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PM Najib: Sabah, please Accept Dirty Coal

http://www.dailyexpress.com.my/news.cfm?NewsID=68713

Kota Kinabalu: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said there is need for some sacrifices to be made in order to achieve development and something good, particularly in addressing the power woes in Sabah.

He said he made the decision to have the proposed coal-fired power plant project to be re-located to Felda Sahabat Felda in Lahad Datu since the project had been rejected by other districts in the State.

“First, it was to be built in Lahad Datu but the people there objected and then moved to Sandakan but the people there also objected so lastly in my capacity as the Minister of Felda I decided to build it in a Felda area. Its okay,” he said.

[Blog note: So, the people of Felda are less important than those in Lahad Datu and Sandakan?? This statement proves that the PM KNOWS FULLY WELL about the fierce objections of Sabahans, then WHY still push it down our throats??]

According to him, the Federal Government was committed in addressing the power woes in Sabah and he had even directed the Energy Minister, Datuk Peter Chin, to ensure the problem in Sabah is addressed by next year.

[Blog note: If the Federal Government is 'committed', then the Federal Government should NOT EXPORT our Kimanis Gas to Sarawak (but let Sabah use it for electricity), and should NOT channel Bakun's hydro-power all the way to West Malaysia, Brunei or Indonesia (but export it to Sabah, which is much, much closer)!!]

However, he said that despite the dire need of power supply, the move to set up the power plant was objected just because it is using coal to generate power.

“But, if not we won’t have any power. Our people must decide you want power at the same time you don’t want the power plant. You want the plant somewhere else, not in your own backyard.

[Blog note: The PM must have been misinformed. The people of Sabah WANT power plants - but we just DON'T want coal (or nuclear, mind you)!! How is that difficult to understand, dear PM?]

“So this is our problem we have wasted much time pushing it around,” he said, adding that in order to achieve something good there is a need for all to make some sacrifices.

“We have to accept what is good and we have to be realistic. If we understand and are willing to sacrifice we will achieve higher level of development for Sabah,” he said.

[Blog note: But dear PM, coal is NOT GOOD, but is "dirty, not environmentally friendly"!!]

Launching the Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS) 24th Congress at Magellan Sutera, Saturday, Najib assured that the Federal Government was also committed in helping Sabah address the illegal immigrant problem.

But, he said the Government’s effort was futile if the locals themselves continue to employ paperless foreigners to get cheap labour.

Whatever it is, Najib assured that the Government would not let down and that action would be taken so that Sabah would no longer be bogged by the problems of illegal immigrants.

PBS President Datuk Seri Joseph Pairin Kitingan had earlier in his welcoming speech suggested that the Government set a deadline i.e year 2012 for the problem to be comprehensively resolved in Sabah

[Yeah, but WHY do we have to sacrifice if we HAVE ALTERNATIVES, such as Kimanis Gas which is being exported by the Federal Government to Sarawak, and Bakun hydro from Sarawak which is being exported to Brunei, Indonesia and West Malaysia via undersea cable?? And why do we have to IMPORT "dirty, environmentally not friendly" coal from Indonesia??

Is this 'sacrifice' fair to Sabahans?? Why doesn't the Federal Government asks Sarawak to 'sacrifice' by giving up OUR Kimanis Gas, or asks the West Malaysians, Bruneians and Indonesians to 'sacrifice' by giving up Bakun hydro-power, and TNB to 'sacrifice' some of their profits by using safer and cleaner energy sources, so that SABAH can use them for electricity??

Is this the way BN rewards its 'Fixed Deposit', 'Blue' State like Sabah??!!].

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