Pengerang's Rapid development

NST 16 May 2012 | last updated at 08:14am

Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar and Datuk Seri Najib Razak (third from left) looking at the model of the Petronas Refinery and Petrochemical Integrated Development (Rapid) project in Pengerang. Pic by Hairul Anuar Rahim

THE first time I set foot in Pengerang was three years ago when a boat capsized, leading to the drowning of a group of illegal immigrants. I was there to cover the incident.

By Ahmad Fairuz Othman

Pengerang oil and gas hub takes shape

NST 24 February 2012 | last updated at 09:39pm

By SIM BAK HENG
KOTA TINGGI
johor@nst.com.my

Seven villages to make way for the massive project, and their residents provided with land and new houses.

Land reclamation for the construction of an oil terminal has started in Kampung Sungai Kapal. Pic by Amad Bahri Mardi

SEVEN villages and their residents in Pengerang, Kota Tinggi, will be making way for an oil and gas hub that will take 15 years to build.