Sarawak To Undertake Muara Tebas Pilot Project Under Green Corridor Concept

KUCHING, Aug 4 (Bernama) 

The Sarawak Government will undertake a pilot project in Muara Tebas near here to develop a new satellite town under the Green Corridor concept within the 10th Malaysia Plan.

State housing and urban development minister Datuk Amar Abang Johari Tun Openg said the project -- part of the ministry's plan to improve public transport system and township planning -- would include the re-settlement of three nearby villages, including Senari and Sejingkat.

Abg Johari: Sarawak pursues green technology to tackle oil palm wastes

August 6, 2010, Friday

KOTA SAMARAHAN: Sarawak may soon come out with a state-of-the-art technology which can turn oil palm wastes into useful products. 

SIGNED AND SEALED: Tai (left) exchanges documents with Prof Khairuddin in the presence of Davidson (second left) and Abang Johari (second right).

Unimas, Pansar eQo Technology Sdn Bhd and Bellwether Agriculture Pte Ltd of Australia have come together to create this new technology.  

A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed between the three parties at Unimas here yesterday, in the presence of Minister of Housing and Urban Development Datuk Amar Abang Johari Tun Openg.  The signatories were Unimas vice chancellor Professor Dr Khairuddin Abdul Hamid, Bellwether Agriculture managing director Chris Davidson and the chief executive officer of Pansar eQo Technology Sdn Bhd Jason Tai.