Abdul Aziz Husain Deputy State Secretary (Economic Planning & Development) Datu Dr Muhammad Abdullah Zaidel Permanent Secretary to Sarawak Ministry of Education, Innovation and Talent Development Azmi Bujang and PETRONAS Senior Vice President of Project Delivery and Technology Datuk Bacho Pilong. The signatories to the agreement, signed in Kuching on 20 January, were PRSB Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Norhayati Hashim and SEDC Energy CEO Robert Hardin.Īlso present at the event were SEDC Chairman Tan Sri Dr. Under the agreement, PRSB and SEDC Energy will jointly develop algae production technology to extract crude algae oil that will later be refined to produce sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). Under the agreement, PRSB and SEDC Energy will jointly develop algae production technology which includes cultivation, harvesting and extraction of crude algae oil, that will later be refined to produce sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).īoth parties will also deep dive into the commercial production requirements for crude algae oil, including developing algae strains with high oil content at a competitive production cost. Seated from left Adam Nasir Nawi, Head of Advanced Expertise Common Centre from PETRONAS Group Research & Technology, Norhayati Hashim, Robert Hardin, and Aazina Mujahid Lee, SEDC Energy Head of Legal. Abdul Aziz Husain, and Datuk Bacho Pilong. Standing from left Azmi Bujang, Deputy State Secretary Sarawak Economic Planning & Development and Council Member of Sarawak Biodiversity Centre Datu Dr Muhammad Abdullah Zaidel, Tan Sri Dr. PETRONAS and SEDC Energy collaborate to develop next generation renewable oil that can potentially be a game-changer. "Then it was added to the special Cabinet committee in 2018, appointed as the Special Council on MA63 in 2020, and further empowered in 2022 under the unity government as the MA63 Implementation Action Council, and this allows for the record of official discussions which can be used as a reference for the next course of action,” he said.Īrmizan said that the decision of the Federal Government and the Finance Ministry, to hand over the authority to approve development projects worth up to RM50mil to the Sabah and Sarawak governments, was one of the long-standing demands, approved by the federal government, in line with the MA63 agreement.KUCHING, 26 January 2023 – PETRONAS Research Sdn Bhd (PRSB), a subsidiary of PETRONAS, and SEDC Energy Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of Sarawak Economic Development Corporation (SEDC), have signed an agreement to develop technology for microalgae oil production. "We are grateful that a special platform was officially created - the Devolution of Authority Committee (JKDA) - in 2016, to discuss issues arising related to MA63. "There is a positive development in the efforts to restore the privileges of Sabah and Sarawak, as enshrined in MA63, through a platform created by the government, and no longer only through a political platform,” he said. "It has been discussed by the MA63 Implementation Action Council (MTPMA63), and the office of the director-general of Lands and Mines will finalise the guidelines,” he told reporters, after a briefing on the development of the Federal Territory of Labuan Native Court's restructuring on Saturday (May 6).Īrmizan said that, after the process of handing over the federal reserve land to Sabah and Sarawak, the two states will become the absolute owners of the land.
In the event that the Sabah and Sarawak governments want to take the land, it is allowed, with certain guidelines. The process of finalising the handing over of federal reserve land (which has been identified as undeveloped for a long time in Sabah and Sarawak) is now in the final stage.
He said that the process is in accordance with the Malaysia Agreement 1963 (MA63). LABUAN: The process of handing over the federal government's reserve land in Sabah and Sarawak to the two states is now being finalised, said the Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Sabah, Sarawak Affairs and Special Functions), Datuk Armizan Mohd Ali (pic).
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