![]() ![]() With Sarawak aspiring to be a developed State by year 2030, he pointed out that the State government and its entire apparatus together with the participation of the private sector are putting in all efforts to ensure Sarawak achieves industrialised status. “This project marks another significant milestone, not only in industrialising the State, but more importantly the realisation of a Sarawak company venturing into the oil and gas industry particularly in the downstream petrochemical sector,” he said. The Chief Minister thus conveyed his appreciation to the Sarawak Petchem management and their project partners the Samsung Engineering Company Limited (SECL) and China Communications Construction Company (M) Sdn Bhd (CCCCM). On the progress of the Sarawak Methanol Project which started construction in July last year, Abang Johari said he was impressed with the development so far with all the basic foundations in place. “I hope that by 2024, we will sell methanol outside of Sarawak,” he said. By 2030, Sarawak will be transformed to be a developed State with high income “We have leaders working in a team also and have certain visions for the future. Foreign investors are very confident in Sarawak because Sarawak can deliver, Sarawakians are friendly people and most importantly, (there is) political stability. Without elaborating further, Abang Johari hinted that a large investment is in the works and will utilise part of the products from methanol to produce parts related to medical equipment. “This will multiply the value of our natural resources which will benefit the State economically, derived through its value chains,” he added. He is certain that the Sarawak Methanol Project will be a catalyst to further transform Bintulu to a petrochemical hub with a future downstream value-added integrated petrochemical complex. To realise this objective, Abang Johari said that Bintulu will become the petrochemical hub in Sarawak through the establishment of Sarawak Economic Development Corporation (SEDC) Petchem Hub and create added value downstream activities. The irony is that the value-added activities are done abroad utilising our natural gas as raw materials in their petrochemical industries,” he told a press conference after visiting the Sarawak Petchem Methanol Project in Tanjung Kidurong here today. “We have been an exporter of LNG, ammonia and urea utilising natural gas as the feedstock for the industry. “This gas reserve should be the basis for Sarawak to go further downstream and maximise its activities in the oil and gas sector. It is often visited as a day-trip from Kuching, though accommodations (campground and forestry service bungalows) are available.“We want to maximise the natural gas utilisation through downstream industries in Sarawak which has the biggest gas reserve in Malaysia at about 60 per cent. The park can only be reached by a 20-minute boat ride from the village of Kampung Bako. Some of these rock formations can be seen on entry to the Teluk Assam Beach, which fronts the park. Wave erosion at the base of the cliffs has carved many of the rocky headlands into fantastically shaped sea arches and seastacks with colored patterns formed by iron deposition.The most famous of them is shaped like a cobra's head which can be spotted on a boat ride from the headquarters or one of the beaches. ![]() Millions of years of erosion of the sandstone have created a coastline of steep cliffs, rocky headlands and stretches of white, sandy bays. It is approximately 40 km by road from Kuching. It covers an area of 27.27 km2 at the tip of the Muara Tebas peninsula at the mouth of the Bako and Kuching Rivers. Established in 1957, it is the oldest national park in Sarawak. Bako National Park is a national park in Kuching Division, Sarawak, Malaysia. ![]()
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