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Penang Port Sdn Bhd (PPSB), the port operator,
has invested RM1.1 billion over the last five
years to upgrade infrastructures at the port and
Container Terminal as part of initiatives to
pump-prime the state economy, Chief Minister Lim
Guan Eng said on Wednesday.
He said the huge investment had indirectly
bolstered operations of the port and the
terminal, key revenue contributors to the state
economy.
Continuous upgrading of infrastructures at the
Penang Port and Container Terminal is to provide
shipping companies and other port users
user-friendly facilities, a crucial element to
woo more shipping lines and container vessels to
the port and the terminal, he told reporters
after a briefing by the port management on
Wednesday.
To realise Penang Port's mission to provide
world-class shipping services, Guan Eng said the
port's latest and efficient logistics would be
the yardstick to increase the number of merchant
ships and containers anchoring at the port.
The Chief Minister also called on the Federal
Government to re-start the RM353 million project
to deepen the North Channel
at Penang Port to facilitate smooth sailing-in
of container vessels.
"If the deepening work is not done in compliance
with environmental requirements, it will harm
plans to turn Penang into a green state," he
said.
He also hoped projects promised for Penang under
the current Ninth Malaysia Plan but have not
been implemented due to various reasons would be
carried forward to the 10th Malaysia Plan. -
Bernama
Source: The STAR
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