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2010-09-01 Saving Asias Orangutans May Also Help Reduce Carbon Emissions News English

Orangutans are native to Borneo, which is divided among Malaysia, Indonesia and Brunei, and on Indonesias Sumatra island. The apes can weigh over 100 kilograms, and they live in the jungles, climbing from tree to tree to find food.

Among other efforts to reduce emissions, Indonesia has imposed a two-year moratorium on new projects to turn forests and peat lands into plantations. In Malaysia, the orangutan center staff says recent laws to protect the forests are being enforced and appear to be helping. And there is a new United Nations plan to pay countries to preserve their forests, which can help communities build their economies without cutting trees.

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2010-08-30 Marketers using Twitter, Facebook to reach customers - Advertising - Services - News By Industry - News - The Economic Times

A few weeks back, a consumer and a Greenpeace activist queried Capital Foods, the maker of Chings Secret range of Chinese food ingredients, about the use of Genetically Modified (GM) food on its Twitter page. Within 20 minutes, Ajaay Gupta, managing director of Capital Foods, confirmed that it absolutely does not use any GM food. A similar issue had become a worldwide controversy for another global food company when it failed to respond to a query for days.

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2010-08-29 COCON grape candy recalled due to lead content - Chico Enterprise Record

Cocon Grape Gummy 100 percent Candy is manufactured by Cocon Food Industries in Malaysia and is imported and distributed by U-Can Food Trading in Los Angeles.

U-Can Food Trading has initiated a voluntarily recall of the candy, and the Department of Public Health is working with the distributor to ensure that the contaminated candies are removed from the market place.

The candy, which is imported from Malaysia, contains high levels of lead, according to the release.

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SACRAMENTO and mdash; Consumers were warned Friday not to eat COCON grape gummy candy. The warning came in a news release from the state Department of Public Health.

2010-08-27 Malaysia stake in Cocoaland to accelerate food business equity

Cocoaland Holdings Bhd is a public listed company on the main market of the Malaysian Bourse, with its subsidiaries involving in the manufacturing and distribution of processed and preserved snack foods, fruits and fruit juices.

The purchase would provide FandN with a strategic foothold to further strengthen and accelerate the development of food products in its existing regional food and beverage portfolio, said the statement.

FandNHB chief executive officer Ng Jui Sia added in the statement that the stake in Cocoaland provides the group with a strategic and synergistic foothold to advance its aspirations to create a regional, world-class food and beverage enterprise.

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2010-08-26 The Star Online: Blog

Similar food in Australia is like usd. 9 which is also about 0. 23 pct. of the monthly pay of a fresh grad but the portion of vege and meat and even noodle are very generous.

Malaysia food is full of noodle and rice but little ingredient of vege and meat.

Been through all over the world and found Malaysia portion of vege and meat in a meal when eating out is not generous.

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2010-08-25 Door open to vital export market - Business - NZ Herald News

The profile of our exports to Malaysia is also dominated by food. When the tariffs on key products such as butter, cheese, milk powder, honey, kiwifruit and apples fell to zero as the Malaysia-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement (MNZFTA) came into force on August 1, it was a good day for New Zealand businesses.

By 2016, all New Zealand companies in Malaysia will have this competitive advantage when 99. 5 per cent of tariffs on New Zealand products are eliminated (saving exporters usd. 10 million a year based on current trade). Significantly, this is four years faster than the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) and Australia-New Zealand FTA (AANZFTA), which provides an opportunity for New Zealand exporters to Malaysia over their Australian counterparts.

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2010-08-24 BERNAMA - Open Trade Office In Malaysia, Aussie State Government Urged

Satish said it was an accepted view that the SA Government was "serious in introducing food, mining and services industries into the Asian economies using Malaysia as its base. So its imperative that SA has an office in Kuala Lumpur to boost international trade," he said.

Satish, a partner with Norman Waterhouse Lawyers here, also asked the SA Government to organise trade specific missions to Malaysia to focus on the food, mining and green-based technologies at least once in two years.

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2010-08-21 ONLINE - International News Network

While addressing the ceremony, the Spouse of the Prime Minister of Malaysia said that Malaysian people are deeply moved by the difficulties faced by more than two million displaced persons due to unprecedented floods, especially, women, children and elderly people and was sending the relief goods to assist the government of Pakistan to provide the effectees with shelter food and medicines.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Malaysia, Malaysian Red Crescent Society, Mercy Malaysia, Malaysian Relief Agency and 62 Malaysian youth of Global Model United Nation had opened bank accounts to collect funds from Malaysian from all walks of life for the flood victims.

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2010-08-17 BERNAMA - Durian Among The Favourite Malaysian Food For UN Officer

Akasaka said the different foods that could be found in Malaysia was a sign and reminder that Malaysians lived in a multi-ethnic and multi-religious society where individual ways of life and heritage of some were welcomed and shared by all.

Akasaka said he and his wife also enjoyed eating a variety of Malaysian food including rendang, sambal belacan and nasi lemak.

KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama) -- Durian, the king of the fruits, is one of the favourite Malaysian fruits for United Nations (UN) Under-Secretary General for Communications and Public Information Kiyotaka Akasaka and his wife.

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2010-08-15 Gulf Times Qatars top-selling English daily newspaper - Qatar

According to a Malaysian Association Qatar official, the objective of organising the bazaar was to acquaint different communities with the varied food of Malaysia. It was also aimed at strengthening the ties between the Malaysians and other communities in Qatar during this holy month.

Such bazaars are very popular in Malaysia during the fasting month of Ramadan and are mostly held in cities and their suburbs. These bazaars are patronised by the faithful mostly to buy Iftar food, a spokesperson for the organisers said. It has become a major tradition in our country in the holy month of Ramadan. and

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