Astral to expand plantation land

Astral Asia Bhd, a civil engineering and building contract works company, will focus on its plantation side this year, expanding its current palm oil and agricultural land totalling 7,790ha by another 50%. 

“Oil palm plantation is a long-term investment and has fewer competitors. This will be our focus for the year,” deputy executive chairman Datuk Lim Kang Poh said after the company EGM in Kuala Lumpur yesterday.