NCER: Who benefits more – Sime Darby or farmers?

Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi has launched the Northern Corridor Economic Region (NCER) masterplan. The masterplan was designed by Sime Darby although the project will be implemented by a regional coordinating authority.

But Sime Darby is not a disinterested party. It is eyeing the seed market and planning to produce patented “mother seed” for 10 [...]

30 July 2007 | Category: Agrobusiness/GM food, Corporate-led globalisation, Development issues, Malaysian finance/business, Marginalised groups, Poverty | One comment

Watch out for the BN ad agencies’ election media blitz

A couple of days ago, a friend of mine, a pensioner, received an unusual phone call from a woman he didn’t know.

From the way he described it, it sounded like someone from a market research agency was trying to gauge public opinion and sentiment. The woman asked him if it was okay if [...]

29 July 2007 | Category: Malaysian elections, Media | One comment
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