Carian mengenai topik Wee Jeck Seng

The export value of cocoa beans and cocoa-based downstream products is expected to continue to increase this year.

The government will monitor the development of the palm oil industry after Indonesia announced that it has scrapped its export levy for all palm oil products until August 31, 2022.

The subsidised cooking oil quota of 55,000 metric tonnes per month or 660,000 metric tonnes a year has been sufficient so far, said Datuk Seri Dr Wee Jeck Seng.

Wee Jeck Seng said the halt in operations would affect existing stocks and have a negative impact on smallholders.

Indonesia's move to ban exports of its palm oil starting Thursday next week is expected to have a massive impact on the global edible oils and fats market.

An estimated RM1 billion in additional allocation will be required annually if the PHP for scrap rubber under the Rubber Production Incentive (IPG) is raised to RM3.50 per kg.

The aid would be given for two months to some 300,000 smallholders who own rubber estates of less than 2.5 hectares.

SIRIM STS will finance 80 per cent of the participation fees for participants of this programme while the balance will be funded by the MTC.

Among the solutions is by assisting such entrepreneurs to deal directly with buyers from abroad.

Today's Dewan Negara news in brief.

The government has introduced two solutions to address the negative impact of the shortage of foreign workers in the plantation sector.

The government is cooperating with major rubber producing countries, under the ITRC to strengthen and stabilise the price of rubber.

About 0.8 per cent of the country's current total rubber production was used in the construction of roads using rubber-based technology Cuplump Modified Bitumen (CMB) in 2019.

Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said said the matter was being studied comprehensively by reviewing all the existing laws.

Datuk Wee Jeck Seng called for herbal-based traditional medicines and complementary therapies and treatments to be exempted from GST.

An excellent rakyat-centric budget under the overarching principle of a caring and humane economy.

The government will provide a significant boost to the Sumbangan Tunai Rahmah (STR) and Sumbangan Asas Rahmah (SARA) initiatives next year.

The government plans to make it compulsory for all non-citizen workers to contribute to the Employees Provident Fund (EPF).

Prabowo will be open to foreign investment, his aide has said, such as by offering investors management of airports and sea ports.

The Women's Leadership Apprenticeship Program will be intensified as an effort to produce more female corporate personalities.

Residents of Jabalia in northern Gaza said Israeli tanks had reached the heart of the camp, using heavy air and ground fire.

Prabowo Subianto will be sworn in as Indonesia's president on Sunday with Vice President-elect, Gibran Rakabuming Raka, also taking office.

Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said this allocation is intended to address the recent flash floods that hit the capital and several major towns.

Sabah and Sarawak continues to be prioritised under Budget 2025, with allocations of RM6.7 billion and RM5.9 billion respectively.

PM Anwar Ibrahim said NFOF will support venture capital fund managers to invest in startup companies with RM300 million set aside for 2025.