Adenan meets NGOs in London, asking them to assist him with necessary reforms

 LONDON, May 5, 2015 -Chief Minister Tan Sri Adenan Satem  surprised the public last night in London with a pledge to save the Borneo state’s remaining forests and to fight timber corruption.

In a speech at the Malaysian High Commission, he underlined that a transformation towards sustainability was vital for Sarawak’s timber industry and he called on NGOs to assist with the necessary reforms.

"No more timber concessions are being given out“, he said, adding:"No more palm oil is needed – cukup (there is enough).“ 

ANRPC members to discuss declining of rubber prices

By Doris Yoong

KUCHING, May 5, 2015 - The declining trend of the prices of natural rubber since the third quarter of last year will be among the issues to be discussed at the special session of the Association of Natural Rubber Producing Countries (ANRPC) in Kuala Lumpur this Friday.

The declining trend is due to the slower economic growth in major importing countries.

The average price of the SMR 20 in 2013 was RM7.74 cents per kg and declined by 28.5 percent to RM5.53 cents per kg in 2014. The SMR20 price currently averages between RM5.00- 5.10 cents per kg.