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Kedah looking to bounce back
SEVEN homegrown companies based in Kedah Rubber City (KRC), Kulim Hi-Tech Park and Langkawi have secured investment commitments worth RM3.06bil, which will create over 1,400 new jobs.
Call to support farmers turning to guarana crop
EFFORTS on planting guarana as an alternative crop to replace rubber should be continued to assist smallholders now that rubber prices are plunging further, said former chairman of Rubber Industry Smallholders Development Authority (Risda) Datuk Zahidi Zainul Abidin.
Home is where their hut is
Home for Mohd Ridzuan Yaakob and his family is a makeshift three-storey hut in a rubber estate in Kuala Nerang, Kedah. It's preferable to a flat for them.
The settlement near Chua River
THERE is a treasure hill in Kajang but even the latest GPS may not get you there once you have punched in the coordinates.
A hard to forget dining experience
SERVING bowls of piping hot asam laksa amid lush greenery and rubber trees – the Gopeng Hill Asam Laksa offers a different kind of hawker dining experience.
Johor roads and bridges to be upgraded
LABIS: The Federal Government has allocated RM29.43bil under the 11th Malaysian Plan to fund 365 development projects in Johor.
Farmers’ future in limbo following eviction notice
SOME 200 livestock farmers in Kampung Kubang Palas, Kuala Nerang, Kedah, are facing an uncertain future after they were served with a court eviction notice by an oil palm and rubber plantation company.
Tapping on demand for durian
DURIAN season is here again and villagers in Pendang, Kedah, who are mostly rubber tappers are looking forward to making side income by selling durians from their orchards.
Generous lifesaving gifts
THE world’s biggest glove manufacturer Top Glove Corporation Berhad has given 90,000 rubber gloves to the Penang government.
Bomba still battling raging fire at illegal dumpsite near Port Klang
OLD rubber materials, mattresses, heaps of grounded wire insulations are among domestic waste fuelling a raging fire at an illegal dumpsite at Jalan Sungai Saim, Kampung Rantau Panjang that began on Thursday (June 27) morning.
