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PM: Western critics of M’sian oil palm industry taking narrow view –
Posted by Star: MUGUNTAN VANAR on January 29th, 2011
Star: Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said certain western critics of Malaysia's oil palm industry were taking a narrow-minded view of the issue.
The Prime Minister said that they failed or ignored to look at the benefits of the oil palm industry for the citizens who were dependent on it for their livelihoods.
''They (critics) looked for narrow angles, they fail to understand that we have a responsibility to our people who depend on oil palm beyond small holders and companies.
''They are pointing fingers...
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PM: M’sia keen to list Sabah’s Maliau Basin as a world heritage site
Posted by Star: MUGUNTAN VANAR on January 29th, 2011
Star: Malaysia is very keen to list Sabah's Lost World, the Maliau Basin as a world heritage site.
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak, in endorsing the state government's proposal, said that a World Heritage listing by UNESCO would bring immediate world attention and interest in the 58,400-hectare untouched tropical rainforest, just slightly smaller then Singapore.
Najib (second right) crossing the skybridge during his visit at the Maliau Basin Conservation Area in Tawau
He said the heritage...