Jungle treasures: Sabah seeks to exploit and conserve its natural resources
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Eco-tourism may help Sabah state in East Malaysia to preserve its jungle while providing local residents with a living. The jungle's beauty and fascinating wildlife such as orangutans could entice tourists away from the beaches and shopping centers found elsewhere in Asia. Moreover, eco-tourism could prove a more economically sound method of saving the jungle than creating wildlife parks and reserves. Such tourism would have to be carefully regulated to avoid ecological damage and would require the training of natives as guides to help tourists appreciate the jungle's complexity.
Publication Name: Far Eastern Economic Review
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0014-7591
Year: 1993
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Come and exploit us
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Atyrau is a province in the newly independent country of Kazakhstan. After the breakup of the former USSR, Atyrau is seeking to attract foreign investors to help develop it resources. Atyrau is rich in oil, gas, caviar, wool and mineral resources. Withthe oil industry expected to stimulate economic growth in the province, opportunities for investment in hotels and restaurants, housing, banking and telecommunications await foreign investors. The government of Atyrau province believes that opening up to foreign investments is the way to economic development.
Publication Name: Far Eastern Economic Review
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0014-7591
Year: 1993
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Power politics: local interests in Sabah drive electricity sell-off
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A consortium is to take over management and ownership of the loss making Sabah Electricity Board in January 1998. Consortium members are Tenaga Nasional, Malaysia Mining Corp, the Sabah state government and Resolute Watts. The utility urgently requires capital infusions to upgrade infrastructure, but its debt position will have to be resolved first.
Publication Name: Far Eastern Economic Review
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0014-7591
Year: 1997
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