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Article: MALAYSIA'S JAYA TIASA OPENS NEW TIMBER PROCESSING PLANT.
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- May 16, 2000
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KUALA LUMPUR, May 16 Asia Pulse - Jaya Tiasa Holdings Bhd's new RM200 million (US$52.63 million) timber processing plant in the Tanjung Manis Industrial Zone near here is considered a gem in Rimbunan Hijau's (RH) group of companies, says its general manager, Kenny Tiong.
The Rimtara plywood/sliced veneer plant on a 89ha site was declared open by Malaysia's Sarawak state chief minister Abdul Taib Mahmud on Saturday as part of the RH's 25th anniversary celebrations this year.
"The plant is technologically one of the most advanced in the country. It has been laid with almost 1,000 metres of fibre-optic cables underground and is linked via satelilite to the ...