Hi narmi... all the best to you. Which part of NI are you in? Coolsaint and I also purchased properties in NI; mine will only be ready in July 2012, Precinct 8A. Yours?
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Hi narmi... all the best to you. Which part of NI are you in? Coolsaint and I also purchased properties in NI; mine will only be ready in July 2012, Precinct 8A. Yours?
i hope this will be one of the 'major' announcements!!!
Yes, first week of June.
They had been talking about this sometime back. Am hoping that they implement the single check point soon. Like when you enter Malaysia, you only check-in at Malaysia custom and no more Singapore custom. And when you enter Singapore, you only check-in at Singapore custom and not Malaysia custom. That will definately ease the jam a lot lot more.
My wife was thumb-printed 2weeks ago and we were informed this is a one off as she has a MACS. This was to complete their records. Do you have a MACS? If so then must be some record keeping error!
hmmm logical too perhaps lower the toll but still more exp than causeway a better deal?
actually that would be very good! but provided both sides use the same system.
I read from news that Lee Hsien Loong is overseas on Holiday until Monday wor
http://www.zaobao.com.sg/sp/sp110602_005.shtml
dun think meeting will be postponed... Najib will be meeting with TCH instead...
http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v5/newsgeneral.php?id=591078
Is this the news???
Petronas to Build $20 Billion Malaysia Oil, Chemical Hub Next to Singapore
By Manirajan Ramasamy and Yee Kai Pin - May 13, 2011 12:09 PM GMT+0800 .Tweet
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Business ExchangeBuzz up!DiggPrint Email .. A sign for a Petroliam Nasional Bhd. (Petronas) gas station stands near the Petronas KLCC Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009. Photographer: Goh Seng Chong/Bloomberg
.Petroliam Nasional Bhd., Malaysia’s state oil and gas company, will build a $20 billion refining complex bordering Singapore to benefit from increased global demand for petrochemicals and plastics.
Petronas, as it is known, will construct a crude oil refinery with a capacity of 300,000 barrels a day, a naphtha cracker, petrochemicals and polymer facilities in Pengerang, in the country’s southern state of Johor, Prime Minister Najib Razak told reporters in Kuala Lumpur today. It may also construct a liquefied natural gas import and re-gasification terminal in the area, he said.
The project, scheduled for completion in 2016, will help the nation compete with Singapore, which has a refining capacity of more than twice as large even though it has no natural energy resources of its own. Malaysia and Indonesia, Southeast Asia’s biggest oil producers, have lagged their neighbor in investing in specialist downstream facilities, which traditionally produce higher margins.
“This signifies the depth of Petronas’s ambition to capture the opportunities that Asia’s dynamic energy and chemical markets are expected to provide in the decades ahead, especially in the specialty chemicals segment,” Najib said. “These efforts will also strengthen and help diversify the country’s export capabilities.”
Boosting Capacity
Petronas, Exxon Mobil Corp. and Royal Dutch Shell Plc operate refineries in Malaysia with a combined capacity of 551,700 barrels a day, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
Exxon, Shell, Chevron Corp. and Singapore Petroleum Co. operate refineries in Singapore with a daily capacity of 1.32 million barrels, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. They import crude from overseas, including Indonesia, for processing and re-export.
“The threat to Singapore is not Malaysia,” John Vautrain, a Singapore-based senior vice-president at U.S. energy consultancy Purvin & Gertz Inc., said in a telephone interview. “If there was a threat to Singapore, people talk about Shanghai or the Arab Gulf. Shanghai is obviously a much larger consumption center, but the problem is there’s not much free trade. It’s not a shipping hub the way that Singapore is.”
The Johor oil and gas hub will complement Malaysia’s Economic Transformation Program, under which the government has identified $444 billion of private-sector led investment to champion in the current decade.
Deep Water
The Johor hub is likely to attract “significant investments from international companies within and further down the business value chain,” Shamsul Azhar Abbas, chief executive officer of Kuala Lumpur-based Petronas, said in a statement. The company is open to partners joining the project, Shamsul told reporters.
Dialog Group Bhd. (DLG), based in Selangor, Malaysia, is constructing Southeast Asia’s first deepwater petroleum terminal in the same area in partnership with the Johor state government and Rotterdam-based Royal Vopak NV, the world’s biggest chemical and oil storage company.
