94 pct MPSO certification for palm oil industry
KUCHING: Despite the Covid-19 pandemic, Sarawak palm oil industry has been able to achieve 94 percent Malaysian Sustainable Palm Oil Certification (MPSO). In its press release on Monday (Nov 30), Sarawak Oil Palm Plantation Owners Association (Soppoa) said it had been at the forefront in its commitment towards sustainability agenda by strongly upholding the value […]
Allow foreign workers for oil palm industry
KUCHING: Sarawak Oil Palm Plantation Owners Association (Soppoa) has urged both the federal and state governments to allow for a consignment of ‘relief’ foreign workers to resolve the acute workers shortage in the oil palm industry. Its chief executive officer Andrew Cheng Mui Fah said due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the country has stopped new […]
Cry for solution to plantation manpower shortage
KUCHING: The Sarawak and federal governments are urged to come up with urgent solutions to resolve the acute shortage of harvesters and loaders faced by oil palm estates in the state. Sarawak Oil Palm Plantation Owners Association (Soppoa) said any delay would only further jeopardise the survival of the industry. This would affect the livelihood […]
Facing acute manpower shortage
PALM OIL INDUSTRY KUCHING: The palm oil industry in Sarawak is now facing acute manpower shortage due to the closing of international borders. Sarawak Oil Palm Plantations Owners Association (Soppoa) chairman Tiong Chiong Ong said this resulted in millions of ringgit in losses due to partial harvesting, slowdown of work and higher production cost in […]
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 […]
Oil palm plantation owners appeal for workers
KUCHING: The palm oil industry in Sarawak is critically short of workers. This will cause a heavy impact on the financial performances of plantation companies as well as expected revenue in the form of cess, duties, and taxes in the coming months. According to the Sarawak Oil Palm Plantation Owners Association (Soppoa), the shortage was […]
Soppoa calls for representation
MALAYSIAN PALM OIL BOARDS KUCHING: There seems to be no substantial presence of representatives from planting associations of East Malaysia in the vital federal palm oil boards, a local body pointed out. Keeping the Sarawak Oil Palm Plantations Owners Association (Soppoa) out of the federal Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) and Malaysian Palm Oil Council […]
Plantation owners donate RM500,000
KUCHING: Sarawak received a RM500,000 boost in its fight against Covid-19 from the Sarawak Oil Palm Plantation Owners Association (Soppoa) yesterday. Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) chairman, who is also Deputy Chief Minister, Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas received the cheque from Soppoa chief executive Andrew Cheng at his office in Wisma Bapa Malaysia, Petra […]
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 […]
Soppoa donates RM20,000 to health workers
SIBU: The Sarawak Oil Palm Plantation Owners Association (Soppoa) has donated RM20,000 to help buy personal protection equipment (PPE) for frontline health workers in Sarawak. The donation was channelled through the Sarawak Covid-19 3D Printers Union, which operates in Kuching, Bintulu and Miri and here. In a media statement issued yesterday, Soppoa said the union […]
