Tanjong Agas, marking the future of Malaysia

Oil park boon for east coast

Wednesday, 13 May 2009 21:18

KUALA LUMPUR: The multi-billion Ringgit Tanjong Agas oil and gas and maritime industrial park project in Pekan, Pahang, is expected to create 30,000 new jobs over the next 10 years. Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak estimated that 5,000 jobs would be created under the first phase of the project, which is scheduled to start this year.

In the long run, apart from creating new economic spin-offs, the Tanjong Agas oil and gas and maritime industrial park will provide opportunities for local knowledge workers to be employed in industries from ship repair and maintenance, petrochemicals, and logistics to supplies for the oil and gas industry. Economically, as a nation, we have to migrate from being dependent on cheap labour to remain competitive. Instead, we need to focus on upgrading our skills to cater for knowledge-based industries that require more technicians, engineers, scientists and professionals in many fields.

Pekan Sees Vast Economic Changes With Najib At Helm

Friday, 03 April 2009 21:21

PEKAN, (Bernama) -- Once a small town with its economic activities limited to agriculture and small industries, Pahang's royal town of Pekan today has a growing industrial sector as well.

The town today also recorded history for having two of its Members of Parliament as the prime ministers of the country -- the late Tun Abdul Razak Hussein, the Pekan MP who became the second Prime Minister of Malaysia and Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak who was sworn in as the sixth Prime Minister of Malaysia Friday morning.

The first time Pekan tasted fame was when Tun Abdul Razak was elected the country's prime minister in 1970. More than three decades later, his eldest son, Najib, took oath for the same office, replacing Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi. Pekan, which in the past was relatively left behind in terms of development compared with other districts in Pahang, however has seen much changes in the recent years especially following the appointment of Najib as Deputy Prime Minister in 2004.

Sektor perkhidmatan diperkasa

Saturday, 20 June 2009 21:26

PEKAN 20 Jun - Kerajaan akan memperkasakan sektor perkhidmatan dengan sasaran untuk mencapai pertumbuhan sebanyak 70 peratus sekali gus menjadi penyumbang utama Keluaran Dalam Negara Kasar (KDNK) pada masa akan datang.

Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak berkata, ketika ini sektor tersebut menyumbang sebanyak 54 peratus pada KDNK. "Peratusan sektor perkhidmatan akan ditingkatkan kepada 70 peratus dan ia akan menjadi lambang kemajuan negara pada masa akan datang," katanya ketika berucap pada upacara pecah tanah Taman Industri Minyak, Gas dan Maritim di Tanjong Agas di sini hari ini.

Sultan Pahang, Sultan Ahmad Shah berkenan berangkat menyempurnakan upacara pecah tanah itu. Turut berangkat, Tengku Mahkota Pahang, Tengku Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah dan Tengku Muda Pahang, Tengku Abdul Rahman Sultan Ahmad Shah. Hadir sama, Menteri Besar Pahang, Datuk Seri Adnan Yaakob, Ketua Setiausaha Negara, Tan Sri Mohd. Sidek Hassan dan Duta Republik Korea Selatan di Malaysia, Yang Bong Ryull.

Taman Industri Minyak Berstatus Zon Perdagangan Bebas

Saturday, 20 June 2009 21:25

PEKAN, (Bernama) -- Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak berkata kerajaan sedia menimbang menjadikan Taman Industri Minyak, Gas dan Maritim, Tanjong Agas, di Pekan, berstatus Zon Perdagangan Bebas.

Beliau berkata pertimbangan menjadikannya sebagai zon perdagangan bebas tertakluk kepada syarat-syarat tertentu."Projek ini bertepatan dan bersesuaian dengan kehendak dan keperluan semasa dalam usaha negara kita meningkatkan lagi usaha mencari gali dan pengeluaran minyak mentah dan gas asli," katanya ketika berucap pada majlis pecah tanah Taman Industri Minyak, Gas dan Maritim Tanjong Agas, di sini hari ini.

Majlis pecah tanah projek melibatkan kawasan seluas 1,704 hektar dengan kos RM2 bilion itu dirasmikan oleh Sultan Pahang Sultan Ahmad Shah. Turut hadir ialah Tengku Mahkota Pahang Tengku Abdullah, Pengerusi Tanjong Agas SupplyBase & Marine Services Sdn Bhd Tengku Muda Pahang, Tengku Abdul Rahman dan Menteri Besar Pahang, Datuk Seri Adnan Yaakob.

Tanjong Agas to develop RM8 bil multi-purpose industrial park

Tuesday, 17 February 2009 00:00

KUALA LUMPUR: Tanjong Agas Supply Base & Marine Services Sdn Bhd (TASBMS), which is developing a 1,639-ha oil and gas and maritime industrial park in Pekan, Pahang, expects the mega project to cost about RM8bil initially and take about three years to complete.

The Pahang State Development Corp has a 30% stake in TASBMS.

TASBMS chairman Tengku Abdul Rahman Sultan Ahmad Shah said Tanjong Agas Oil and Gas and Maritime Industrial Park was poised to be an alternative provider of oil and gas and maritime-related facilities and services in the region.

“The industrial park will have shipyards, fabricaton yards, supply base fabrication for repairs and lay-ups, liquefied natural gas and petroleum terminals, dredger yard, liquid-bulk terminal and dockyards,” he told reporters yesterday after announcing the participation of seven companies in the massive project.

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