NEWS FLASH - Jabu declares RM74.26 millions as Salcra dividends

The Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Alfred Jabu Numpang has declared RM74.26 millions as dividends for this year.

The payment is to be made in two instalments- i.e. the first payment is between January and February 2011 while the last payment is in the middle of the next year.
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Is it unwise to plant jatropha in Sarawak???

Is it true that it is not wise to plant jatropha in Sarawak as claimed by our 'beloved' Tan Sri Datuk Patinggi Alfred Jabu Numpang???

Or he actually doesn't want the crop to become a serious threat to oil palm which is his 'cash cow'???

He has made himself tonnes of monies through oil palm business (which is only made possible by taking away the rakyat's NCR lands to plant the crop) and therefore it is logical for him to stop the rakyat from embracing jatropha.

DUN Sitting (Day Eight): Salcra might pay highest dividend, says Jabu

(Nov 10, 2010)

SARAWAK Land Consolidation and Rehabilitation Authority (Salcra) generated a group total revenue of RM473.99 million and group profit before tax of RM119.71 million as at August 31 this year.

Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Alfred Jabu said this in his winding-up speech, where he also disclosed that its estate operations recorded an operating surplus of RM84.6 million.

He also forecasted that should the price of crude palm oil remain favourbale for the last quarter of this year, estate operations would achieve an operating surplus of around RM120 million.

This would enable Salcra’s board to consider the highest and “most handsome” ever dividend payment of not less than RM50 million to landowners and participants for this year, he added.