Paka is a coastal town in Terengganu, Malaysia located 100km south of Kuala Terengganu. It is a busy town thriving on the oil and gas industry located near Kerteh. Paka is home to Malaysia's largest power station run by Tenaga Nasional and has a high cost of living. The development of industry has led to environmental issues like air pollution from gas burning at the power station. Paka has a tropical climate and experiences monsoon seasons and occasional flooding.
2. a coastal town facing the South China Sea in the
state of Terengganu in Malaysia.
a busy town thriving on oil and gas activity near
Kerteh.
more popularly known as the home for the
largest power station in Malaysia run by the
national power company, Tenaga Nasional.
many foreigners and expatriates serving the
energy sector live here.
about 100 km to the south of Kuala Terengganu,
the capital city of Terengganu.
currently in the end of year 2013, Paka is listed as
the third place in Malaysia with the highest
living cost.
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5. The development of the industrial sector in
Paka led to negative impact on the
environment
Air pollution occurs because of the burning of
natural gas in the thermal power station in
Paka
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8. Biodiversity is the diversity of life on earth,
whether flora or fauna. It includes all species
in an ecosystem or the entire earth, including
the sea creatures.
Paka is a coastal town facing the South China
Sea.
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10. 3R- Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Solid Waste – managed by Majlis Daerah
Dungun
11. Public Transport – Taxi, Bus
Kerteh Airport - The airport is owned and
operated by Petronas, and was built to serve
the purpose of airlifting its employees and
their various oil platforms located 100–200
km offshore South China Sea.
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13. Primary School
Secondary School
UiTM Dungun, Politeknik Sultan Mizan Zainal
Abidin
17. features a tropical rainforest climate that
borders on a tropical monsoon climate.
Paka does not quite have a true dry season
month, a requirement for it to be classified as
having a tropical monsoon climate.
However the town’s driest month, February,
averages 60 mm of precipitation annually.
During monsoon season, flood naturally
occurs.
18. have variety of local delicacy and traditional
cuisine.
Nasi dagang
Keropok lekor
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20. Industrial-petroleum and gas, such as oil
refineries, gas processing plants, ethylene
and polyethylene.
Fisheries
Manufacture
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22. As Paka is an industrial town, the
employment rate is high
Offer many job opportunities
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24. a measure of human demand on the Earth's
ecosystems.
a standardized measure of demand for
natural capital that may be contrasted with
the planet's ecological capacity to regenerate.
represents the amount of biologically
productive land and sea area necessary to
supply the resources a human population
consumes, and to assimilate associated
waste.
