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KUALA PALOH EARMARKED AS NEW SHIPBUILDING ZONE TO EXPLOIT INT'L MARKET
By Caroline Jackson
KUCHING, Dec 2 (Bernama) -- The East Malaysia state of Sarawak government has
earmarked Kuala Paloh at the tip of Pulau Bruit in Mukah as the largest
shipbuilding zone to fully exploit the international market as a ship builder,
said Chief Minister Abdul Taib Mahmud.
He said the state authorities were shifting the existing Tanjung Manis
shipbuilding industrial zone to Kuala Paloh due to the strategic location which
the colonial government then discovered as the safest estuary in Sarawak.
"We are dangling the carrot to the shipbuilding industry to take advantage of
the new site to create a high income job market, as local shipbuilders only meet
domestic and regional demands at present," he told reporters after opening the
RM5.5 million (US$1.744 million) Sarawak Foundry and Engineering Industries
Association building and Automotive and Welding Institute of Sarawak at the
Demak Laut Industrial Estate.
The institute is a joint-venture between the association, comprising 28 local
companies involved in the welding and engineering industry, and Sarawak Skills
Development Centre to provide structured training programmes for local welders
and related automated industries.
Currently, the shipbuilding industry is centred in Sibu and Miri.
Taib, however, said the government would prefer to focus on developing the
industry within the Rajang area due to its suitability, while Miri, as a resort
city, should be moving towards the services industry, in terms of tourism,
educational institutions and medical centres.
The state's shipbuilding industry was a good example of the manufacturing
sector's success to train people not only in technical skills but also to adjust
such skills with the latest technology as part of the 10th Malaysia Plan
initiatives, he said.
He urged the association to work with the Sarawak Skills Development Centre to
get its students engaged in robotic and industrial automation applications as
part of the industrial training in tune with the government's plan for the
Sarawak Corridor of Renewable Energy (Score) development master plan.
-- BERNAMA
KUCHING, Dec 2 (Bernama) -- The East Malaysia state of Sarawak government has
earmarked Kuala Paloh at the tip of Pulau Bruit in Mukah as the largest
shipbuilding zone to fully exploit the international market as a ship builder,
said Chief Minister Abdul Taib Mahmud.
He said the state authorities were shifting the existing Tanjung Manis
shipbuilding industrial zone to Kuala Paloh due to the strategic location which
the colonial government then discovered as the safest estuary in Sarawak.
"We are dangling the carrot to the shipbuilding industry to take advantage of
the new site to create a high income job market, as local shipbuilders only meet
domestic and regional demands at present," he told reporters after opening the
RM5.5 million (US$1.744 million) Sarawak Foundry and Engineering Industries
Association building and Automotive and Welding Institute of Sarawak at the
Demak Laut Industrial Estate.
The institute is a joint-venture between the association, comprising 28 local
companies involved in the welding and engineering industry, and Sarawak Skills
Development Centre to provide structured training programmes for local welders
and related automated industries.
Currently, the shipbuilding industry is centred in Sibu and Miri.
Taib, however, said the government would prefer to focus on developing the
industry within the Rajang area due to its suitability, while Miri, as a resort
city, should be moving towards the services industry, in terms of tourism,
educational institutions and medical centres.
The state's shipbuilding industry was a good example of the manufacturing
sector's success to train people not only in technical skills but also to adjust
such skills with the latest technology as part of the 10th Malaysia Plan
initiatives, he said.
He urged the association to work with the Sarawak Skills Development Centre to
get its students engaged in robotic and industrial automation applications as
part of the industrial training in tune with the government's plan for the
Sarawak Corridor of Renewable Energy (Score) development master plan.
-- BERNAMA
