How do you assess the current global demand for timber? Has the market recovered from the downturn caused by China’s reduced imports?
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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 | 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...
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 state government hopes to relocate the marine engineering industry to a new township at Tanjung Manis from The Report: Sarawak 2015
The new township of Tanjung Manis, occupying a central location within the Sarawak Corridor of Renewable Energy (SCORE) and possessing a natural deep-water port, is earmarked for development as a strategic hub for the state’s timber, palm oil and halal food processing industries, as well as to become the new base for the marine engineering...
Articles & Analysis | Sarawak develops more value-added industries from The Report: Sarawak 2015
Manufacturing accounts for 27.4% of Sarawak’s economy and employs about 11.2% of the total workforce, a contribution that based on current trends and future development priorities is expected to expand significantly. In 2013, the value of approved manufacturing investment into Sarawak rose by 75% to RM8.3bn ($2.5bn) compared to the RM4.7bn ($1...