Sabah & Sarawak

Bintulu Port awards contract to Blessed General worth RM14 million

Bintulu Port Holdings Bhd ( Bintulu Port) has awarded a contract worth approximately RM14.19 million to Blessed General Contractor Sdn Bhd ( Blessed General).

The port management company in a filing to Bursa Malaysia said its whollyowned subsidiary Bintulu Port Sdn Bhd ( BPSB) has issued a Letter of Acceptance dated December 6 to Blessed General.

Successful production from Petronas’ fi rst floating lng facility Petroliam Nasional Bhd’s ( Petronas) first f loating liquefied natural gas ( LNG) faci l ity, PFLNG SATU has achieved an industry breakthrough with the successful production of its first drop of LNG from the Kanowit gas field, offshore Sarawak on December 5, 2 016. The operat iona l milestone marks a decade long journey for Petronas s i nce conceptua l i sing a floating LNG facility to maximise the potential of remote and stranded gas reserves to deliver a game changer in the global LNG business.

International passenger traffic at KKIA up 28 pct for January to October 2016 International passenger traffic movements at Kota Kinabalu Internat ional Airport ( KKIA) registered a 28 per cent growth rate year-to- date for the January to October 2016 period. In a statement, Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd ( MAHB) said the double- digit growth was a result of the consolidation of operations, which allowed greater capacity to cater to a higher number of passengers.

SESB to be regulated under IBR in 2017

Sabah Electricity Sdn Bhd ( SESB), a 83 per cent subsidiary of Tenaga Nasional Bhd ( TNB), will be regulated under the Incentive Based Regulation ( IBR) with a trial year in 2017.

This will be followed by the first IBR regulatory period for SESB between 2018 and 2020, TNB said in its 2016 Annual Report.