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POIC Container Terminal To Strength Sabah's Logistics Competitiveness
POIC Container Terminal To Strength Sabah's Logistics Competitiveness
14/04/2016 (Bernama) - Palm Oil Industries Cluster (POIC) Lahad Datu's container terminal, when completed in late 2017, will strengthen Sabah's logistics competitiveness, says Sabah Deputy Minister Datuk Raymond Ran Shu Kiah.
He said the RM450 million project would complement the RM800 million extension being carried out at the Sepanggar Bay Container Port, near Kota Kinabalu, which would be completed in 2019.
"The construction of the container terminal at POIC Lahad Datu is a testament that we were right in banking on infrastructure and logistics development.
"The container terminal will contribute to container throughput and strengthen Sabah's logistics competitiveness," he said at the launch of POIC Emergency Mutual Aid (PEMA) here Wednesday.
His speech was read, on his behalf, by Sabah Industrial Development Assistant Minister Datuk Bolkiah Ismail.
PEMA, is an excellent community-based approach in preparing for emergencies, an initiative that will bring together various stakeholders.
POIC Sabah Sdn Bhd, the developer of POIC Lahad Datu Industrial Park, initiated the collaboration with inputs from the Fire and Rescue Department.
Tan, who is also Sabah Industrial Development Minister, said the state government wants to develop the manufacturing sector and development of logistics infrastructure such as the container port and the extension programme at Sepanggar Bay.
On PEMA, Tan credited POIC Sabah not only for bringing together the community within the industrial park in the spirit of "gotong royong" (community effort) but also for the progress it had achieved in the last decade.
"POIC Lahad Datu has more than 40 investors who accounted for more than RM3 billion in investments," he said, adding that the companies operating there were from Singapore, Pakistan, Japan, United States, United Kingdom and Australia.
Tan said the industrial park, which began in 2015, was Malaysia's largest cluster of fertiliser plants which can cumulatively produce more than one million tonnes a year.
He said the RM450 million project would complement the RM800 million extension being carried out at the Sepanggar Bay Container Port, near Kota Kinabalu, which would be completed in 2019.
"The construction of the container terminal at POIC Lahad Datu is a testament that we were right in banking on infrastructure and logistics development.
"The container terminal will contribute to container throughput and strengthen Sabah's logistics competitiveness," he said at the launch of POIC Emergency Mutual Aid (PEMA) here Wednesday.
His speech was read, on his behalf, by Sabah Industrial Development Assistant Minister Datuk Bolkiah Ismail.
PEMA, is an excellent community-based approach in preparing for emergencies, an initiative that will bring together various stakeholders.
POIC Sabah Sdn Bhd, the developer of POIC Lahad Datu Industrial Park, initiated the collaboration with inputs from the Fire and Rescue Department.
Tan, who is also Sabah Industrial Development Minister, said the state government wants to develop the manufacturing sector and development of logistics infrastructure such as the container port and the extension programme at Sepanggar Bay.
On PEMA, Tan credited POIC Sabah not only for bringing together the community within the industrial park in the spirit of "gotong royong" (community effort) but also for the progress it had achieved in the last decade.
"POIC Lahad Datu has more than 40 investors who accounted for more than RM3 billion in investments," he said, adding that the companies operating there were from Singapore, Pakistan, Japan, United States, United Kingdom and Australia.
Tan said the industrial park, which began in 2015, was Malaysia's largest cluster of fertiliser plants which can cumulatively produce more than one million tonnes a year.