Sabah & Sarawak

DHL Express forays into Sarawakian market

Internat ional express services provider, DHL Express, has set up a direct presence in East Malaysia through the establishment of a new Gateway in Kuching.

As the only international express services company with a direct presence in Sarawak, the new and upgraded Gateway caters to the increasing demand for international trade, supporting businesses operating in and out of the state.

The Kuching Gateway serves as a clearance point for inbound shipments entering the state, before they are sent to DHL’s four Service Centers in Miri, Bintulu, Sibu, and Kuching for deliveries.

Sarawak govt partners Huawei to push state’s digital drive

Sarawak’s government and Huawei signed a memorandum of understanding ( MoU) on digital economy cooperation to explore the collaboration on the ‘State Digital Economy Pr o g r amme s ’ wh ic h promotes economic growth in Sarawak through digital transformation.

ThesigningbyStateSecretary Tan Sri Datuk Amar Morshidi Abdul Ghani, representing Sarawak’s goverment, with Huawei Techologies (Malaysia) vice president Foo Fang Yong was witnessed by Chief Minister Datuk Amark Abang Abdul Rahman Zohari Tun Datuk Abang Haji Openg and Huawei Technologies vice president of Public Affairs and Communications Edward Zhou at the Sarawak International ICT Infrastructure and Digital Economy Conference.

Speaking at the partnership, Abang Jo said the development of digital economy is the main driving force of future economic development in Sarawak.

JKR in search of better strategies for Sarawak’s road asset management, maintenance

The search for bet ter strategies to Sarawak’s road asset management and maintenance approaches is underway as the long- standing 15- year road maintenance performance- based contract ( PBC) between the Public Works Department (JKR) and CMS Roads Sdn Bhd ( CMS Roads) draws to an end early next year.

To recap, when JKR’s road maintenance was privatised on January 1, 2003, contracts for road maintenance in the state were awarded to four main contractors, most notably, CMS Roads was given a total scope of 4,973.47 state JKR roads to maintain over a period of 15 years.

The award made CMS Roads the first and only holders of road maintenance PBC in Malaysia and has proven to be successful as the group has managed to exceed its contractual performance at every level for the last 14 years, as reflected in the Road Maintenance Index ( RMI) and Contractual Assessment Rating between the two organisations.