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Sarawak Biohub Port project to commence in next year

KUALA LUMPUR: The Sarawak BioHub Port and Industrial Estate development, to be located on 2,500 hectares (ha) of land between Bintulu and Samalaju and with an estimated development cost of RM20 billion over 10 years, is expected to begin in the first quarter of 2021. Agensi Inovasi Malaysia (AIM) will be the coordinator for the […]

Local SME oil and gas companies should form a consortium

KUCHING: SME Oil and Gas Sarawak companies should be allowed to form a consortium to be able to participate and be awarded with projects, said Sarawak Petroleum Contractors Association (Speca). Its protem president Datuk Rahman Lariwoo also shared that each consortium will be lead by experienced and successful contractors. “The mechanism of award should be […]

Malaysia’s 5G progress expected despite setback caused by pandemic

KUALA LUMPUR: The GSM Association (GSMA), which represents the interests of mobile operators worldwide, is confident of Malaysia’s progress in the rolling out of the fifth generation (5G) technology despite a slight setback caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. During an online media briefing today, GSMA’s head of Asia-Pacific Julian Gorman said Malaysia’s push for 5G included bringing together the […]

TM announces completion of maintenance works by consortium

KUALA LUMPUR: Telekom Malaysia Bhd (TM) has announced that preventive maintenance works on the Asia-America Gateway submarine cable network linking Malaysia and other Asian countries to the United States and Hong Kong has been completed. In a statement today, TM said the maintenance works, which started on April 17, 2020, was carried out by a consortium of operators which maintains the […]

Private labs ramp up sample collection, testing nationwide

KUALA LUMPUR: A consortium of three associated laboratories namely Gribbles Pathology (Malaysia), Quantum Diagnostics and Clinipath Malaysia today launched the country’s largest Covid-19 collection and testing programme to assist the country’s effort to flatten the curve of infection. In a statement today, the consortium chairman Tan Sri Datuk Dr Yahya Awang said the patients will have access to […]