Iskandar Malaysia aim to be a cosmetic surgery hub

Iskandar Malaysia aim to be a cosmetic surgery hub

PASIR GUDANG: Johorians are out to make Iskandar Malaysia a leading centre for cosmetic and constructive surgeries in the region.

Mentri Besar Datuk Mohamed Khaled Nordin (pic) said the Johor state could emulate the success story of South Korea in the cosmetic surgery / plastic surgery sector.

He said South Korea had been able to attract patients from all over the world to undergo plastic and cosmetic surgery in the country and Iskandar Malaysia could match this.

“Iskandar Malaysia has the ecosystem to transform and develop itself into a new regional player in the healthcare sector including in the cosmetic plastic surgery segment,” he told reporters at the opening of the RM73mil eight-storey KPJ Pasir Gudang Specialist Hospital owned by Johor Corp’s public-listed entity KPJ Healthcare Bhd.

Mohamed Khaled said as Asian society was becoming more affluent, Asians in general including Malaysians were more than willing to spend money to look good.

“We have identified the health sector as one of the main revenue earners for Johor in the long run and we want to establish Iskandar Malaysia as a healthcare hub,” he said.

Mohamed Khaled said this could be achieved as Iskandar Malaysia already have 15 private specialist hospitals now and the figure would increase to 20 within the next few years.

On that note he said, KPJ Healthcare Bhd had conducted a feasibility study to turn Iskandar Malaysia into a healthcare hub and the company had recently submitted its findings to the Johor state government.

Mohamed Khaled said the state economic planning unit would launch an action plan to seize the business opportunity by focusing on six clusters to develop the healthcare sector.

They are healthcare services, support services, caring for the aged, human capital development, manufacturing and research and development activities.

“A concerted effort is needed from the private sector to promote, develop and transform Johor  Iskandar Malaysia into a regional healthcare hub, whereas the government will play its supporting role,” he said.


Source: www.thestar.com.my/

Pengerang Integrated Petroleum Complex PIPC

Pengerang Integrated Petroleum Complex PIPC

The focus on oil and gas projects, arising from the Economic Transformation Programme, will create a more dynamic and progressive oil and gas industry in Malaysia. Malaysia companies will be able to partake with local and foreign investors to invest in new technologies, new products as well as create countless job opportunities as several of these petrochemical projects take off in the near future.

The Pengerang Integrated Petroleum Complex (PIPC) is one big step in creating value to the downstream oil and gas value chain in Johor. Sited in Pengerang, it is one of the largest pieces of investments in Pengerang district and located on a single plot measuring about 20,000 acres. The project will house oil refineries, naphtha crackers, petrochemical plants as well as a liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal and a regasification plant.

In PIPC, oil refining facilities will add value to imported crude oil via the Pengerang Independent Deepwater Petroleum Terminal (PIDPT). New high-value and high-demand products and by-products, such as polymers, pharmaceutical products and plastics, will be created from the refined feedstock. In creating these products, Malaysia’s petrochemical complexes will be able to generate greater value and investments from its oil and gas sector.

As of January 2013, two major catalytic projects have been committed within the PIPC area. The RM5 billion Pengerang Independent Deepwater Petroleum Terminal (PIDPT) is a joint-venture between DIALOG Group of Malaysia, Royal Vopak of Netherlands and Johor State Secretary Incorporated (SSI). Construction of Phase 1 of the project has already started and is scheduled for completion by Q1 2014 and Phase 2 land reclamation is in progress. The total storage capacity available at PIDPT is planned for five million cubic metres by the year 2020.

The second mega-project within PIPC is PETRONAS’ RM60 billion Refinery and Petrochemical Integrated Development (RAPID) Project. The RAPID project site preparation is in progress and is expected to be commissioned by 2016. RAPID will have a 300,000 bbl. per day refining capacity while additional petrochemical plants will generate value to petroleum products produced in RAPID.

To ensure that various oil and gas projects within PIPC and storage hubs in all 3 key areas are managed and administered efficiently, a new dedicated Federal Government agency - Johor Petroleum Development Corporation (JPDC) - was created as subsidiary to MPRC. JPDC main role is to coordinate the development of PIPC as well as a one-stop information centre to assist investors, oil and gas players and local community. JPDC Board of Directors is well represented by both the Malaysian Federal Government and Johor State Government to align government effort in making PIPC a success. One of the crucial roles for the government is to put in infrastructure and utilities in Pengerang, Kota Tinggi District to cater for the future expansion needs once PIPC is in place. These include construction of new roads, installing a comprehensive network of power, telecommunications and water supplies, upgrading roads to highways to facilitate movements of goods and services and a centralised management of industrial waste products from the complex.

Pengerang Integrated Petroleum Complex PIPC

Pengerang Integrated Petroleum Complex PIPC