S'pore academic Simon Tay pledges to call zoo to convey M'sian minister's complaint.
Primary Industries Minister Teresa Kok today expressed her disappointment over negative palm oil sentiments having also taken root in Singapore.
"In this case, the Singapore Zoo acted possibly in haste and reflected emotions expressed by many ill-informed visitors," she said in her keynote address on “Connecting Markets, Forging Consensus: Partnerships for Sustainable Palm Oil” at the 6th Singapore Dialogue on Sustainable World Resources, in Singapore today.
Also present were Singapore Environment and Water Resources Minister, Masagos Zulkifli and chairperson of the Singapore Institute of International Affairs, associate professor Simon Tay. “It is a known fact that commodities produced by the Aseanregion such as palm and coconut oils, rubber and timber are traded and exported throughout the world. Both producers and traders, including those Singapore-based, benefit from this arrangement,” she said.
“We are the second largest producer of palm oil. If you are a palm oil producer you must be a maniac running around with a chainsaw and cutting 50 football field equivalents of forests each day. Such narratives are common and yet intellectuals, perhaps even in this room, believe such absurdity.
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