With this latest recovery, the size of encumbered matured areas the group has taken back has risen to about 3,700ha.
has made more headway in the recovery of encumbered matured oil palm areas in Mukah, central Sarawak, from the locals by an additional 500ha in 2022.
Following his appointment as the new executive director in Sarawak Plantation in March 2018, the group formed a dedicated team to engage and negotiate for the recovery of certain areas of the group’s oil palm estates which were encumbered by the locals from previous years. In the year under review, the total plantable acreage was 35,656ha. In addition, the group has another 405ha-oil palm estate under a joint venture with one of the Sarawak state agencies. The group also owns and operates two palm oil mills.
Wong said in the past few years, the group had focussed on replanting activities to phase out old mature fields as well as severe ganoderma-infested areas. In 2022, the group replanted about 550ha.
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