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Deceased Staff: Ho Yuk Wah

We regret to announce the sudden demise of a dear friend and colleague Madam Ho Yuk Wah recently. The International Oil Palm fraternity has lost a valuable member who had contributed so much to the industry particularly advances in Tissue Culture Research and Technology. On behalf of Mdm. Ho’s family, we thank our friends from all over the world for their kind thoughts and expressions of condolences.

Deceased Staff

Name	Last Position Held at AAR	Date Joined	Date Deceased
Ho Yuk Wah	Senior Tissue Culturist	2-1-2006	13-3-2009
Quah Yin Thye	Principal Research Officer	1989	8-12-2002

Summary: Ooi Ling Hoak (OLH)

	OOI LING HOAK (OLH) Contact Details : – Tel : – Fax : – Email : – Personal Web Page : –
Education
1976	B. Agr. Sc. (1st class Hons)	University of Malaya
Career Outline
1976	Agricultural Officer	Department of Agriculture, Perak
1976 – 1977	Plantation Assistant	Kuala Lumpur Kepong Bhd.
1977 – 1986	Agronomist, Research Officer	Highlands Research Unit (HRU) Sdn. Bhd.
1986 – 2003	Agronomist, Principal Research Officer and Section Head, Techno-Economic and Management Section.	Applied Agricultural Research (AAR) Sdn. Bhd.
2004 – 2008	Agronomist, Principal Research Officer and Section Head, Techno-Economic and Management Section.	Advanced Agriecological Research (AAR) Sdn. Bhd.
Job Description
As an Agronomist, my main duty is to provide agronomic advices on oil palm, cocoa and coconut to our two Principals; Boustead Plantations Bhd and Kuala Lumpur Kepong Bhd, and also to our clients. I have more than twenty five years’ experience in the nutrition, pest and disease control and planting practices in these crops. Occasionally, I also carry out economic and feasibility studies on the three plantation crops. As a Principal Research Officer, I am responsible for the research programmes undertaken by the Techno-Economic and Management Section. The research programmes cover mechanization/automation, worker productivity improvement, development of worker and manager-friendly techniques, treatment and utilization of palm oil mill by-products, precision agriculture, land clearing, drainage and economic studies.
Key Research Interests
My current research interests are: 1) zero-waste zero-discharge system of treating palm oil mill effluent (POME) and empty fruit bunch (EFB), 2) detaching fruits from fresh fruit bunches (FFB) and sending only the loose fruits to the mills, 3) zero-burn techniques of clearing oil palm for replanting and their impacts on the replanted palms, 4) automation of FFB weighing in the field and transmitting data to the plantation office wirelessly for the production of yield map, crop production and harvester performance reports, payroll and other reports required by the plantation managers and agronomists, 5) to integrate a controller to a local fertilizer spreader for variable rate application of fertilizer on the go, and 6) mechanization of FFB evacuation and application of fertilizer/EFB.
Discoveries
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Products
Have led or directly involved in the development of the following products:
Oil palm yield monitor in the form of a purpose-built instrumented tractor-trailer equipped with load cells, GPS receiver, memory chip and wireless communication system, and supported by in-house customized software. This was jointly developed by AAR, Avery Malaysia S/B and Montek Technologies (M) S/B and could be considered as the first oil palm yield monitor in the world. The system is able to automate the weighing and recording of FFB weight, location and time data and transmit them to the plantation office. Among other uses, the data acquired could be used to generate accurate yield map to serve as a starting point for precision agriculture (Ooi et al., 2003; Ooi & Heng, 2005).
Boustead Biotherm Palmass Plant and Process. This zero-waste zero-discharge method of treating palm oil mill effluent and empty fruit bunch was jointly developed by Boustead Plantations Bhd and AAR. The novel plant and process is being patented.
Hybrid coconut MATAG, a cross between Malayan Yellow Dwarf (MYD)/Malayan Red Dwarf (MRD) and Tagnanan Tall (TAG) coconuts developed by United Plantations Bhd. (UP). The TAG used in the production of MATAG was originally selected by me at Tagnanan Estate in Davao, Philippines and brought back to Kuala Lumpur on behalf of United Plantation Associations Malaysia (UPAM) members with interest in coconut breeding (HRU, UP & Golden Hope). After a year’s quarantine in a GH rubber estate in Bahau, the TAGs were then distributed and planted in the respective members’ estates and then used to produce new hybrids for evaluation. Among the importing members, only UP persevered and came out with the winning MATAG.
Hybrid coconut MAWA, a cross between MYD)/MRD and West African Tall (WAT). MAWA was first developed by the French (IRHO) and later evaluated by me in Malaysia and found to be the best hybrid coconut at that time (Ooi & Chew, 1985). In the meantime, WAT was imported and I was involved in the setting up of MYD/MRD seed gardens in Torkington, Chersonese, Bukit Selarong, Bukit Cheraka, Muar River, Bukit Nuri and Pulau Bai estates and subsequently became the biggest producer of MAWA hybrids in 1970s and 1980s in Malaysia.

