Cempaka Maritime, Marine and Fisheries: Tuna exporter expands GenSan, Papua facilities

"A Summary" – Apr 2, 2011 (Kryon channelled by Lee Carroll) (Subjects: Religion, Shift of Human Consciousness, 2012, Intelligent/Benevolent Design, EU, South America, 5 Currencies, Water Cycle (Heat up, Mini Ice Ace, Oceans, Fish, Earthquakes ..), Middle East, Internet, Israel, Dictators, Palestine, US, Japan (Quake/Tsunami Disasters , People, Society ...), Nuclear Power Revealed, Hydro Power, Geothermal Power, Moon, Financial Institutes (Recession, Realign integrity values ..) , China, North Korea, Global Unity,..... etc.) - (Text version)

“2011 and Beyond” - What you are seeing, and why - Jan 16, 2011 (Kryon channelled by Lee Carroll) (Text version)

"The Timing of the Great Shift" – Mar 21, 2009 (Kryon channelled by Lee Carroll) - (Text version)

“ … Here is another one. A change in what Human nature will allow for government. "Careful, Kryon, don't talk about politics. You'll get in trouble." I won't get in trouble. I'm going to tell you to watch for leadership that cares about you. "You mean politics is going to change?" It already has. It's beginning. Watch for it. You're going to see a total phase-out of old energy dictatorships eventually. The potential is that you're going to see that before 2013.

They're going to fall over, you know, because the energy of the population will not sustain an old energy leader ..."

(Live Kryon Channelings was given 7 times within the United Nations building.)

Kryon Q&A

Question: Dear Kryon: I live in Spain. I am sorry if I will ask you a question you might have already answered, but the translations of your books are very slow and I might not have gathered all information you have already given. I am quite concerned about abandoned animals. It seems that many people buy animals for their children and as soon as they grow, they set them out somewhere. Recently I had the occasion to see a small kitten in the middle of the street. I did not immediately react, since I could have stopped and taken it, without getting out of the car. So, I went on and at the first occasion I could turn, I went back to see if I could take the kitten, but it was to late, somebody had already killed it. This happened some month ago, but I still feel very sorry for that kitten. I just would like to know, what kind of entity are these animals and how does this fit in our world. Are these entities which choose this kind of life, like we do choose our kind of Human life? I see so many abandoned animals and every time I see one, my heart aches... I would like to know more about them.

Answer: Dear one, indeed the answer has been given, but let us give it again so you all understand. Animals are here on earth for three (3) reasons.

(1) The balance of biological life. . . the circle of energy that is needed for you to exist in what you call "nature."

(2) To be harvested. Yes, it's true. Many exist for your sustenance, and this is appropriate. It is a harmony between Human and animal, and always has. Remember the buffalo that willingly came into the indigenous tribes to be sacrificed when called? These are stories that you should examine again. The inappropriateness of today's culture is how these precious creatures are treated. Did you know that if there was an honoring ceremony at their death, they would nourish you better? Did you know that there is ceremony that could benefit all of humanity in this way. Perhaps it's time you saw it.

(3) To be loved and to love. For many cultures, animals serve as surrogate children, loved and taken care of. It gives Humans a chance to show compassion when they need it, and to have unconditional love when they need it. This is extremely important to many, and provides balance and centering for many.

Do animals know all this? At a basic level, they do. Not in the way you "know," but in a cellular awareness they understand that they are here in service to planet earth. If you honor them in all three instances, then balance will be the result. Your feelings about their treatment is important. Temper your reactions with the spiritual logic of their appropriateness and their service to humanity. Honor them in all three cases.

China calls for peaceful settlement of maritime disputes

Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Tuna exporter expands GenSan, Papua facilities

Malaysia Business Insight, by Irma Isip

The RD Group, the country’s biggest tuna exporter, is spending $45 million to expand its local and overseas facilities to meet growing demand for its products, company chairman Rodrigo Rivera Sr. said.

Rivera said RD is spending $30 million to add a new line to its plant in Papua New Guinea.

Rivera said RD is also expanding its second cannery in General Santos from 140 to 200 tons a day at a cost of $15 million.

Its facility in Papua New Guinea has a capacity of 200 tons per day in raw materials while the one in Indonesia, which cost $17 million to build, handles up to 80 tons per day.

About 60 to 70 percent of the output of its General Santos facility goes to the export market. Big tuna, which weigh 20 kilograms and above, are exported to Japan and Europe while those below 10 kg are processed.

Buyers usually put their brands on their tuna.

RD prefers exporting in semi-processed form for canning in other countries like Europe. This eliminates the need for packaging and labeling.

The company’s expansion will to 11,000 the number of its workers, as fishing and canning are both labor-intensive. Of this number, 7,000 are in General Santos City.

Ninety percent of its workers are women.

RD will start the expansion beginning the first quarter of 2010.

Rivera said RD is also expanding one cannery in General Santos from 140 to 240 tons per day. This will 1,200 additional jobs.

The company exports 14 containers of fish, both finished products and fishmeal, daily. One container is valued at $14,000.

There are six canneries in General Santos, and RD is the biggest, accounting for 25 to 30 percent of the market.

RD exports almost 100 percent of its output with the United States, Europe and the Middle East as its main markets.

RD started as a pawnshop in 1976 in General Santos and became diversified by 1999.

It registered its deep-sea fishing project with the Board of Investments in 1992. Ten agri-based projects have been registered with the agency.

Today the company has 40 subsidiaries and major divisions engaged in fishing, agribusiness, manufacturing, processing, banking, pawning, insurance, real estate development, hotels and retailing of hardware and fishing supplies.

It is composed of four fishing companies: RD Fishing Industry Inc., RD Tuna Ventures Inc., South Sea Fishing Ventures Philippines Inc. and Asia Pacific Allied Fishing Ventures Corp.

RD is the largest fishing entity in the SOCSKSARGEN region of Mindanao, the country’s undisputed tuna capital. The RD Fishing’s fleet consists of 102 vessels.

The fishholding capacity of the fleet’s super seiners ranges from 450 to 1,200 metric tons; while the reef carriers have a maximum capacity of 2,400 metric tons.

The RD Manufacturing Group is spearheaded by Philbest Canning Corp., a tuna processing plant located in Barangay Tambler, General Santos City. The cannery produces two varieties of canned tuna products – 307 for retail and 603 for food service products. With a manufacturing capacity of 150 metric tons per day, the plant employs more than 1,500 residents in the area.