Govt calls on palm oil companies to be ‘price makers’


Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Datuk Seri Mah Siew Keong delivered his messages at the 2016 MPOB and Oil Palm Industry night of Excellence in Putrajaya.MOHD SAHAR MISNI/The Star

PUTRAJAYA: The Government is urging local palm oil companies to go downstream and become “price makers” by embracing science, technology and innovation to reap the rewards of the sector.

Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Datuk Seri Mah Siew Keong (pic) said the commodities sector was far from being a “sunset industry.”

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