Personal Details/Awards/Publications

Summary: Joyce Chong Siew Peng

	JOYCE CHONG SIEW PENG Contact Details : Applied Agricultural Resources S/B,Locked Bag 212, Sg. Buloh P.O.,47000 Sg. Buloh, Selangor,Malaysia. Tel : 6-03-61561152 Fax : 6-03-61561206 Email : joycechong@aarsb.com.my Personal Web Page : –
Education
1973	Higher School Certificate	–
Career Outline
1974 – 1982	Research Assistant	University Sains Malaysia
1983 – 1986	Lab. Supervisor	Highlands Research Unit
1986 – 1996	Lab. Supervisor	Applied Agricultural Research Sdn. Bhd.
1997 – 2005	Tissue Culture Lab. Manager	Applied Agricultural Research Sdn. Bhd.
2005 – 2006	Administrator	Applied Agricultural Resources Sdn. Bhd.
2006 – 2007	Tissue Culturist	Applied Agricultural Resources Sdn. Bhd.
Job Description
Tissue Culturist. Was Laboratory Supervisor at HRU. Promoted to Laboratory Manager at AAR Tissue Culture Laboratory. Transferred to Administration section as an assistant Administrative Officer in 2005. Experience in setting up an OSHA Committee and implementing its requirements for the whole organization. Launched the company into active participation in the HRDF thereby spear heading active training and retraining of the workforce for continual performance and improvement. Transferred to crop improvement section in 2006 as tissue culturist in AAR new tissue culture laboratory.
Key Research Interests
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Discoveries
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Products
Have led or directly involved in the development of the following products:
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Personal Details/Awards/Publications

Summary: Chan Weng Hoong (CWH)

	CHAN WENG HOONG (CWH) Contact Details : Applied Agricultural Resources S/B,Locked Bag 212, Sg. Buloh P.O.,47000 Sg. Buloh, Selangor,Malaysia. Tel : 6-03-61561152 Fax : 6-03-61561206 Email : chanwh@aarsb.com.my Personal Web Page : –
Education
1973	B. Agric. Sc. (Hons.)	University of Malaya (UM)
Career Outline
1973 – 1978	Assistant Research Officer	Highland Research Unit
1978 – 1984	Research Officer	Highland Research Unit
1985 – 1986	Senior Research Officer	Highland Research Unit
1986 – 1998	Senior Research Officer	Applied Agricultural Research S/B
1998 – 2009	Principal Research Officer, Head of Agromanagement, Section Head, OP and Rubber Advisory.	Applied Agricultural Resources S/B
2009 – Present	Consultant	Applied Agricultural Resources Sdn. Bhd.
Job Description
Part-time Consultant. Provide consultancy on oil palm and rubber to both Principal and non principal estates. As Section Head of oil palm and rubber, I am in charge of allocation of estates to all advisory officers and also plan the annual leaf and soil sampling programmes for Peninsular Malaysia, Sabah and Sarawak. My advisory estates cover Peninsular Malaysia, Sabah and Indonesia. I am particularly interested in advisory work on oil palm cultivated on peat in Indonesia, having visited oil palm and rubber areas there for 10 years.
Key Research Interests
My main interest is in rubber research especially in exploitation and clonal evaluation. Research interest in exploitation includes the evaluation of short cuts while evaluation of the latest Prang Besar and RRIM 2000 series clones is also being conducted.
Discoveries
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Products
Have led or directly involved in the development of the following products:
AAR jacket system and AAR Rainguard, both of which have been patented

