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Chief Minister Datuk Seri Musa Haji Aman has urged the plantation industry to adopt automation extensively in their operations.
He said mechanisation would cut the need for labour by up to 40 per cent and hence increase production and quality.
Opening the Kapilit Palm Oil Mill near Brumas here yesterday, he said, effective agronomy such as the process fertilization and consistent monitoring would contribute towards achieving the national production target of 4.5 metric tonnes to six metric tonnes per hectare. The mill is owned by Sabah Softwoods Berhad (SSB), a subsidiary company of Yayasan Sabah.
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| "The east coast has great potential to become Sabah’s ‘growth area’ in the development of oil palm due to its fertile land". |
“This will enable the oil palm industry to remain strong and yield huge revenue,” he said.
Musa, who is also Finance Minister, said the state government has always stressed on the aspect of increasing production and quality of agricultural products.
“This is in line with the state’s development agenda which is to develop the agriculture sector,” he said.
The east coast, Musa said, has great potential to become Sabah’s ‘growth area’ in the development of oil palm due to its fertile land.
Also present yesterday were the Chief Minister’s wife, Datin Seri Hajah Faridah Haji Tussin, Assistant Finance Minister, Datuk Tawfiq Datuk Abu Bakar Titingan, SSB chairman, Datuk Wilfred Bumburing, Yayasan Sabah director, Tan Sri Datu Khalil Datu Jamalul and wife, Balung Assemblyman, Datuk Syed Abbas Syed Ali, Sebatik Assemblyman, Muis Picho and SSB’s CEO, Mohd Hatta Jaafar.
At the event yesterday, SSB and Universiti Teknologi Mara Malaysia (UiTM) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for a commercial planting project and use of Laucaena Leucocephala.
Hopefully the plantation sector can provide more job opportunities for our Sabahans.
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