SARAWAK CORRIDOR OF

RENEWABLE ENERGY

(WILAYAH PEMBANGUNAN
KORIDOR PEMBAHARUAN
TENAGA SARAWAK)

(SCORE)
 BACKGROUND OF SARAWAK
Located on the North–Western shore of Borneo Island.
The largest of the 13 states in the Federation of Malaysia &
cover a total area of 124 449 sq km.

History is unique & colorful. 1841 – ruled by the Brunei

Sultanate & followed by the rule of the ‘White Rajahs’
from 1841 to 1945, as well as the Japanese Occupation
from 1941 to 1945. Later became a British Colony from
1946. Achieving independence through 16th September
1963.

Administrative system influenced by British system –

Head of State or the Yang Di-Pertua Negeri as the
Governor & the Chief Minister as the Chief Executive of
the Government of Sarawak.
 BACKGROUND OF SARAWAK
 11 administrative divisions – Kuching Division,
Samarahan Division, Sri Aman Division, Betong
Division, Sarikei Division, Sibu Division, Mukah
Division, Kapit Division, Bintulu Division, Miri
Division & Limbang Division.

 The city of Kuching located in southern region &

Miri in northern region.

 Economy – abundant natural resources (oil, gas &

timber). Since 1980s, Sarawak began diversifying &
transforming its economy & started focusing on
manufacturing, high-tech industries, modern
agriculture & the services sector.
 SCORE
VISION = By 2030, the Central Region will become the
State's primary economic powerhouse and will achieve
the level of development and quality of life of developed
countries.
GOALS = To accelerate the State’s economic growth and
development, and also to improve the quality of life in
Sarawak.
OBJECTIVE = With its programme, the corridor aims to
achieve and maintain a consistently higher GDP growth
rate for 20 years and to widen and deepen the industrial
and economic base of the Central Region. The
programme objective also include increasing the quality
and quantity of available human capital; accelerating the
utilization of natural resources, and increasing
employment opportunities.
 WHY SARAWAK CORRIDOR?
 Value Creation In Industries.
 Active Collaboration.
 Upgrading Knowledge & Skills.
 Increasing Land Use.
 Immigration & Migration Of Skilled
Workers.
3 COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGES
• LAND.
• ENERGY.
• STRATEGIC LOCATION.
Combining these 3 element with other innate and
significant assets, such as coal deposits, hydrocarbon
reserve, timber, oil palm plantations and water
supply. This will allow the corridor to unlock these
potential and transform them into sustainable
economic development activities for the State.
DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY OF SCORE
1. Drive investments for priority industries towards
three major growth nodes along the corridor.

3. Build a well-designed network of industrial class

transportation and communication infrastructure
within the corridor.

5. Fast-forward the development of energy supply.

7. Accelerate human capital development within the

corridor.

9. Develop the tourism industry.

STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK.
CORRIDOR VISION AND OBJECTIVES

Industrial Institutional
Marketing
Development Development
Strategy
Strategy Strategy

Power sector development strategy

Human capital development strategy

Spatial and infrastructure development strategy

 3 MAJOR GROWTH NODES
TANJUNG MANIS – Southern Node.
Industrial Port City.
strategically located.
resource-based industries : timber, wood, palm-oil.

 MUKAH – Central Node.

Smart City and Central Nerve Centre.
three special areas : Knowledge Centre, R&D
Centre, Administrative Centre.
 Similajau – Northern Node.

Concept :
New heavy industries.
Abundant energy, cheap land,
Waterfront.

Rational : Implementation :
Economical location. Port.
Far away from  Zoning.
population centres.  Development.
Types of Industries :
Aluminium smelter
and downstream.
Steel mill and downstream.
Flat glass and downstream.
Heavy marine engineering
and similar.
 10 PRIORITY INDUSTRIES
Oil – Based industry.
Aluminium industry.
Steel industry.
Glass industry.
Tourism industry.
Palm – Oil industry.
Timber – Based industry.
Livestock industry.
Aquaculture industry.
Marine engineering industry.
 INCENTIVES
INVESMENT INCENTIVES.
Investors in strategic industries will receive attractive
financial incentives to set up their operations in SCORE.
Among them are incentives offered by the Federal
Government through Malaysian Industrial Development
Authority (MIDA).
Other incentives that investors receive – infrastructure
allowance, import duty exemption and double deductions
on freight charges.
MIDA offers other specific incentives for small-scale
companies – for promoted services and for exports.
 RECODA
The corridor is managed & promoted by The Regional
Corridor Development Authority (RECODA).

The roles of RECODA ;

• To manage & promoted development of the corridor.
• To ensure more expeditious & efficient mobilization of the
State’s natural resources (water & Hydro power) &
optimizing the use of these resources to facilitate the
development of the corridor.
• To plan for the development of the corridor & to implement
the plans & projects for the development of the corridor.
• To service investor clients.
RECODA ACHIEVING THE ASPIRATION

RECODA’s primary & fundamental task is to

promote & attract investment, with two key
objectives ;
Achieve the projected investment for industries
over the next 20 years.
Ensure planned physical & institutional
infrastructure projects are successfully
implemented.
RECODA is organized &managed with a clear
commercial mindset focused on providing world-
class customer service by minimizing public service
bureaucracy & operating as a one-stop agency for
investors.
 FUNCTIONS OF RECODA

Marketing & Investment.

Infrastructure Development.

Human Resources Development.

Corporate Services.
 ECONOMIC IMPACT
• The Sarawak economy is expected to undergo significant
transformation with the implementation of the corridor
development plan.
• 2030 – Sarawak’s economy will grow by more than five times,
dominated by manufacturing, construction & services.
• The real GDP figure for Sarawak in 2006 was USD6.7 billion &
GDP growth was at 4.9%.
• By 2030 – projected that without SCORE, the State’s real GDP
would reach USD21.9 billion & growth at 5%.
• With the implementation of the corridor development
programme, Sarawak’s projected real GDP in 2030 would be
more than double that figure at USD34.6 billion & growth at
7%.
• Sarawak will achieve the status of a development state well
within the timeframe of Vision 2020 & in the process achieve
the goal of balanced development.
 CONCLUSION

The Sarawak Corridor of Renewable Energy

(SCORE) – one of five regional development
corridors.
 Major initiative undertaken to develop the
Central Region and transform Sarawak into a
developed State by the year 2020.
 Improving the quality of life for the people of
Sarawak.