Personal Details/Awards/Publications

Summary: Periasamy Arunasalem

	Periasamy Arunasalem Contact Details : – Tel : – Fax : – Email : – Personal Web Page : –
Education
	Senior Cambridge
Career Outline
1969 – 1986	Assistant Research Officer	Highlands Research Unit (HRU)
1986 – 2004	Assistant Research Officer	Applied Agricultural Research Sdn. Bhd.

Summary: Ong Tee San

	Ong Tee San Contact Details : – Tel : – Fax : – Email : – Personal Web Page : –
Education
1972	B. Agric Sc. (Hons. – 2nd Class)	University of Malaya
Career Outline
1972 – 1975	Asst. Adv. Officer	RRIM
1975 – 1976	Assistant Manager	RRIM Research Station
1976 – 1979	Assistant Agronomist	Kuala Lumpur Kepong Bhd.
1979 – 1981	Agronomist	Kuala Lumpur Kepong Bhd.
1981 – 1986	Senior Agronomist	Kuala Lumpur Kepong Bhd.
1986 (July) – 2001 (April)	Senior Research Officer	Applied Agricultural Research Sdn. Bhd.

Summary: Gopal Kolandai

	Gopal Kolandai Contact Details : – Tel : – Fax : – Email : – Personal Web Page : –
Education
	Senior Cambridge
Career Outline
1969 – 1986	Assistant Research Officer	Highlands Research Unit (HRU)
1986 – 2003	Assistant Research Officer	Applied Agricultural Research Sdn. Bhd.

Summary: Girlie Wong

	Girlie Wong Contact Details : – Tel : – Fax : – Email : – Personal Web Page : –
Education
1968	Diploma in Agriculture	Serdang Agriculture College
1975	B. Sc. Horticulture	Louisiana State University
1977	M. Sc. Horiculture	North Carolina State University
Career Outline
1968 – 1971	Agricultural Assistant	Department of Agricultural Padi Experimental Station
1971 – 1975	Research Assistant	MARDI Padi Experimental Station
1973 – 1975	Student Worker	Floriculture Greenhouse, Louisiana State University
1976 – 1977	Graduate Student Research Assistant	Fruits and Vegetable Section, Department of Horticulture Science, North Carolina State University
1977 – 1982	Research Officer	Tissue Culture Lab., MARDI
1982 – 1986	Research Officer	Tissue Culture Lab., Highlands Research Unit
1986 (June) – 1992 (December)	Research Officer	Tissue Culture Lab., Applied Agricultural Research Sdn. Bhd.
1993 – 1999	Senior Research Officer	Tissue Culture Lab., Applied Agricultural Research Sdn. Bhd.
2000 – 2006	Principal Research Officer	Tissue Culture Lab., Applied Agricultural Research Sdn. Bhd.

Summary: Chen Kok Chin

	Chen Kok Chin Contact Details : – Tel : – Fax : – Email : – Personal Web Page : –
Education
	Secondary V.	Outram Commercial Secondary School, Singapore
Career Outline
1963 (October) – 1968 (December)	Account Clerk	Muar River Estate
1969 (January) – 1984 (December)	Account Clerk	Highlands Research Unit (HRU)
1985 – 1986	Administrative Assistant	Highlands Research Unit (HRU)
1986 (July) – 2000 (October)	Administrative Assistant	Applied Agricultural Research Sdn. Bhd.

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