KUALA LUMPUR: The RM50 million allocation for the palm oil industry in the Strategic Programme to Empower the People and Economy (PEMERKASA) assistance package can further boost the sector’s effort to woo more local workers, Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) said.
Director-general Dr Ahmad Parveez Ghulam Kadir said the RM30 million to encourage investments in mechanisation and automation and RM20 million for purchase of machinery can help move the industry into mechanisation in its way forward.
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