KUALA TERENGGANU: Perwaja Steel Sdn Bhd’s plan to operate fully from Telok Kalong industrial zone, Kemaman is expected to provide jobs to some 1,000 locals.
Terengganu Mentri Besar Datuk Ahmad Said said the company had applied for a 125ha site from the state government to relocate its Gurun plant to Telok Kalong.
“It costs RM40mil annually to transport steel products from Gurun to its Telok Kalong complex in Kemaman,” he told reporters after chairing the state exco meeting here.
On another note, Ahmad said the Terengganu government would build 769 houses and repair 985 houses for the poor this year.
It would be done with the co-operation of Terengganu Tengah Development Authority (Ketengah) and the Rubber Industry Smallholders’ Development Authority (Risda).
He said the state government had allocated RM16mil to repair the roofs of houses belonging to the poor.
The housing programme for the poor would cost the three agencies an estimated RM56.4mil. — Bernama
