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A focused
conference and exhibition to
highlight the emerging role of
Bintulu Port in the
Brunei-Indonesia-Malaysia-Philippines
Est Asean Growth Area (BIMP-EAGA)
will be held in Bintulu, Sarawak
15-16 January.
The conference,
to be officiated by the Minister of
Transport Datuk Seri Dr Ling Liong
Sik, will also coincide with the
official opening of Bintulu
International Container Terminal (BICT)
by the Chief Minister of Sarawak,
Tan Sri Datuk Patinggi Abdul Taib
Mahmud.
The two-day
event, aimed at exploring trade and
investment opportunities in Sarawak,
is supported by Bintulu Port Sdn Bhd
and organsied in joint association
with the BIMP-EAGA Joint Business
Council & the East Asean
Business Council.
A total of 17
papers will be delivered by leading
conference speakers, including the
director-general of the Economic
Planning Unit in the Prime
Minister’s Department, Datuk
Iskandar Dzakurnain, Datuk Abang Hj
Abd Karim Tun Opening, chairman of
BIMP-EAGA Malaysia Business Council,
Basheer Hassan, managing
director/CEO of Northport (M) Bhd
Others speakers
include from Malaysian Industrial
Development Authority, Royal
Malaysian Customs, Bintulu
Development Authority, Sarawak SEDC,
Bintulu Port Sdn Bhd and Evergreen
Marine Corporation Malaysia Sdn Bhd.
A two-day
exhibition will also be held in
conjunction with the conference
organized by Transport Events
Management Sdn Bhd.
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