Sarawak Land Development Board

Sarawak Land Development Board (SLDB) is a Malaysian body corporate active in palm oil industry and other industries founded in 1972.

Sarawak Plantation Berhad (SPB; MYX: 5135) was specially incorporated as the vehicle company for the privatisation of Sarawak Land Development Board's (SLDB) assets [1] It has developed extensive areas for oil palm and cocoa. [2]

History

[3] In its early days, it took over the management of rubber schemes.[2] By 1980, it had established 15,294 ha of oil palm and cocoa, including 11,772 ha on unencumbered state land and 3,522 on what was formerly native customary land.[2] In 1981, it withdrew from almost all rubber schemes, partly due to financial difficulties.[2] In the 1980s, large-scale palm agriculture was introduced to Bekenu by SLDB. [4] At that time, the people, who protested against their customary land being mapped as state land, were arrested. [4] In 1987, its management was contracted to Sime Darby, a commercial plantation company.[2] At that point, it suffered serious losses.[5] By 2000, SLDB held 35,300 ha of land in Northern Sarawak, 50% under oil palm plantations and 49% of undeveloped forest land. [2] It dealt with the resettlement of natives.[6]

References
  1. "Sarawak Plantation Berhad". spb.listedcompany.com. Retrieved 2016-05-30.
  2. Cramb, R.A. (2007). Land and Longhouse: Agrarian Transformation in the Uplands of Sarawak. NIAS. p. 409. ISBN 9788776940102. Retrieved 2016-05-30.
  3. "Official website Ministry of Land Development Sarawak". mlds.sarawak.gov.my. Retrieved 2016-05-30.
  4. Cooke, F.M. (2006). State, Communities and Forests in Contemporary Borneo. Australian National University. p. 51. ISBN 9781920942526. Retrieved 2016-05-30.
  5. Weiss, M.L. (2014). Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Malaysia. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9781317629580. Retrieved 2016-05-30.
  6. Hew, C.S. (2003). Women Workers, Migration and Family in Sarawak. Taylor & Francis. p. 39. ISBN 9781135786335. Retrieved 2016-05-30.
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