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B5 supply earliest by 2013: Dompok

Posted: 05 Oct 2011 11:47 PM PDT

KUALA LUMPUR: The supply of the new fuel, biodiesel or B5 will be introduced nationwide earliest in 2013, taking into account companies' time frame to build the blending facilities accurately, says Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Tan Sri Bernard Dompok.

On June 1, Malaysia implemented its mandatory B5 biodiesel programme(blending five per cent palm methyl ester with 95 per cent fossil fuel) starting with the central region covering Putrajaya, Malacca, Negri Sembilan, Kuala Lumpur and Selangor.

Currently, the ministry together with MPOB are looking into the plan to expand the B5 programme nationwide including industry sectors.

"The B5 programme will give positive impact to Malaysia's oil palm industry, mainly in stabilising demand and price, besides lifting the country's image at the international level," he told reporters after launching the use of B5 programme for the central region level, Kuala Lumpur, here today.

The government would continue to keep the price at RM1.80 per litre, the same cost as regular diesel and absorb the differences, he added.

Dompok stated the roll out of B5 in Kuala Lumpur would involve B5 supply by 247 petrol stations, and about 890 tonnes or 1.03 million litre palm oil biodiesel would be used per month.

"This would contribute to saving close to 12.4 million litre fossil diesel per year in Kuala Lumpur," he explained.

The government through the Malaysian Palm Oil Board has allocated RM43.1 million for the construction of B5 biodiesel in-line blending facilities.

The B5 programme is envisaged to take up some 500,000 tonnes of CPO, which in turn will help the industry manage its palm oil stock levels.--BERNAMA

Indonesian agency seizes online drugs

Posted: 05 Oct 2011 11:14 PM PDT

JAKARTA: An Indonesian enforcement agency has seized a total of 57 brands of medicinal drugs worth Rp82 million (US$9,184) that were illegally marketed online, most of which were sexual stimulants.

The drugs confiscated by the Food and Drug Monitoring Agency had been for sale on 30 websites.

BPOM had teamed up with the National Police and Interpol to conduct a week-long drug control operation "Pangea" in 81 countries all across the globe from Sept 20 to 27 this year.

This year is the first time that Indonesia has joined the annual operation, which has been running since 2008.

"Twenty-six of the brands were drugs for male sexual dysfunctions, 10 for female libido, seven were anesthetic drugs, 12 were traditional drugs, five were slimming drugs, seven were embrocation products and two were food supplements," head of BPOM Kustantinah told local media Wednesday.

According to the list distributed to reporters, most of the seized drugs were Chinese-branded and were mosly distributed in the Tanjung Duren area, East Jakarta, in Palmerah in West Jakarta and Cikokol in Greater Jakarta.

BPOM also reported that it had confiscated 21 kinds of Indonesian traditional herbal products, known as jamu, and warned the public to be extra careful in consuming jamu.

The number of jamu products containing chemicals had however decreased in the last five years, said the agency.

"Only 0.72 percent of the jamu products on the market this year contain chemicals," Kustantinah said.

Meanwhile head of the Indonesia Jamu Entrepreneurs Association Charles Saerang said the jamu products containing chemicals sold on the market were all foreign-branded. -- BERNAMA

Kredit: www.nst.com.my

Rabu, 5 Oktober 2011

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