Archive for August, 2007

PORT Klang Free Zone Sdn Bhd, anak syarikat Lembaga Pelabuhan Klang (LPK) mensasar 80 peratus kawasan di Zon Bebas Pelabuhan Klang (PKFZ) akan dihuni dalam tempoh lima tahun dengan pendapatan tahunan sekitar RM80 juta, kata Pengurus Besar Pembangunan Perniagaannya, Chia Kon Leong. »

By Terence Fernandez KLANG (Aug 23, 2007): The Transport Ministry today responded to reports over the bailout of the Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) today, explaining how the project cost ballooned to an estimated RM4.6 billion. Although it did not answer all pertinent questions raised by theSun in earlier reports, the five-page statement partly... »

404ha which PKA bought for free zone has encumbrances By R. Nadeswaran and Terence Fernandez PETALING JAYA (Aug 19, 2007):The Port Klang Authority (PKA) bought land meant for the Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) well aware that it was encumbered property. This, say government sources, is highly irregular as anything the government and its... »

By R. Nadeswaran and Terence Fernandez PORT KLANG (Aug 20, 2007): The government has to bail out the Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) because the Transport Ministry had given undertakings it was not authorised to do so. The ministry issued “letters of support” which were used by the turnkey contractor – Kuala Dimensi Sdn... »

THE Transport Ministry will issue a public statement "soon" on the controversial RM4.6 billion Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) project in Pulau Indah. "We will issue a statement soon on that," said its minister Datuk Seri Chan Kong Choy at his post-Cabinet press conference in Putrajaya yesterday, without going into specifics. »

PUTRAJAYA: Penggantungan serta-merta permit syarikat pengangkutan awam yang terbabit dalam kemalangan maut adalah antara enam tindakan segera yang diluluskan Kabinet semalam, bagi memastikan perkhidmatan pengangkutan awam, terutama bas ekspres, lebih selamat. »

THE government will step in to rescue troubled companies only if it is in the long-term national interest to do so, a top government official said, amid growing speculation a RM4.6 billion lifeline may have been thrown to the Port Klang Authority's free trade zone project. »

PETALING JAYA (Aug 15, 2007): Public Accounts Committee (PAC) chairman Datuk Shahrir Samad said news reports about the Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) has raised serious concerns. Its cost has ballooned from RM2 billion to RM4.6 billion. Dubai-based Jebel Ali Free Zone pulled out of the management of the PKFZ after it fell out... »

PORT Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) offers a range of incentives and privileges to companies that set up operations in the fully integrated free commercial and industrial zone. »

By Llew-Ann Phang and Terence Fernandez KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 13, 2007): Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has asked Transport Minister Datuk Seri Chan Kong Choy to explain why concerns by Jebel Ali Free Zone (Jafza) addressed to Chan over the progress of the Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) were not entertained. “I... »