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Article: MALAYSIAN INVESTORS TO OPEN OIL PALM PLANTATIONS IN PAPUA.

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September 25, 2008
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JAYAPURA, Sept 25 Asia Pulse - A number of Malaysian firms recently sent experts to Nabire in the eastern Indonesian province of Papua to study the potential of the region for development of oil palm plantations, a local official said.

The chairman of the Nabire district legislative assembly, Daniel Butu, confirmed here on Wednesday that the investors planned to develop large-scale plantations.

The experts also came to study the possibility of setting up a factory in the region to process crude palm oil into finished products.

Butu said the district assembly members welcomed the plan hoping that it would create employment and opportunities for ...

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