Malaysia as South East Asian oil hub

Artist's impression of the new hub

Malaysia is set to become the oil hub for the entire South-East Asian region with the setting up of a RM1.4 billion (approx. $405.6 million) storage facility in Pulau Tanjung Bin near Tanjung Pelepas, Johor (just off the Port of Tanjung Pelepas). The Malaysian Government has given the green signal for the project.

This is a significant development and the facility would be the World's largest Petroleum hub when it is completed. The 1.0 million cubic-meter storage terminal would be located on a 40 ha island and will be able to handle over 60 million tonnes of petroleum products annually.

The proposed project will be handled by KIC Group of Companies subsidiary, Asia Petroleum Hub Sdn Bhd, which is a joint venture between KIC Group of companies (90%) and Trek Perintis Sdn Bhd (10%).

According to Asia Petroleum Hub's executive chairman Abdul Rashid Mohd Isa, the hub would enable the government to reduce its subsidies for petroleum products through the elimination of double handling charges. (Source: The Edge).

The facility is expected to start operations by early 2008.

Some more details about the project:
- Financial adviser and financier: CIMB Group
- Managed by: Kadriah Integrated Facilities Sdn Bhd
- Project management: QI-pmc Sdn Bhd
- Engineering and design consultant: Mott MacDonald Ltd, a British-based engineering firm
- Contractors: Muhibbah Engineering (M) Bhd and Nam Fatt Construction Sdn Bhd, with ZAQ Construction Sdn Bhd as the managing contractor.

Tags: Asia Petroleum Hub KIC Abdul Rashid Mohd Isa

Bristol classifieds site

If you live in Bristol, moving there or going there for a few days, you should check out this local bristol site. This one stop Bristol resource lists local businesses, homes for sale, restaurant reviews and lots more. Good news for local businesses, listings on the site is totally free.

If you are visiting and looking for a place to stay, you should check out their list of hotels.

First time on a roller coaster

Can you recall the first time ever you were on a roller coaster?

Well last weekend, we drove down to the Easter fun fair at Walsall.

My daughter went on a roller coaster for the first time in her life. My wife was there with here and I couldn't help myself but laugh when she later told me that Rahil was screaming "it's not fair! It's not fair!" when it started picking up speed. Not sure what she meant by that.



She was shaking a bit when they got down. I thought Rahil would be scared to go on another ride but No! She wanted to go on the flying pink elephant - this time with me.

Video marketing site

Selldeo.com (http://www.selldeo.com)is an online classified listing site with a difference. Instead of just old fashioned text and photos, this site carries user-generated video ads.

Usually that kind of video marketing was only reserved for big companies with huge marketing budgets. This is another indication of the fact that the internet has totally changed the way we do business as well as marketing products and services.

This service is now available to artists, home run businesses and even you. The video ad hosting makes video marketing widely accessible to the public. It also gives rise to a wide range of possibilities - virtual tours, video reviews and so on. In case you are not that tech savvy, don't worry, the site allows simple text ad listings too.

For your information, the site also has homepages that are focussed at several local markets so that local sellers can target their specific target segments.

There are two things I really like about this classifieds site. First of all it's totally free for both sellers and shoppers and secondly, there is no limit to how long an ad can run.

If you do want some extra attention, you can opt for the Featured Ad space for a nominal fee and get featured prominently in the center of their homepage. Another Adam ok recommended site.

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Let's Sea Hotel

Received this forwarded mail and wanted to share it with you guys.

A hotel at Hua Hin in Thailand. Not really sure, which part of Thailand it is in. I found the concept really creative.

Guests enjoy the privilege of having their own personal access to the canal-like swimming pool while staying in ‘Moon Deck Suite’.

Super cars database

Like most guys, I love fast cars even though I don't drive one. When I was a kind, I used to have a big poster of a Porsche 911, which was my dream car at that time (still is). That was one reason I also started my auto lah blog.

Anyway, if you love fast cars too, check out the Fastest Car database. Lists all the super cars and exotic cars. At last count the database had total 175 cars listed with 888 pictures.

You can view the specifications and extra information of each car. At the same time, don't forget to vote and rate the cars from 1-10. When I last checked, the Lamborghini 2006 Murcielago LP640 was tied with the Shelby 1967 Cobra 427 Super Snake at 6.3 each.