Harvesting oil palm fruits at a United Malacca Plantation. - Filepic
KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Palm Oil Association (MPOA) is appealing to the Sabah Government to review the fees structure under the regularisation programme which could cost RM800mil.
Under the regularisation programme, plantation workers alongside their families and children would be given a chance to be legalised, starting from April 1, till Sept 30.
Although MPOA applauded the Sabah Government's efforts, its chief executive Datuk Nageeb Wahab said the estimated cost of the RM800mil regularisation plan across Sabah would be borne by the plantation industry.
“ The low price of crude plam oil, high production costs and the heavy taxes incurred by the industry is already a big burden to the shoulder.
“ This noble attempt by the authorities will be futile in the absence of compliance by growers and may lead to negative outcome,” Nageeb said.
The Malaysian Estate Owners’ Association had also urged Sabah government to review the fee structure to regularise foreign estate workers and their dependents in the state, resulting in planters being at the losing end.
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