“Pengerang has been chosen as the site because of its water depth of up to 26 meters, which is one of the deepest in Southeast Asia,” Alex Goh, an analyst at AmResearch Sdn., said in a report on May 11. This would make it accessible for very- large and ultra-large crude carriers.
The Johor refinery will be bigger than the combined capacity of Petronas’s existing facilities in Melaka and Kerteh, Najib said. It will produce refined petroleum products such as gasoline, jet fuel and diesel for local use and export, he said.
Chemicals Complex
The naphtha cracker will produce about 3 million tons of ethylene, propylene and olefins a year, Petronas said in its statement. The accompanying petrochemicals and polymer complex will make highly specialized chemicals it said. This would be bigger that the combined capacity of its existing facilities in Kerteh and Gebeng on Peninsular Malaysia’s east coast, it said.
The Malaysia government wants to help transform Johor into and oil and gas hub. France’s Technip SA (TEC) this month opened a 20- hectare plant in the area to produce flexible pipes and subsea umbilical systems used in deepwater oil and gas fields.
Dialog operates the 500 million-ringgit Langsat storage terminal nearby that opened in February 2010. Amsterdam-based Trafigura Beheer BV, the world’s third-largest independent oil trader, is the main user of the facility.
Langsat is less than 30 miles (48 kilometers) away from Singapore, Asia’s biggest oil-storage and trading center, where Dubai-based Emirates National Oil Co. and closely held trader Hin Leong Trading Pte. have storage facilities.
Petronas will decide on whether to proceed with the Johor LNG terminal and re-gasification project by year-end, Shamsul said. It is already constructing a re-gasification plant in Melaka state which other companies can tap when completed in mid-2012, he said.
Petronas to Build $20 Billion Malaysia Oil, Chemical Hub Next to Singapore
By Manirajan Ramasamy and Yee Kai Pin - May 13, 2011 12:09 PM GMT+0800 .Tweet
More
Business ExchangeBuzz up!DiggPrint Email .. A sign for a Petroliam Nasional Bhd. (Petronas) gas station stands near the Petronas KLCC Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009. Photographer: Goh Seng Chong/Bloomberg
.Petroliam Nasional Bhd., Malaysia’s state oil and gas company, will build a $20 billion refining complex bordering Singapore to benefit from increased global demand for petrochemicals and plastics.
Petronas, as it is known, will construct a crude oil refinery with a capacity of 300,000 barrels a day, a naphtha cracker, petrochemicals and polymer facilities in Pengerang, in the country’s southern state of Johor, Prime Minister Najib Razak told reporters in Kuala Lumpur today. It may also construct a liquefied natural gas import and re-gasification terminal in the area, he said.
The project, scheduled for completion in 2016, will help the nation compete with Singapore, which has a refining capacity of more than twice as large even though it has no natural energy resources of its own. Malaysia and Indonesia, Southeast Asia’s biggest oil producers, have lagged their neighbor in investing in specialist downstream facilities, which traditionally produce higher margins.
“This signifies the depth of Petronas’s ambition to capture the opportunities that Asia’s dynamic energy and chemical markets are expected to provide in the decades ahead, especially in the specialty chemicals segment,” Najib said. “These efforts will also strengthen and help diversify the country’s export capabilities.”
Boosting Capacity
Petronas, Exxon Mobil Corp. and Royal Dutch Shell Plc operate refineries in Malaysia with a combined capacity of 551,700 barrels a day, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
Exxon, Shell, Chevron Corp. and Singapore Petroleum Co. operate refineries in Singapore with a daily capacity of 1.32 million barrels, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. They import crude from overseas, including Indonesia, for processing and re-export.
“The threat to Singapore is not Malaysia,” John Vautrain, a Singapore-based senior vice-president at U.S. energy consultancy Purvin & Gertz Inc., said in a telephone interview. “If there was a threat to Singapore, people talk about Shanghai or the Arab Gulf. Shanghai is obviously a much larger consumption center, but the problem is there’s not much free trade. It’s not a shipping hub the way that Singapore is.”
The Johor oil and gas hub will complement Malaysia’s Economic Transformation Program, under which the government has identified $444 billion of private-sector led investment to champion in the current decade.
Deep Water
The Johor hub is likely to attract “significant investments from international companies within and further down the business value chain,” Shamsul Azhar Abbas, chief executive officer of Kuala Lumpur-based Petronas, said in a statement. The company is open to partners joining the project, Shamsul told reporters.
