Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Development Masterplans

Sabah Development Corridor 18 years

Eastern Coast Economic Corridor (ECER) 12 years,

Northern Corridor Economic Region 18 years

Iskandar Development Region

next Sarawak

read it at my separate blog entries, Sabah and Sarawak will be under East Malaysia

Tuesday, January 1, 2008

construction industry in 2008

Bank Negara forecasting a 6.3% growth. Building and transportation-related jobs were abundant.

RM200 billion in government development allocation under 9MP, RM63.76 billion had been spent and a total of 29,957 projects approved under the 9MP.

Ipoh-Padang Besar double-tracking railway project has been awarded to Gamuda Bhd and MMC Corp Bhd.

The building of the second Penang Bridge and double-tracking project linking Seremban and Gemas.

RM8 billion Kuala Lumpur-Singapore bullet train project proposed by YTL Corporation Bhd.

Pahang-Selangor water transfer project, likely in the second half of 2008. dam construction, piping and pump works, tunneling works.

University Teknologi Mara’s new campus, RM520 million Putrajaya government offices, secured by Sunway Holdings Inc.

Melati Ehsan Bhd, Mudajaya Bhd, Pintaras Jaya Bhd and Protasco Jaya Bhd, which would see stable and recurring income from government concessions.

The regional economic corridors, particularly the East Coast Economic Region (ECER), Iskandar Development Region (IDR) and Northern Corridor Economic Region (NCER), expected to generate RM656.6 billion of investment over the next 13 to 18 years, and RM8 billion allocated for 2008.

The IDR has already seen players such as UEM World Bhd secure major projects, with smaller players such as Putrajaya Perdana Bhd tipped to clinch projects in the corridor from Aldar Properties PJSC of Abu Dhabi.

Large and medium cap players contending for ECER projects are Ahmad Zaki (oil and gas related infrastructure works), IJM group and Loh & Loh (water-related infrastructure jobs) and TSR Capital Bhd.

Ahmad Zaki, TSR Capital and TCR Synergy Bhd, viaing for the northern region.

Hock Seng Lee Bhd and Naim Cendera Holdings Bhd are expected to rise to prominence with the impending launch of the Sabah and Sarawak (Sarawak Regional Corridor of Development) corridors.

source:
http://www.theedgedaily.com/cms/content.jsp?id=com.tms.cms.article.Article_3861a846-cb73c03a-39060b00-4b390d07
BNP Paribas Capital (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd (BNP Paribas), OSK Research’s Jeremy Goh, Aseambankers Equity Research.

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Malaysia

Malaysia has fervently embraced modern technology - it boasts two of the world's tallest skyscrapers and a huge "cyber" center for computer businesses. But it still has some of the world's most remote jungle (in Sabah and Sarawak), one of Southeast Asia's most vibrant old ports (Georgetown) and an atmospheric colonial hill station (the Cameron Highlands). Even in Kuala Lumpur, the capital, which bristles with ambitious new building projects, you can still find exotic markets and plenty of local color. As a result, travelers to Malaysia can easily ratchet up or down the levels of adventure and comfort they want to experience.

Geography
The South China Sea divides Malaysia roughly in half. Peninsular Malaysian, the western half, is home to two-thirds of the country's 18 million inhabitants. The less developed states of Sabah and Sarawak make up the eastern half, which occupies the northern third of Borneo. In both areas, coastal lowlands give way to mountainous interiors. Tropical vegetation abounds. The rain forests are believed to be the oldest in the world. The nation includes dozens of small islands.

Area
329,847 sq km
Population
26,888,000 Million (2006 est.)

Major Industries
Industries;Peninsular Malaysia - rubber and oil palm processing and manufacturing, light manufacturing industry, electronics, tin mining and smelting, logging and processing timber; Sabah - logging, petroleum production; Sarawak - agriculture processing, petroleum production and refining, logging

Agriculture product;Peninsular Malaysia - rubber, palm oil, cocoa, rice; Sabah - subsistence crops, rubber, timber, coconuts, rice; Sarawak - rubber, pepper; timber