Bahraini Liberal Author Dhiyaa Al-Musawi

"Coal-fired Power Plant"- Unacceptable For Sabah

Why do I get the feeling that when the chairman of TNB (Tenaga National Berhad) said Sabah will not be getting any of Bakun Hydo's power it sounded like a threat? Is it just me? Anyone else felt that it was a threat? --- On Fri, 5/29/09, Greenman wrote:

From: Greenman Subject: {SABAHkini} Is Leo Moggie & The Sabah Cabinet Misleading Sabahans? To: "SABAHANS" Cc: "Save Sandakan" Date: Friday, May 29, 2009, 2:42 AM

Friends,

The ecellent letter below speaks volumes as to the true situation on power generation and misleading statements by TNB / SESB & their short-sighted and arrogant Chairman Leo Moggie. Their coins seem to have only one side.

I don't think the PM misled Indonesia on Bakun power. TNB must have given the wrong facts and misled the PM.

Judge for yourself. Judge the Sabah Cabinet too - Save for the Chief Minster who came out strongly against the coal-fired power plant, the rest have been mute over the issue.

Are they mute by choice or by vice?

Are they holding true to the dictum of a corrupt entity: "I scratch your back, you scratch my back" & "You don't step on my toe, I don't step on your toe" ?

I do hope the CM is still with the people of Sabah in rejecting coal-fired power plants in Sabah. If he is still with the people of Sabah, he should rein-in his close associates and the whole Cabinet to fight the Mafia-might of TNB / SESB.

I again call upon the Cabinet to study the possibility of taking back SESB and putting it under a corporatised management via Yayasan Sabah or Warisan Harta.

Enough has been said - Come out NOW and make a clear and united stand - SAY NO TO COAL POWER - period, full-stop. No ifs or buts and no propping up of lame-ducks.

Let all Sabahans live and breathe in peace NOW and forever.

Failure to ACT NOW denotes a reluctance for reasons known only to themselves.

People:

When you are out and about and come across people who are dumb, deaf or blind - pity them not; for they are so by physical disabilities, not by choice - rather pity those who have eyes but refuse to see; who have ears but refuse to listen and have the gift of speech from God but choose to remain silent.

God Bless All.

SM Muthu

http://malaysiakini.com:80/letters/105207

Did Najib mislead Indonesia on Bakun project?

