TAWAU: The congestion issue
at the ferry terminal here will be resolved once the new ferry terminal costing
RM50 million is ready by April next year.
Sabah Federal Secretary,
Dato Abu Bakar Hassan said the construction began in August 2010 and it would
be able accommodate eight ferries and eight small boats at a time.
The new terminal would also
house the Customs, Immigration and Quarantine (CIQ) office for the convenience
of local and foreign visitors, including tourists.
He said this after attending
a briefing on the project at the CIQ Barter Trade here, Tuesday.
Currently, passengers have
to be careful not to drop into the water when boarding or disembarking the
vessels with their goods.
There had been criticisms
over the delay in completing the new terminal despite the facility having been
promised by former Prime Minister Tun Abdullah Badawi.
The Indonesian authorities,
in particular, lamented that their nationals were subjected to grave danger and
had honoured their part of the agreement four years ago by having their new
terminal ready for use in Nunukan.
Abu Bakar hoped the new
terminal would increase the cooperation among agencies involved in their effort
to solve current issues in the main entry to the country, such as concerning
security and smuggling.
Earlier in the briefing, the
Immigration Control Post Chief at the old terminal, Norizuana Ridwan, said the
number of tourists from neighbouring countries who entered through the CIQ
averaged about 800 a day.
According to him, based on
statistics, tourists and workers who entered Tawau through the CIQ from January
to August this year numbered 151,849 people, while the number of those going
out totaled 120,980.
Last year, 217, 453 entered
Tawau while a total of 165,857 people went out of Tawau.
Meanwhile, Tawau Customs
Chief, Yunos Tahir in the briefing said they have confiscated numerous types of
controlled items through the CIQ scanning machine such as 2,070 kg of sugar and
735.5kg of cooking oil since January. (DE)
Baguslah kalau ada sudah tempat kawalan kastam ini. Ini akan dapat membantu menangani masalah penyeludupan berlaku.
ReplyDeleteJangan benarkan rakyat Indonesia dari Nunukan senang2 keluar masuk di negara ni tanpa ada kawalan dan sekatan.
Deletejgn biarkan PATI masuk ke negara kita sesuka hati.
Deletekena kawal ketat pintu masuk ke negara kita.
DeleteSemoga pemantauan akan terus dibuat bagi menangani masalah penyeludupan yang mana akan merugikan kita nanti.
ReplyDeleteJabatan Imigresen akan membuka 24 kaunter perkhidmatan di Pusat Kastam, Imigresen dan Kuarantin (CIQ) Tawau pada tahun hadapan iaitu sebaik sahaja kerja-kerja penaikan taraf pusat itu selesai dilaksanakan. langkah itu bertujuan untuk melancarkan lagi operasi keluar masuk penumpang di pusat itu, yang bergerak di antara Tawau dan Nunukan serta Tarakan, Indonesia.
ReplyDeleteKesesakan di Pusat CIQ Tawau menurut Pengarah Imigresen Sabah, Mohammad Mentek menjelaskan ia disebabkan oleh pergerakan feri-feri yang tiba tanpa mengikut jadual.
ReplyDeleteKesesakan ini bukanlah disebabkan oleh kekurangan kaunter perkhidmatan di Pusat Kastam, Imigresen dan Kuarantin (CIQ) Tawau tetapi ketika ini terdapat sembilan feri yang bergerak di antara Tawau dan Nunukan dan jumlah purata penumpang ialah kira-kira 1,500 orang sehari. Kadang-kadang 3 atau 4 feri tiba serentak dan ini menyebabkan kesesakan berlaku. Apapun perkara ini sudah disuarakan kepada pihak di Indonesia dan meminta supaya feri-feri ini mengikut jadual.
Deletesy nak tanya dalam sehari berapa banyak feri penumpang yang berlepas dari terminal feri tawau? dan di mana sahaja destinasi feri tersebut...
DeleteAhli Dewan Undangan Negeri Sebatik, Abdul Muis Picho berkata laluan feri di antara Tawau dan Nunukan diubah ke arah belakang Pulau Sebatik. Perkara itu katanya adalah bertujuan untuk memastikan hakisan pantai tidak berlaku di Pulau Sebatik, yang dilihat sekaligus boleh menjejaskan mata pencarian nelayan tradisi di kawasan berkenaan.
ReplyDeleteSabah Customs has identified the hot spots used by smugglers and would work together with other authorities including police and Malaysia Maritime Enforcement Agency to address the problem.
ReplyDeleteApabila siap kelak, terminal baharu, yang turut menempatkan pejabat Kastam, Imigresen dan Kuarantin (CIQ), akan memberi keselesaan kepada pengguna feri tempatan dan penduduk negara-negara jiran..
ReplyDeletesaya nak tanya, pengurusan terminal tawau dibawah syarikat apa? kalau di Labuan, terminal feri antarabangsa diuruskan oleh anak syarikat Perbadanan Labuan.
DeletePembinaan projek itu berupaya mengurangkan kesesakan di kawasan aktiviti ekonomi yang kini dikenali sebagai 'barter trade'.
ReplyDeletesemoga terminal baru ini benar2 dapat disiapkan sebagaimana tarikh yang telah ditetapkan..
ReplyDeleteenam kompaun, 22 notis arahan dan 27 surat arahan dikeluarkan supaya pihak terbabit meningkatkan kecekapan alat kawalan pencemaran di premis masing-masing..
ReplyDeleteadakah peluang pekerjaan baru di terminal feri tawau setelah projek ini siap dilaksanakan? i really interested to working at there while i want to back home..Please let me know if the terminal management open for vacancy.Thank you.
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