regional governments which successfully do WHSMS.

BANGKO – Plantation and Forestry Agency, Merangin gave subsidized palm oil seeds to the farmers in 2014 by considering the importance of the superior seeds for the progress of palm oil plantations.But for the limitation, each farmer got 250 stalks.

BALI–The Secretary of Research and Technology, Gusti Muhammad Hatta said, the replanting process by planting superior seedsis not only cultivated by people’s main plantation, but also the businessmen’s.

SAMARINDA – To develop available renewable natural resources, the government of East Kalimantan boosted palm oil plantation as the mainstay sector in the future.

BANDUNG–Palm oil is worth to be called the mainstay product in Indonesia. The facts show, it is not only the fruit could produce raw oil for the ingredients of many other products, but the waste could also be utilized as handycrafts, such as, bag.

KUALA LUMPUR - Sarawak Plantation Bhd which targets to expand 3.500 palm oil plantations in this year, is actively exploring the acquisition or merger to realize it.

ABUJA – One biggest palm oil company in Nigeria, Okomu Oil Palm Company Plc,plans to build palm oil factory (POF) by investing 2,5 billions Niera, which would be the biggest plantation in Africa before the end of this year, 2014.

JAKARTA – As the biggest crude palm oil producer in the world since 2006, Indonesia is required to have environmental and sustainable palm oil plantations. So the government published the policy so that evey company should have Indonesian Sustainable Palm Oil (ISPO) certification.

Jakarta – After meeting 300 CPO buyers in Europe, Vice Secretary of Trade, Bayu Khrisnamurti said, the European positively responds Indonesian crude palm  oil.

Jakarta –The potency of CPO and the derivatives being good to Italia – reaching 1 – 1,5 millions of tons stimulates Indonesia to sell it in Italia seriously. “They have big capacity but now they are under capacity,” Vice Secretary of Trade, Bayu Khrisnamurti said in Jakarta, as quoted from Antara.

Jakarta–Secretary of Trade, Muhammad Lutfi supports the government’s effort to change the idea to utilize the energy from palm oil. Palm oil is the most efficient product of all kinds of oil. “Palm oil is the most productive product for it can be produced reaching 5 tons per hectare,” Lutfi said in his speech in the EBTKE Connex ceremony in Jakarta Convention Center.

JAKARTA –General Director of Foreign Trade, Ministry of Trade, Bachrul Chairi, said, palm oil is the strategic industries for Indonesia by hiring 20 millions of workers, both direct and indirect ones involving in the industry. The industries also contribute to the foreign exchange about US$ 19,1 billions in 2013.

Langkat – Knowing palm oil in good price, this urges people in Desa Pasar Rawa Subdistrict Gebang, District Langkatutilize the abandoned area and the field to cultivate palm oil trees.