An associate company of Protasco Bhd, DAL HCM Sdn Bhd has been granted the right to undertake routine maintenance, periodic maintenance, emergency works and other activities on part of the federal roads consisting 751 km. DAL HCM is a 30%-owned unit of HCM Engineering Sdn Bhd, which in turn is wholly owned by Protasco. The other 70% stake is owned by D.A.L. Keluarga Realty Sdn Bhd. HCM had previously been awarded a 15-year concession by the government in 2003 to maintain 373 km of federal roads in Sarawak’s Sibu, Bintulu and Mukah division. That concession will be expiring in August 2018.
