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SARAWAK Cable Bhd group managing director and chief executive

officer Toh Chee Ching is predicting strong local demand for power

cables, conductors and transmission lines.

He said the government is increasingly focused on the development of

rural areas in Malaysia, particularly in Sarawak under its government

transformation programme (GTP).

“Coupled with the development of heavy industries under the Sarawak

corridor of renewal energy (SCORE), there is an urgent need to enhance

the electricity generation and power distribution capacity in the state to

facilitate infrastructural and industrial development in the years ahead.

“This will translate into a continuous and strong demand for power cables

and conductors, steel products and transmission lines.”

The spokesman confirmed that Sarawak Cable began implementation of

a 500kV backbone transmission line project in Sarawak in November

2013, and expects the project to enhance the group’s profitability in

financial years 2014 and 2015.

The group, he added, has strategised its business activities into three

main business segments, namely, manufacturing and supply,

transmission line construction and renewal energy.

Sarawak Cable Bhd – Malaysia

Website

:

www.sarawakcable.com

Cable demand in Malaysia

Philippines

wind contract

Gamesa has been awarded a contract by

Alternergy to construct, supply and install

the necessary infrastructure for the 54MW

Pililla wind farm, located on the Philippine

island of Luzón.

Gamesa will partner with the local

Philippine consortium CASA for civil and

electrical works for the facility, which is

planned for completion during 2015.

The contract strengthens Gamesa’s

presence in Asia, where it is already

active as a technology provider and

wind farm developer in China, India,

Japan, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Taiwan and

South Korea.

By March 2014 the company had installed

a total of 5,016MW of its turbines in Asia

and is maintaining a further 1,900MW.

Gamesa – Spain

Website

:

www.gamesacorp.com