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Sarawak pineapple export trial underway

KUCHING: The Sarawak Trade and Tourism Office Singapore (STATOS) announced that the first sample batch of 300 Sarawak pineapples arrived in Singapore this week and is on its way to local traders for market testing. Chief executive officer of STATOS Chew Chang Guan said that Singapore’s demand for fresh food remains robust and this first […]

Fatimah visits pineapple farm in Dalat

DALAT: Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister, Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah on Saturday (Aug 21) visited a pineapple farm at Kampung Sungai Kut Muara here.   The 3.5-acre farm, which started in 2018, belongs to Justino Peter Bagang, 31, and his elder brother Zimmy. It is planted with 50,000 MD2 pineapples and […]

A successful pineapple planter at 30

By Othman Ibrahim He’s only 30 years old but Mohd Nazrin Kamel is already a successful pineapple planter.    He is able to earn RM15,000 a month each time pineapples on his 20-acre farm near Gedong are harvested. Every month, Mohd Nazrin’s pineapple farm is able to produce about 5,000 pineapples which are sold to the […]

Venture into MD2 pineapples

SIBU: Residents in the Oya-Pakoh and Sekuau Stem Areas are encouraged to venture into the MD2 pineapple cultivation. Oya-Pakoh Bar and Area Development Association chairman Cr Henry Kanyan Vincent Rawing said pineapples had high demand in the local as well as international markets.  “I urge people in rural areas, especially in Batang Oya-Pakoh and Sekuau […]