Bintulu Division has a total designated area of 1,071,031 hectares for logging purposes. Bintulu also has about half of Sarawak's crude oil reserves of 500 million barrels (79,000,000 m 3), with production wells located some 40 kilometers offshore.īintulu has around 27% of Sarawak’s tropical rainforest, and the timber industry remains a strong component of the Division's economy. In addition to export as liquified natural gas, on-shore facilities produce fertiliser, and formaldehyde resins. Bintulu has an estimated 85% of Sarawak’s known natural gas reserves, or some 42.3 trillion cubic feet (1,200 km 3). The economy is largely based on the petroleum and natural gas industries. Population of Bintulu by Ethnics Administrative DistrictĪdministrative districts of Bintulu Division. It was estimated more than 20% of Bintulu population are foreign workers and expatriates. There is a large influx of foreign worker population due to the strength of the petroleum industry. Kedayan people, although small in number, can be spotted at Nyalau areas (100 km from Bintulu) just at the border with Miri Division. Most of them still live deep in the rural areas like Kakus and Jelalong. Orang Ulu people, such as Kenyah, Kayan, Tatau, Penan and Punan are more scattered throughout Bintulu division compared to Iban people. Chinese people are more concentrated at town areas, such as at Bintulu, Sebauh and Tatau town, while some resides at Sangan and Kuala Tatau. Many Malay people are not originally from Bintulu, however, intermarriage with locals especially Melanau people has made Malay as one of the major ethnics in Bintulu. Whilst, Melanau people (or Melanau Bintulu/Vaie people) are concentrated at the town areas in Bintulu and rural communal areas, namely at Bintulu town, Tatau town, Kuala Tatau, Sebauh, Pandan and Labang. Most Ibans are scattered throughout rural areas of Bintulu, namely in Tatau and Sebauh. Most of the Bintulu division's population is concentrated in this town.īintulu is traditionally a home to Iban, Chinese, Melanau, Malay, Orang Ulu and Kedayan people. Despite being the most thinly populated, Bintulu Division has the fourth biggest town in Sarawak, which is Bintulu town. This makes Bintulu as one of the most loosely populated division in Sarawak with only 14 people per kilometre. On all fronts, we are trying to ensure that any cases will be detected early,' he said.The population of Bintulu Division (year 2000 census) was 179,600. 'The state Health Department will also conduct more surveillance at Sarawak's ports. 'Further investigations and active contact tracing for all five cases are ongoing. Uggah said all five cases had been admitted to hospital and were asymptomatic. He was tested on Aug 21 and the result returned positive on Aug 23.

The other case is a worker who returned to Bintulu from an offshore platform on Aug 20 and was quarantined in a hotel. Of the local cases, he said one was a woman who was tested for Covid-19 on Aug 23 prior to an antenatal check-up and found to be positive the same day. 'He has been in Sarawak since 2015 and has no overseas travel history,' Uggah said.

The case has been admitted to Bintulu Hospital for treatment. 'The test result came back positive on Aug 23.

He said another Indonesian working at the Samalaju industrial area in Bintulu went for a test at a private hospital in Bintulu on Aug 22 for the purpose of returning to his country. Uggah said two of the new cases were Indonesian construction workers in Kuching who underwent Covid-19 screening at a private hospital on Sunday (Aug 23) prior to applying for a new job and were found to be positive the same day. 'Kuching also remained yellow with four local transmissions in the last 14 days, including the three new cases today,' he said at the state disaster management committee's briefing here on Monday (Aug 24) He said this meant Bintulu district had turned from a green zone to yellow with the detection of the two new locally transmitted cases. KUCHING: Sarawak reported five new Covid-19 cases on Monday (Aug 24), taking the state's tally of confirmed cases to 696.ĭeputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah said all five cases, comprising three in Kuching and two in Bintulu, were local transmissions based on initial investigations.

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