Had visited quite a numbers of plantation, but had never worked there. What is it you want to know?

Hi alaskanbunny,
You have a huge land to work with. I believe your company should get everything ( accomodation, electric supply, water supply, and food supply) ready for you to work there. I have been work inland once(not with the big company), stay in the pondok, drink river water(self made water filter), bath near river side. Electric is supply by generator. Wow.. sleep early and wake up early.. what a healthy life.

Anyway alaskanbunny, take it as an adventure. kg_teratai nailed it somewhat. Just wanted to add: If you are the religious type, do pray often. But remember, saying "godammit" over and over again doesn't count as a prayer.

Oh and remember, aside for a wife, the next best thing that would likely keep you sane is a good sense of humor.

U work wif plantation company?

Oic..a new land to develop?

Hello Mr Farmer,
It is possible for us as Malaysian to own a large scale of agriculture lands at Indonesia?
I would like to apologize in advance if I have offended you.
But if it is possible, I would like to buy some land at there as well with the condition that is the price of the agriculture land must be affordable.
Thank you

As far as I know, any kind of investments in Indonesia these days require a local partner. For plantation, the partner needs to have at least a 30% share in the venture, and there is a minimum size for the plantation. It differs from place to place, but if I'm not mistaken, Kalimantan Tengah's requirement is minimum 10,000 acres for corporation, and 100acres for private. And yes, the land there is very cheap compared to Malaysia. Just make sure you get the right places, as some areas are of marginal value for agriculture.

alaskanbunny:

Sigh. Another change in their rules. A good one, I guess. The 95% foreign ownership makes it easier for Malaysian companies/individuals to invest there. And it is good that they now lifted that 10,000ha minimum. Sucks that the cap is at 100,000ha though.

Whoa! 20% plasma and 80% inti now? Hmmm..... Something to consider about... But I do agree, land is really really cheap, but the support system is pretty backwards. My former company had to build everything practically from scratch, including mills and refineries, roads, their own power grids and renewable energy plants etc. But it is worth it: 4 years down the road, and the Indonesia property is really bringing in the money for the group.

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Added on March 2, 2012, 10:27 amGood day all, for your viewing pleasure:

http://switchup.tv/View.aspx?vid=8038&cid=20

My mother's close friend purchased 200 acres of land at Kalimantan for oil palm plantation purpose in 2007. After slightly more than one year, someone else came to claim that he owns the land. So this guy had someone verified the certificate with land office, only to find out that it is a forged copy. He lost close to RM1.5mil total. He still claimed he's pretty lucky, because he purchased only 200 acres to try to learn the palm oil trade.

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