How are industry players scaling up production to meet demand, and what competitive advantages does Sarawak hold for heavy industries?
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Interviews & Viewpoints | OBG talks to Paul Koon, Group CEO, Press Metal from The Report: Sarawak 2015
Interviews & Viewpoints | OBG talks to Sarudu Hoklai, General Manager, Sarawak Timber Industry Development Corporation (STIDC) from The Report: Sarawak 2015
How do you assess the current global demand for timber? Has the market recovered from the downturn caused by China’s reduced imports?
Interviews & Viewpoints | OBG talks to Aaron Toh Chee Ching, Group Managing Director and CEO, Sarawak Cable Toh, Sarawak Cable Berhad from The Report: Sarawak 2015
What kind of precedent does Sarawak Energy’s deal to export electricity to West Kalimantan set for other Sarawakian companies?
Articles & Analysis | Heavy industry is set to be a major player in the state’s future from The Report: Sarawak 2015
As Malaysia’s largest state, making up around 40% of the country’s total land mass, Sarawak stretches over an area of 124,449 sq km and occupies 320 km of coastline, endowing it with large plots of land that can be allocated for industrial development with import and export facilities. The Sarawak Corridor of Renewable Energy (SCORE) is one of...
Articles & Analysis | Sarawak has plenty of potential to serve as a regional power supplier from The Report: Sarawak 2015
Given Sarawak’s budding power generation potential and the appeal of the cost competitiveness and sustainability of hydropower, the state government is in the midst of securing power exchange agreements with neighbouring territories. It is also looking to emulate the example of Norway, which has positioned itself as Scandinavia’s leading...
Articles & Analysis | Sarawak's supply of retail space expanding rapidly from The Report: Sarawak 2015
During the 1980s, when the state’s income per capita was as low as RM700 ($213) and the poverty rate hovered around 60%, modern shopping complexes in Sarawak were few and far between, and those in existence confined to the main cities of Kuching and Sibu. In the decades that have followed, Sarawak has undergone an economic renaissance and by...