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Kedah to Open Another Ferry Terminal to Langkawi
Kedah state government is planning to open another ferry terminal to Langkawi to alleviate congestion at the Kuala Kedah terminal.
Kedah Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Syed Razak Syed Zain said the second terminal which would operate at Ampang Jajar, here, would be suitable for smaller ferries with a capacity of less than 100 passengers.
An existing restaurant would be renovated and turned into a ferry terminal, he told reporters after chairing the weekly state executive council meeting at Wisma Darul Aman here on Wednesday.
At present, passengers going to Langkawi had no choice but to use the Kuala Kedah ferry terminal. Syed Razak said: "When it starts operating, passengers can choose to embark from Kuala Kedah or Ampang Jajar. However, from Ampang Jajar, located 10 km from Kuala Kedah, passengers will get to cruise through Sungai Kedah and enjoy the excellent scenery. "Meanwhile, Syed Razak said a car manufacturing company from China was interested in setting up a vehicle assembly plant in Bukit Kayu Hitam Industrial Area.
A senior official of Tempo, one of the largest vehicle manufacturing companies in China, visited the state last month. "The state Industry, Science, Technolohy, Trade and Consumer Affairs Committee chairman, Datuk Chong Itt Chew, will be going to China in the middle of the month for further discussions on the matter," he said. Former judge attends arbitration symposium in France... In Kuala Lumpur, a former Malaysian High Court judge, Datuk Syed Ahmad Idid, is in Europe to moderate a session on "Main problems and challenges encountered by national dispute resolution centres".
Syed Ahmad is attending the first symposium on "Strengthening Mediation and Arbitration Centres" at Hotel Mercure Coralia, Chamonix, France, on Thursday and Friday.His attendance is at the invitation of the organisers, the International Trade Centre of UNCTAD/WTO, whose offices are in the Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland.
A statement from the Kuala Lumpur Regional Centre for Arbitration (KLRCA) here said on Wednesday that in addition to Syed Ahmad's duties as a moderator, he would also speak and present a paper on Friday on "Cooperation: maintaining the relationship with the business sector; cooperation with the Judiciary; cooperation among arbitration and mediation centres beyond signing the `cooperation agreements', and arbitration/mediation clinics." The symposium is attended by more than 70 participants representing 50 arbitral institutions from various countries of the world.
The statement added that a joint China Economic & Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC) and KLRCA Seminar on "Mediation-Arbitration" would be held in Kuala Lumpur on Nov 9.Information Ministry's meet the clients day on Sept 7... In KUALA LUMPUR, in conjuntion with the Merdeka month, the Information Ministry will present something different during its monthly Meet the Clients Day on Tuesday. The programme, themed "Menghayati Erti Kemerdekaan" (Experiencing the meaning of Independence) would take place at Legar Putra, Putra World Trade Centre (PWTC), from 11 am to 2 pm. The ministry's public relations division said in a statement on Wednesday that there would be an integrated event on the history and declaration of indepedence through video screenings, exhibitions and face-to-face explanations by the Information Department, RTM, Filem Negara and the Special Affairs Department (JASA).The National News Agency (Bernama) meanwhile would promote their Merdeka Short Message System (SMS) service "SMS Menghayati Kemerdekaan".
The usual counters would also be open for the public to air their complaints, views and suggestions on the Information Ministry and the departments and agencies under it.
ALOR STAR 1/9/2004
