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Unfair to blame oil palm industry for haze

PUTRAJAYA, Sept 23 -- It is unfair to blame the oil palm industry whenever the haze occurs, especially at the large plantations, says Primary Industries Minister Teresa Kok.

Malaysian govt adopt policies to ensure sustainable oil palm cultivation

PUTRAJAYA, Sept 23 -- Malaysia has adopted several key policies to ensure sustainable oil palm cultivation, including capping the total of oil palm cultivated area to 6.5 million hectares, said Primary Industries Minister Teresa Kok.

Kampung boy makes it to the top

KUALA TERENGGANU, Sept 22(Bernama) -- There are many unsung heroes behind the success of the country's oil and gas sector, including the Petroliam Nasional Berhad (Petronas).

MARii hopes Budget 2020 provides sufficient fund for NAP 2019

By Mohd Khairi Idram Amran

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 22 -- Malaysia Automotive, Robotics and IoT Institute  (MARii) hopes Budget 2020 that will be tabled next month would allocate sufficient fund for the implementation of National Automotive Policy (NAP) 2019.

51 pct oil palm land in Malaysia MSPO certified as at Aug, 31 2019

JOHOR BAHRU,  Sept 21  -- About 51 per cent of the country's 5.85 million hectares of oil palm land in the country have obtained the Malaysian Sustainable Palm Oil (MSPO) certification until August 31 this year.

MTJA to grant US$2 mln each to Malaysia & Thailand for petroleum R&D

By Linda Khoo Hui Li

BANGKOK,  Sept 20 -- The Malaysia and Thailand Joint Authority (MTJA) will provide an endowment of US$2 million to each government to support research and development (R&D) in petroleum activities for the Joint Development Area (JDA).

Pahang to receive investments worth RM1.38 bln from China

KUANTAN, Sept 20  -- Pahang will be getting RM1.38 billion of investments from China via a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed with six companies from the country.

RON97 price up 14 sen, no change for RON95 and diesel

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 20 -- The retail price of RON97 petrol is up 14 sen to RM2.67 per litre, while the prices of RON95 petrol and diesel remain unchanged at RM2.08 and RM2.18 per litre, respectively, for the week beginning Sept 21 to 27, the Finance Ministry announced in a statement today.

Petronas to announce succession plan soon as Mohd Anuar steps down

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 20  -- Petroliam Nasional Bhd (Petronas) will announce a succession plan soon following the departure of its executive vice president and upstream business chief executive officer Datuk Mohd Anuar Taib.

Petronas to enhance critical facilities security following Saudi oil attacks

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 20  -- Petroliam Nasional Bhd (Petronas) plans to enhance the security of its critical facilities given the recent attacks on two major facilities run by Saudi Arabia's state oil giant, Saudi Aramco.