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August 5, 2003

Sibu: Home of the Fast River Ferries

The Asian Vision awaits passengers at the Sibu ferry terminal.

Sibu is a small city of about 200,000 people and 35 shipyards located 130 kilometres up Sarawak’s Rejang River in Borneo, East Malaysia. Access to most towns and villages along this great river is by boat. A form of single-hulled high speed craft has evolved locally to meet these needs. Built in both steel and more recently, aluminum, the river boats feature a round chine shallow draft design with bottom plating extended aft allowing the engine to be mounted further aft to maximize passenger spaces.

The second class accommodation, like the other two classes,
provides aircraft style seating.

The Asian Vision overtakes another fast ferry on the Rejang River at Sibu.

A Cummins KTA38 M2, rated for heavy duty use at 1300 HP at 1800 RPM fills the engine space with Scott and English marine engine sales representative S.C. Wong to the right and the owner’s son and captain, Mr. Ting Kee Wong.

A fine example of the river boats is Mr. Ting Heng Sing’s newly delivered Asian Vision which operates out of the new ferry terminal in Sibu. Powered by a Cummins KTA38 main engine with a heavy duty rating of 1300 HP, it among the more powerful and faster vessels on the river, although still larger, twin engined versions, are employed in the run down river and across the open South China Sea to the capital of Sarawak at Kuching.

For further information contact:

Wong Siong Choung
Marine Sales Manager
Scott & English (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd.
100, Lanang Road.
P.O. Box 1549, 96008 Sibu, Sarawak
Phone: 084-311807
Mobile: 601 9856 6737
Email: wsc@sne.com.my

For additional photos contact:

Alan Haig-Brown
A. Haig-Brown & Assoc. Ltd.
1513 Sixth Ave.
New Westminster, B.C.
Canada, V3M 2C5
Phone: 604 520-6748
Fax: 604 521-5428
URL: www.Haig-Brown.com

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