By Johannes Ridu TAN SRI MOHD HASSAN Marican, president and chief executive of Petroliam Nasional Bhd (Petronas), seemed a bit agitated when he met the Press recently to announce the national oil company's 2008 financial results.

TWO fast-progressing projects in Pahang will transform the state into an agrobusiness hub under the East Coast Economic Region (ECER) development plan. The first is a RM50 million dairy farm located on a 1,102-acre site in Bandar Muadzam Shah.

MUSHROOM producer TLT Dynamic Sdn Bhd is targeting to triple its oyster mushroom production with three new farms that will be completed soon. Its executive chairman Sufian Mohd Said said TLT is producing nearly 100kg of oyster mushrooms daily, making it Terengganu's largest mushroom producer.

By Elizabeth John THE team planning the future of the country's East Coast Economic Region - the development corridor that covers Kelantan, Terengganu and Pahang - has drawn in 391,003ha of prime green sites for safekeeping. These areas will be the ECER's six new state parks.

By Sean Augustin FOR Terengganu, the key word when it comes to development under the East Coast Economic Region initiative is "intermarriage". And as far as Terengganu is concerned, environment is development's better half.