Dialog Group Bhd. (DLG), based in Selangor, Malaysia, is constructing Southeast Asia’s first deepwater petroleum terminal in the same area in partnership with the Johor state government and Rotterdam-based Royal Vopak NV, the world’s biggest chemical and oil storage company.
“Pengerang has been chosen as the site because of its water depth of up to 26 meters, which is one of the deepest in Southeast Asia,” Alex Goh, an analyst at AmResearch Sdn., said in a report on May 11. This would make it accessible for very- large and ultra-large crude carriers.
The Johor refinery will be bigger than the combined capacity of Petronas’s existing facilities in Melaka and Kerteh, Najib said. It will produce refined petroleum products such as gasoline, jet fuel and diesel for local use and export, he said.
Chemicals Complex
The naphtha cracker will produce about 3 million tons of ethylene, propylene and olefins a year, Petronas said in its statement. The accompanying petrochemicals and polymer complex will make highly specialized chemicals it said. This would be bigger that the combined capacity of its existing facilities in Kerteh and Gebeng on Peninsular Malaysia’s east coast, it said.
The Malaysia government wants to help transform Johor into and oil and gas hub. France’s Technip SA (TEC) this month opened a 20- hectare plant in the area to produce flexible pipes and subsea umbilical systems used in deepwater oil and gas fields.
Dialog operates the 500 million-ringgit Langsat storage terminal nearby that opened in February 2010. Amsterdam-based Trafigura Beheer BV, the world’s third-largest independent oil trader, is the main user of the facility.
Langsat is less than 30 miles (48 kilometers) away from Singapore, Asia’s biggest oil-storage and trading center, where Dubai-based Emirates National Oil Co. and closely held trader Hin Leong Trading Pte. have storage facilities.
Petronas will decide on whether to proceed with the Johor LNG terminal and re-gasification project by year-end, Shamsul said. It is already constructing a re-gasification plant in Melaka state which other companies can tap when completed in mid-2012, he said.
Some news earlier last month:
http://www.btimes.com.my/articles/MAJU26/Article/
Our local business times today:
Warmer M'sia-S'pore economic ties expected to continue: EIU 03/06/11
THE trend of warmer relations between Malaysia and Singapore is expected to continue over the coming years, especially in the area of economic ties, according to The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU).
http://www.btimes.com.my/articles/MAJU26/Article/
Our local business times today:
Warmer M'sia-S'pore economic ties expected to continue: EIU 03/06/11
THE trend of warmer relations between Malaysia and Singapore is expected to continue over the coming years, especially in the area of economic ties, according to The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU).
its interesting that LHL is not joining such a big meeting like the Shanri-la Dialogue, and is its 10th anniversary somemore... and even more insteresting to note that he is leaving one day ahead of it.. and returning one day after it...
What could be it that is so important that he is missing this?
I cannot apprehend that such a big event is going on and LHL is on holiday instead.
exactly my thoughts!!!
first public appearance with other dignitaries from other countries after the sub-par GE performance is perhaps a bit too humbling?
hmm... was looking at skycam at causway end to end queue, bumper to bumper again =(
talking about bumper to bumper... what on earth is happening siah? the traffic to Malaysia is mad recently, even on weekdays. Is this normal during school Holidays?
I need to go into Malaysia tomorrow morning to settle my bank loan and then again on Sunday to meet the lawyer... :-(
talking about maps... I will be starting to map out the area around Bukit Indah and Horizon Hills and update to OpenStreetMap.org for all to use... anyone wants to help too?
What you mentioned happened last night...
Bumper to bumper traffic at CIQ at 1am. What the hell?
Why?
Lots of cops tried to ensure the traffic flows smoothly. Despite that ... bumper to bumper traffic.
Spore side pretty smooth
Bumper to bumper traffic at CIQ at 1am. What the hell?
Why?
Lots of cops tried to ensure the traffic flows smoothly. Despite that ... bumper to bumper traffic.
Spore side pretty smooth
My mum just bought some plants and asked me to plant them this morning.
I taught my maid how to plant..... How to prepare the soil etc...
What kind of farmer is she?:*::*:
And just after i finished planting them..... voila lovely rains......
It rained heavily yday as well.....
I love staying here when it rains....
I taught my maid how to plant..... How to prepare the soil etc...
What kind of farmer is she?:*::*:
And just after i finished planting them..... voila lovely rains......
It rained heavily yday as well.....
I love staying here when it rains....
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