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Tanjung Manis Airport as seen by arriving passengers. Typically for Sarawak, the airport was built ahead of growth in passenger demand, to ensure excellent transport links for this crucial development hub.
Southeast Asia, the Indian Subcontinent, the Middle East and Oceania. Therefore the State has been steadily building its transport and logistics infrastructure
and connectivity. It
has 30,419km of roads, including the Pan Borneo Highway (1,073km) and the Coastal Road Network (813km), which link the southern and northern parts of Sarawak with one another and with Sabah, Indonesia and Brunei.
Sarawak has one international airport in Kuching (the capital city), and 5 domestic airports serving Sibu, Bintulu, Miri and Limbang. There are also 12 short take-off and landing (STOL) airports to serve the rural and interior
areas. Sea connectivity is assured with major ports
at Kuching, Sibu (Rejang Port), Tanjung Manis, Miri and Bintulu. Water is also the preferred method of transport for many coastal and interior destinations, with an extensive network of express boats and smaller cargo vessels plying Sarawak’s coastline and navigable river systems.
Communications
Sarawak’s telecommunications network has seen impressive expansion and upgrading during the past decade. Both wired and 3G cellular telephone and data services are universally available in all significantly populated areas and along major traffic arteries in
remoter areas. Penetration for broadband Internet services is over 55%, with an estimated 0.31 million users throughout the State.
A FINAL WORD
Sarawak’s warm hospitality is not only extended to guests but to businesses as well. Multinationals
such as Shell, Taiyo
Yuden, Tokuyama and dozens of other foreign investors have enjoyed
or are beginning to enjoy successful and profitable activity here. In Shell’s case, this reaches back more than a century. What better testimonial could there be for Sarawak as
a safe and vibrant haven for business investment in Southeast Asia?