Sabah oil palm estates, mills in six districts given conditional green light to operate


KOTA KINABALU: Sabah has given a conditional green light for oil palm plantations and mills in six east coast districts to restart operations after they were ordered to stop on March 30.

Chief Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal said that the state government had agreed for the plantations and mills in Tawau, Lahad Datu, Kinabatangan, Semporna, Kunak and Kalabakan to restart operations on four conditions.

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