Tuesday, January 24th, 2012
After the successful experiences in the determinations and evaluations of precise local geoid models in different countries as well as the very well met First International Geoid School at Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul, in September 2010, we...
Sunday, December 18th, 2011
National Physical Plan (NPP) is a written statement of strategic policies on the physical development and conservation throughout the peninsular of Malaysia.
Thursday, November 24th, 2011
A new initiative on Native Customary Rights (NCR) land has continued with the handover of the Section Six Gazette Notification of the Sarawak Land Code. The government is issuing ownership titles on NCR land surveyed by the...
Friday, September 30th, 2011
The Malaysian government has made a five-year and RM200 million (US$66 million) commitment to extend their RazakSAT earth observation satellite program that began with the launch of RazakSATE-1 on July 14, 2009. The Ministry of Science, Technology...
Monday, August 29th, 2011
Bintulu Port Holdings Bhd (BPHB) has engaged KTA (Sarawak) Sdn Bhd to carry out a detailed design for the proposed Samalaju Port, a crucial component of the Sarawak Corridor of Renewable Energy (Score) to serve energy-intensive industries. Chief...
Tuesday, July 12th, 2011
Satellites can bring new transparency to how forests are being managed. With the increasing production of pulp, paper and timber products, there is concern over the effect that expanding plantations and logging in natural forests have on...
Saturday, June 18th, 2011
Geoscientists can understand the close relationship between people and the environment to contribute towards continued sustainability of the community. Minerals and Geoscience Department Director General Dato' Yunus Abdul Razak said there are laws regulating the practice that should...
Tuesday, May 24th, 2011
Kuala Lampur - Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak called for an examination of all houses and other structures erected on agricultural land nationwide to ascertain the risk they faced from landslides. He said Tuesday that...
Friday, May 20th, 2011
The Bukit Bunuh archaeological site in Perak, which has thrown up evidence of the oldest “Old Stone Age” human culture to exist outside Africa, has been conferred a special geological status in an effort to help conserve...
