The Libuk Durian massacre was certainly the bloodiest event in the early history of Tungud. However the saddest incident, which took place the following year, must surely be the story of Suppiah and Leena.

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For the next few years, the question of pollination was never far from our minds. Our accountants in London were not slow to remind us that we were not making an adequate return on our investment. Pamol Kluang was far more profitable. Apart from the four expatriate-owned pioneering companies, none of the other big Malaysian plantation companies showed any inclination to start operations in East Malaysia.

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The Libuk Durian massacre was certainly the bloodiest event in the early history of Tungud. However the saddest incident, which took place the following year, must surely be the story of Suppiah and Leena.

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The Libuk Durian massacre was certainly the bloodiest event in the early history of Tungud. However the saddest incident, which took place the following year, must surely be the story of Suppiah and Leena.

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The Libuk Durian massacre was certainly the bloodiest event in the early history of Tungud. However the saddest incident, which took place the following year, must surely be the story of Suppiah and Leena.

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If the year 1963 was the pivotal year for the project, it was an even more important year for North Borneo. To quote Dr Mahathir Mohamad, the Prime Minister a decade or two later, it marked ‘the transformation of Sabah from a colonial backwater to a dynamic state within Malaysia’.

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The story of food is the story of civilisation. Cogito, ergo sum is a Latin philosophical proposition by Rene Descartes. It is all well and good for the philosopher to say ‘I think, therefore I am’; but from the perspective of our survival as a species ‘I eat, therefore I am’ is more to the point, which surely must be the unspoken and underlying premise of Shen Ming Lee’s brave book, Hungry For Disruption.

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If the year 1963 was the pivotal year for the project, it was an even more important year for North Borneo. To quote Dr Mahathir Mohamad, the Prime Minister a decade or two later, it marked ‘the transformation of Sabah from a colonial backwater to a dynamic state within Malaysia’.

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From 1965 to 1967, in addition to bringing to completion our programmes for planting, roads and buildings, we were also very preoccupied with the erection of our factory. At that time, the only company which could build a standard turn-key palm oil mill on contract, was Messrs Stork of Amsterdam.

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From 1965 to 1967, in addition to bringing to completion our programmes for planting, roads and buildings, we were also very preoccupied with the erection of our factory. At that time, the only company which could build a standard turn-key palm oil mill on contract, was Messrs Stork of Amsterdam.

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