Info on Afta Hub for Minerals in Hutan Melintang, Perak
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Am a businessman related to shipping & trading . I was asked by overseas counterpart whether the goverment has plans to covert Hutang Melintang , Perak jetty area into a big mineral hub. Some 10,000 acs. This is as per AFTA master plan presumed. I wud very much appreciate if you could throw some light here.I need to adv my business contacts whether there is such plan.
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I have contacted InvestPerak and MIDA Perak regarding the matter and the information seems to be incorrect. There is no State Govt. project of such scale in Hutan Melintang.
So far there is no paper or proposal being brought up to PIMC –Perak Investment Management Center (InvestPerak) or in State Govt. Exco Meeting of setting up such Hub for minerals especially in Hutan Melintang area.
Even to get 10,000 acres in Hutan Melintang is not an easy task as most of Hutan Melintang areas belonging to private owners. The State Govt. does not have such lands in Hutan Melintang.
There is also neither such plan in Perak’s RMKe- 9 nor in NCER.
Most of Hutan Melintang’s jetty is private owned and cater for fish landings and not for catering for huge minerals (granites, iron ore or bulk) handling.
There is one big giant in mineral business that is Lloist Group looking for a private jetty to handle their 4 millions of tons of limestone to be exported as Penang Port is quite expensive and unable to cater for the Post Panamax Class Vessel due to swallow channel. A part from that, the project to deepen North Channel has been deferred by the Federal Govt.
