Good news for planters, Indonesia drops foreign ownership clause in bill


PETALING JAYA: News of the Indonesian government dropping the controversial foreign ownership clause in the final version of its plantations bill has left observers unperturbed.

RHB Research analyst Hoe Lee Leng said she was generally positive that the clause was omitted.

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