KUCHING, Malaysia, March 9 (NNN-BERNAMA) — The relocation of Indonesia’s capital city from Jakarta to Kalimantan will have a major impact on Sarawak, especially its cross-border trade, said Deputy Chief Minister Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hasan.
“Joint border development can be planned and we understand that there will be advantages and disadvantages to the move, but if we plan properly, we will benefit more,” he said in his speech at the Northern Region Development Authority (NRDA) dinner and launching of NRDA logo here Sunday night.
Meanwhile, Awang Tengah, who is also NRDA chairman said, the state government planned to develop the downstream oil and gas industries, particularly petrochemicals as well as petroleum and gas refining, in Lawas district.
He said the state government was in the process of appointing experts to conduct studies on the proposal which had already attracted some investors.
Studies will also be carried out on the development master plan in Limbang and Lawas, two of Sarawak’s northernmost districts, with the objective of boosting the economic development in the areas.
Consultants have been engaged to assist us to conduct studies and also review some of the studies that had been carried out, he added.