Ah On | May 27 '09

For over a year now, the people of Sabah have been fiercely objecting to Tenaga Nasional Berhad's (TNB) proposal to set up a coal power plant in Sabah, allegedly to resolve the power shortage in the East Coast. MCPX Malaysiakini has covered the objections very well. According to the Borneo Post on 26 May 2009, page A2 titled "Leo: Bakun unlikely to supply power to Sabah", Tan Sri Leo Moggie, the Chairman of TNB, claimed that: "I believe there may have been misreporting in the press. The Sarawak hydro power capacity is very substantial and the total capacity identified for Sarawak is 28,000 megawatt (MW), of which 2,400 MW is from Bakun, which is now under construction. However, the power generated is committed for use in Sarawak as well as export to Peninsular so the prospect of utilising Bakun (for the East Coast of Sabah) does not seem to exist." Really? The 'export' of the electricity from Bakun Dam to Peninsular Malaysia has not been finalised yet. In fact, the plan on constructing the 700km under-sea cable from Bakun to Peninsular has just been approved by the Federal Cabinet. Currently, Peninsular Malaysia still has about 40 percent reserve capacity, so the need for electricity in Peninsular Malaysia is not as urgent as in Sabah. It will take many years before the power supplied by Bakun is fully consumed by the Peninsular. Therefore, how is it correct to say that the Bakun capacity has been 'committed' already? According to Leo Moggie, Bakun's capacity has been 'committed'. Yet, TNB still made the Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak their 'salesman' to sell the idea of Bakun exporting power to Indonesia, when Najib visited the Indonesian President in April. So, if TNB (who partly owns the Bakun Dam project) can still manage to export the Bakun power to Indonesia, then how could it be correct for TNB's chairman Leo Moggie to claim that the capacity in Bakun has already been 'committed'? Did the Borneo Post 'misreported' what Leo Moggie said? If not, then Najib must be lying when he said he proposed to export the ('already committed') electricity from Bakun to Indonesia. Between Najib and Leo Moggie, can the latter please clarify who was lying? Therefore, why can't the proposed power to be exported to Indonesia - and not yet committed - be used by Sabah? Or Sarawak itself, for that matter. In the same report, the Chief Executive Officer of TNB, Che Khalid Mohd Noh (who happens to be awarded CEO of the Year), has reportedly said that it would be very expensive to build a line from Bakun to the East Coast of Sabah and it would cost more than building a new power plant. Of course, Che Khalid must be thinking that the much longer 700km sub-marine 'terrains' of South China Sea from Sarawak to Johor are much easier to navigate?! As a matter of fact, the distance from Bakun Dam to Sandakan, East Coast of Sabah is only about 450km, much shorter than the undersea cable. It is not necessary to construct a power grid all the way from Bakun Dam directly to the East Coast of Sabah. All that is needed is for the power grid from Bakun to connect to the West Coast of Sabah in the North, which is then transmitted to the East Coast via a now-under-construction West-East Grid from the southern part of Sabah via Ulu Padas-Serudong-Tawau. The first West-East Grid has already been completed and in use since 2007. Nobody is asking TNB to construct a totally new and separate grid from Bakun to the East Coast of Sabah! Sabahans are not as stupid as some people would like to think. Has TNB asked for tender or proposal from interested parties to bid for such an infrastructure project to connect the grid from Bakun to the West Coast of Sabah? If not, what is TNB's basis for saying that such a project is not viable? The fact that no such move was ever made by TNB makes us doubt the sincerity of TNB in resolving the power woes faced by Sabahans. The claim by Sabah Electricity Sdn Bhd's (SESB) managing director that SESB ‘CARES' increasingly sounds like classic hot-air by rich, socially irresponsible corporations. On the other hand, let's not forget that the coal proposed to be used for the proposed coal power plant in the East Coast of Sabah would have to be imported from Indonesia. In other words, Sabah exports its clean natural gas to Bintulu, Sarawak, and Bakun exports its clean hydro power to Indonesia, in exchange for Sabah to import dirty coal from Indonesia. The plan is truly the work of a genius. I have no doubt that whoever approves of such a plan - Federal or State Government, TNB/SESB - truly loves Sabah.. So, in my opinion, all the reasons given for not tapping the capacity of Bakun hydro power for the use of the East Coast of Sabah are bogus, and designed to force the coal power plant down Sabahans' throats. In subsequent media reports, TNB has also warned that the power-shortage problem will get worse if the East Coast coal power plant is not constructed soon. This is despite the fact that the total capacity of all existing power plants (not counting those currently under construction) in Sabah actually exceeds the daily demands in Sabah. If TNB and its Sabah subsidiary, SESB, think that they can continue to insult the intelligence of Sabahans, then maybe it's time for some other electricity providers to come in. With the proliferation of independent power plants in the country, established companies such as YTL, Sime Darby, and Genting would have both the technology and resources to carry out the necessary infrastructure project to connect the grid from Bakun to the West Coast of Sabah. Maybe it's time for Sabah government to seek an alternative to the DIRTY coal power -- by seeking an alternative to the bullying monopoly of TNB/SESB in the first place.

