Malaysian
Rubber Board (MRB) participated in the International Plantation Industry
Conference and Exhibition 2006 or IPiCEX 2006 which was held at Shangri-La
Hotel Kuala Lumpur on the 26 - 29 November 2006. Themed "Global Governance
of the Agricultural Commodity Sector: Issues of developing Nations".
IPiCEX 2006 was officiated by Y Bhg Dato' Seri Prof Dr Ibrahim Abu
Shah, Vice Chancellor of Universiti Institut Teknologi MARA (UiTM).
MRB took part in both the conference and exhibition.
This gave MRB the opportunity to promote and publicise her activities
and services for the Malaysian Rubber Industry.
Two MRB senior officers presented a paper each
at the four-day conference. They were were Dr Hj Suarni Sumormo, who
presented the paper entitled "The Impact of Asean Free Trade Agreement
(AFTA) on the Malaysian Rubber Industry" and En Hairul Erwan Juwaini,
who presented "Social-Cultural Challenges in Sustaining Tapping Technology
Adoption by the Rubber Smallholding Sector".
Meanwhile, Dr Mohd Akbar Md Said, Deputy Director
General (Research & Innovation) of Malaysian Rubber Board chaired
the fourth session of the conference on "Human Capital and Education
in Plantation Industry".
IPiCEX 2006 was jointly organised with the
International Institute of Plantation Management (IIPM), the Malaysian
Palm Oil Board (MPOB), Golden Hope Plantations Bhd, Incorporated Society
of Planters and the Federation of Land Development Authority (Felda).
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| Y Bhg Dato’ Seri Prof Dr Ibrahim Abu Shah
the Vice Cancellor of Universiti Institut Teknologi MARA (UiTM)
officiating the IPiCEX 2006 |
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| Y Bhg Dato’ Seri Prof Dr Ibrahim Abu Shah
signing the guest book at Malaysian Rubber Board’s exhibition
booth |
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| Pn Noraishah Aziz briefing to visitors regarding
MRB’s activities |
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IPiCEX 2006