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Association backs move

RECRUITMENT OF MORE LOCALS IN OIL PALM PLANTATIONS KUCHING: The Sarawak Oil Palm Plantations Owners Association (Soppoa) welcomes the move by the Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) to recruit and incentivise more locals, especially youth to work in plantations. In a statement on Tuesday (September 1), Soppoa said the shortage of workers in plantations was […]

Man meets false gharial on way to work

BETONG: An employee of Ladang Lingga near Tanjung Assam was surprised by a crocodile as he was about to start the night shift. The plantation’s auxiliary police officer, Mohd Hadri Noor Kamal, was walking to his work place when he came across the reptile. Betong District Civil Defence (APM) officer Desem Samuel said Hadri contacted […]

Foreigner found dead

MIRI: The body of a foreign worker was found hanged with a wire around his neck inside the workers’ quarters of an oil palm plantation in Sungai Uban Bekenu, on Wednesday evening. According to Miri police chief ACP Lim Meng Seah when contacted on Thursday, the body of the Indonesian man from Lombok province was […]

Foreign labour still needed

KUCHING: The Sarawak Oil Palm Plantation Owners Association (Soppoa) appeals to the Human Resource Ministry to consider allowing the palm oil industry in Sarawak to continue hiring foreign workers during the duration of the year in view of the serious shortage faced by the industry here. They said that Human Resources Minister Datuk Seri M […]

Plantation worker found dead

MIRI: A foreigner who worked at an oil palm plantation in Suai, Niah was found dead sandwiched between a multipurpose vehicle that he was driving and an oil palm tree on Wednesday morning. According to Miri police chief ACP Lim Meng Seah, it was believed that the incident occurred at 11.30am that day when the […]

Plantation owners worried about developments in Sabah

KUCHING: Sarawak Oil Palm Plantation Owners Association (Soppoa) has expressed concern on the recent development in Sabah, where plantations in six districts were shut down due to detection of Covid-19 cases in a few mills and estates for some time now.  On the other hand, the whole plantation fraternity in Malaysia is currently operating within […]

Plantation, commodity sectors exempted from movement restriction order

KUALA LUMPUR: Workers in the plantation and commodities sector have been exempted from the Movement Control Order and are allowed to resume their work activities, said Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Datuk Dr Mohd Khairuddin Aman Razali. He said the ministry is aware that the enforcement of the order from March 18-31 would have an […]

SAR for missing 3-year-old enters day 8

SRI AMAN: A search and rescue (SAR) operation for a three-year-old Patrick Igih Mohd Taufik who was reported missing at Rapak Baru oil palm plantation here, has entered its eighth day today. According to the State Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) operation centre, the operation yesterday (Day 7) was divided into two search sectors with […]