KUCHING: Some 30 students from the Tunas Bakti Institute were treated to a familiarisation trip to the Sarawak Agriculture Institute at Semenggok near here yesterday to give them exposure to the agriculture sector.

KUCHING: The rubber replanting project on the 200 hectares of Native Customary Right (NCR) land in Tanjung Bundong, Samarahan will take off this July.

Rubber Industry Smallholders Development Authority (Risda) state director Wahid Malikan Mohd Daud Malikan yesterday said the pilot project would involve about 120 smallholders.

THE OUTLOOK for the palm oil industry is bright, with international analysts predicting that its price would range between RM3,100 and RM3,840 per tonne this year. Land Development Minister Tan Sri Dr James Masing, in his winding-up speech yesterday, however, said production was expected to decline in the near term due to biological stress on oil palm trees following the bumper harvest last year.

MEASURES have been taken to ensure that all exports of bird’s nests are in compliance with requirements stipulated by importers in China.

“Malaysia must go through licensed exporters who are in compliance with the quality and safety standard requirements and whose processing plants have been accredited with Veterinary Health Mark (VHM),” said Deputy Chief Minister and Minister of Modernisation of Agriculture Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Alfred Jabu
Numpang.