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What actually is the core of 1 Malaysia idea. For 51 years The Malay and UMNO neglected the bumis of Sabah and Sarawak. For 51 years the Federal recognize us as 'lain-lain bangsa', which is equbalance with Pakistan, Timoris and so on. For a decade they just ship out our resouces without giving back what we supposod to get as the owner of the land. For years the Malay especially Syed Kechick deleted the 20 points piece by peice and today the UMNO try to take all we have by feeding the PTI and keep them for future machine to win in the election. I really want to know Najib's strategic planning to engineered the so called One Malaysia. On 14 Apr, 09:41, Greenman wrote: *SABAHAN SHOULD BE MADE HOME MINISTER* Dato Seri Najib Tun Razak spoke of 1Malaysia. On the surface the concept is brilliant but the structure and composition of his Cabinet did not have the ingredients to produce a cake that will realize his 1Malaysia vision. Sabah and Sarawak are the FD or “Fixed Deposit” and a savior for the UMNO-dominated BN government but Sabah and Sarawak did not get the recognition that the two States deserve. Of course, many East Malaysians are elated when seeing many Ministers and Deputy Ministers from Sabah and Sarawak in Najib’s Cabinet lineup. In all fairness, Sabah and Sarawak should be holding at least two-third of the Cabinet posts. Sadly, the not so important portfolios are given to Sabahans and Sarawakians. After all these years with BN, UMNO continues to harbor distrust on non-Malay and non-Muslim leaders. BN has 142 MPs and 54 or 38% of them are in Sabah and Sarawak. Sadly, a substantial number of Ministers is first appointed Senators which YB Lim Kit Siang said of them as the “Back Door Ministers” or “main belakang”. Naturally, as a professional and an elected BN MP, he/she would certainly feel cheated and discriminated by the new Prime Minister. Is PM Najib implying that there are no more better qualified BN MPs around? Looking at the Deputy Ministers from Sabah there are those that do not deserve to be in the list. However, he is in not because he is qualified but because he has done “something” good for UMNO in Sabah. This is called payback time. How do we expect Malaysia to move forward with this type of people in the corridor of power? PM Najib’s credibility is down the drain with the way he has selected his Ministers. His 1Malaysia is as good as hot air, dangling in the air. Sabah has so many qualified and experience MPs such as Datuk Dr. Marcus Mojigoh and Datuk Siringan Gubat who would be able to help the nation move forward. There is a crop of qualified BN MPs to select from. Why should the party UPKO or PBS matters? Are they not components of BN? Surprisingly, this new Cabinet was overshadowing all other events in Malaysia. One event of great and immense importance and prominence is the flag burning incident. It appeared to have slipped without much concerned from our top leadership. Was it deliberate? I am appalled by the leniency on the part of the government in dealing with the dirty dozen who burned our Sabah flags on 4th April 2009 in Lahad Datu. I am disgusted to learn from reports that the crowds were equally supportive of what was happening during that flag-burning episode. The report said that one of those arrested claimed to be the descendent of the Sultan of Sulu. To understand the incident better, one must look up at this website *www.royalsulu* which all Malaysians and especially Sabahans should be aware of. I like Malaysians to carefully study the statements made by their leaders during the 2nd Mindanao MNLF Leadership Peace Summit 2008 on 24th May 2008 held in Davao City. I am worried about the security of Sabah in particular and Malaysia in general. Our enemies appeared already established inside the country. They have openly staged a demonstration, burned our Sabah flags and challenged the Police. They carried foreign flags and publicly claimed to be the descendent of the Sultan of Sulu. The claim on Sabah by the Sultan of Sulu is prominently discussed in their website *www.royalsulu*. Those arrested are in possession of Mycards and they are aggressive, focused snd very well prepared. Is this the beginning of more trouble to come? During this trying time, I feel a Sabahan as the Minister of Home Affair would have been appropriate. The time has come for Sabahans to go through are-registration exercise. This exercise must be as stringent as possible. It should be done with the well-being of the Malaysian people of Sabah origin at heart. There should not be any political agenda or motive behind the exercise. Dr. Edwin Bosi --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ CORRUPTION is a HEINOUS CRIME - for it's a crime against the POOR, the DISABLED and the WEAKEST members of society and a crime AGAINST FUTURE GENERATIONS. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---

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Sabah Gets Set To Run Sipadan Pulau Sipadan has one of the best diving spots in the world. KOTA KINABALU: Winds of change are blowing over Pulau Sipadan with the imminent handover of the island to the state government. The National Security Council in the Prime Minister's Department is now in the final process of handing over the administration of the world-famous diving spot."This has always been the plan. The island was handed over to the Federal Government in 2002 by the International Court of Justice in a territorial dispute with Indonesia. "Now that things are settled, the island will be returned to the Sabah government," said state Tourism, Environment and Culture Minister Datuk Masidi Manjun.

The state government will form a small panel headed by an assistant minister to tackle the various issues brought up by tourists and dive operators, and Sabah Parks will handle the day-to-day running of the island. "There will be less red tape and we will be able to manage it more efficiently," said Masidi.One of the first issues to be tackled is the limit of 120 divers per day on the island. It was put into place several years ago to protect Sipadan's delicate ecosystem.But as the island's fame spread, more dive operators set up shop, and the complex distribution of the diving permits often leaves tourists, who have travelled thousands of kilometres to get there, disappointed. A proposal is being looked into to modify the limitation and allow 120 divers in the morning, and another 120 in the afternoon each day."This will allow more divers to experience the underwater splendours of Sipadan without overburdening the island." Environmental studies are being conducted to assess the island's sustainability, and whether increasing the number of divers will damage the ecosystem. "What's important is that we leave the island as pristine as possible." The island, off the east coast of Sabah, has hit the headlines several times, but not always for its reputation as a premier dive spot.In 2000, gun-toting Abu Sayyaf terrorists stormed the island and kidnapped 21 divers and resort workers, and held them hostage. All were eventually released.In 2004, all dive operators on Sipadan were told to move their structures from the island to conserve its ecosystem and corals. The move created much scepticism and controversy. In 2006, a barge carrying tonnes of building material beached on the island, damaging a significant portion of reef. The materials were said to be for a million ringgit tourist facility with a rest house, toilets and scuba shop. The idea was scrapped due to widespread objections and a more modest project was proposed.

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