Malaysia To Donate 106Km Of Used Rails To Cambodia
By Mohd Nasir Yusoff
JAKARTA, April 10 (Bernama) -- Malaysia will donate 106km of used rails and fasteners to Cambodia for the construction of the 48km missing link section of the Sisophon-Poiphet railway which forms part of the Trans-Asian Railway Network.
Malaysian Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Datuk Seri Effendi Norwawi said this at the 62nd session of the United National Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) here Monday.
He said the market value for the rails, which weighed 4,200 tonnes, was estimated at US$1.5 million (RM5.5 million).
"The rails are ready to be handed over to Cambodia subject to finalisation of transport and storage arrangements," he told the meeting which was opened by Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.
He said a study by Malaysia in 1997 on the Singapore-Kunming Rail Link Project concluded that even though the project was not commercially viable, its contribution to the political and economic development of the region would be quite significant.
The project was proposed under the Asean Mekong Basin Development Cooperation programme.
Effendi also said Malaysia would host the International Roundtable Dialogue on Earthquake and Tsunami Risk in Southeast Asia and the South China Sea region later this month.
He urged UNESCAP to intensify its effort to enhance regional cooperation on infrastructure development relating to disaster management.
Malaysia, he said, was setting up a National Tsunami Early Warning System to give timely and effective early warning to the public of a tsunami generated over the Indian Ocean, South China Sea or the Pacific Ocean.
The system was an integral part of the Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning System and the Northwest Pacific Advisory System coordinated by the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organisation.
"We have also established linkage with the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre in Honolulu and the Japan Meteorological Agency in Tokyo," he said.
-- BERNAMA
Malaysian Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Datuk Seri Effendi Norwawi said this at the 62nd session of the United National Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) here Monday.
He said the market value for the rails, which weighed 4,200 tonnes, was estimated at US$1.5 million (RM5.5 million).
"The rails are ready to be handed over to Cambodia subject to finalisation of transport and storage arrangements," he told the meeting which was opened by Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.
He said a study by Malaysia in 1997 on the Singapore-Kunming Rail Link Project concluded that even though the project was not commercially viable, its contribution to the political and economic development of the region would be quite significant.
The project was proposed under the Asean Mekong Basin Development Cooperation programme.
Effendi also said Malaysia would host the International Roundtable Dialogue on Earthquake and Tsunami Risk in Southeast Asia and the South China Sea region later this month.
He urged UNESCAP to intensify its effort to enhance regional cooperation on infrastructure development relating to disaster management.
Malaysia, he said, was setting up a National Tsunami Early Warning System to give timely and effective early warning to the public of a tsunami generated over the Indian Ocean, South China Sea or the Pacific Ocean.
The system was an integral part of the Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning System and the Northwest Pacific Advisory System coordinated by the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organisation.
"We have also established linkage with the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre in Honolulu and the Japan Meteorological Agency in Tokyo," he said.
-- BERNAMA
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