Of non-political misinformation... deliberate or real

Take a rest from "Sila duduk dan jangan lari"..


Sometimes I wonder whether Malaysia is going the right path on fruits export market or are we still falling behind due to misinformation and our own stupidity.

On November 2017, Tajuddin Abd Rahman said "pengurusan industri kelapa akan digabungkan di bawah satu lembaga bersama-sama industri nanas dan buah-buahan". It means the coconut industry, pineapple and fruits will be combined under one new board.

Today, I googled and I still see Lembaga Nenas still there.... Does this means there are still various boards to manage different fruits?

In short, now I understand why there is no advance in our industry. Just look at this article. It reads "Sarawak set to become production hub for MD2 pineapple variety"

Reading the fine prints, I stumbled on the following information (or is it misinformation?) :-

1. 100,000 MD2 pineapple trees would be planted on a 4,000ha piece of land in the area;
2. MD2 Pilot Project located at Kampung Padang Pan in Bau would be launched on Jan 13 to meet China's market demand in the future;

It looks ok, right. Look closer...

100,000 pineapple to be planted on 10,000 acres? Is this logical? On simple calculation, it means 10 pineapple for every acre. Hey!!! How big is a pineapple plant? Only 10 plants (trees) in 1 acre? The Director of Lembaga Nenas, Anim Hosnan must be joking...

Interested in what Anim is saying, I google his blogpost....and came up with Nov 2017 posting regarding pineapple. When you read the posting, it reminds me of Lingam, the lawyer. Only this time, Anim the MPIB DG says it doesnt look like the pineapple but if it taste the same, then it must be the pineapple variety. Complicated, isn't it.

I have only 1 thing to say... how can we declare something as what it is not. More so when we intend to export to foreign market. What if the "experts" out there call the bluff? Who will be shamed???

I brought this up to my friend and laughingly he said "the blind teaching the blind on what you see..."

Looking back, last year it was Mousang King when Liow wanted to export big time to China, now Anim wants to export pineapple to China... only 10,000 mehh??? Must be the joke of the year....

Me? I shake in disbelief.... kalau tak tahu katalah tak tahu.... tapi nak kata tak tahu ni kenyataan DG MPIB... pening, pening.



Till then...G'nite M'sia...wherever u are...