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Communications
Railroads: Peninsular Malaysia--1,665 km 1.04-meter gauge;
13 km double track, government owned; Sabah--136 km 1.000-meter
gauge.
Highways: Peninsular Malaysia--23,600 km (19,352 km hard
surfaced, mostly bituminous-surface treatment, and 4,248 km
unpaved); Sabah--3,782 km; Sarawak--1,644 km.
Inland waterways: Peninsular Malaysia--3,209 km; Sabah--1,569 km;
Sarawak--2,518 km.
Ports: Tanjong, Kidurong, Kota Kinabalu, Kuching, Pasir
Gudang, Penang, Port Kelang, Sandakan, Tawau.
Merchant marine: 159 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling
1,525,635 GRT/2,216,215 DWT; includes 2 short-sea passenger,
71 cargo, 21 container, 2 vehicle carrier, 2 roll-on/roll-off
cargo, 1 livestock carrier, 28 petroleum, oils, and lubricants
(POL) tanker, 1 chemical tanker, 6 liquefied gas, 1 specialized
tanker, 1 passenger-cargo, 22 bulk, 1 passenger.
Civil air: 53 major transport aircraft.
Pipelines: crude oil, 1,307 km; natural gas, 379 km.
Airports: 126 total, 121 usable; 32 with permanent-surface
runways; none with runways over 3,659 m; 8 with runways
2,440-3,659 m; 19 with runways 1,220-2,439 m.
Telecommunications: good intercity service provided to peninsular
Malaysia mainly by microwave relay, adequate intercity radio
relay network between Sabah and Sarawak via Brunei; international
service good; good coverage by radio and television broadcasts;
994,860 telephones (1984); stations--28 AM, 3 FM, 33 TV;
submarine cables extend to India and Sarawak; SEACOM submarine
cable links to Hong Kong and Singapore; satellite earth
stations--1 Indian Ocean INTELSAT and 1 Pacific Ocean INTELSAT,
and 2 domestic.