Comments on: Sarawak: So the dam-building frenzy begins… http://anilnetto.com/accountability/sarawak-let-the-dam-building-frenzy-begin/ Let justice flow like a mighty river Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:22:46 +0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: taskforce101 http://anilnetto.com/accountability/sarawak-let-the-dam-building-frenzy-begin/comment-page-1/#comment-30321 taskforce101 Tue, 25 Aug 2009 03:57:14 +0000 http://anilnetto.com/?p=942#comment-30321 I somehow feel the black out was staged so that the dams and IPPs can be justified just like in 1993. I somehow feel the black out was staged so that the dams and IPPs can be justified just like in 1993.

]]> By: iban_sebuti http://anilnetto.com/accountability/sarawak-let-the-dam-building-frenzy-begin/comment-page-1/#comment-6125 iban_sebuti Sat, 09 Aug 2008 15:06:40 +0000 http://anilnetto.com/?p=942#comment-6125 MIRI: A state-wide power cut in Sarawak on Saturday evening saw the blackout affect more than two million people over a distance of 1,000km from Kuching to Miri. Cities and towns in the state were plunged into total darkness causing massive chaos as everybody was caught by surprise. The power failure started in Kuching at about 6.30pm Saturday and rapidly spread northward to Sibu then to Miri by 7.30pm. Deputy chief minister Tan Sri Dr George Chan Hong Nam when contacted by The Star confirmed that it was a blackout that seemed to have affected the main power grid. "We (the state government) want to find out the source of the blackout. We need to know exactly what has triggered this massive state-wide blackout. At 8.30pm Saturday the cause of the incident is still unknown. Dr Chan, who is the state Industrial Development Minister, said that the Sarawak Electricity Supply Corporation (Sesco) is in the midst of trying to re-connect the power supply as soon as possible. The state authority hopes that the people remain calm. Meanwhile, thousands of people who were caught up in the massive traffic jam and in commercial complexes were reportedly evacuated without any incidents so far. Source : The Star MIRI: A state-wide power cut in Sarawak on Saturday evening saw the blackout affect more than two million people over a distance of 1,000km from Kuching to Miri.

Cities and towns in the state were plunged into total darkness causing massive chaos as everybody was caught by surprise.

The power failure started in Kuching at about 6.30pm Saturday and rapidly spread northward to Sibu then to Miri by 7.30pm.

Deputy chief minister Tan Sri Dr George Chan Hong Nam when contacted by The Star confirmed that it was a blackout that seemed to have affected the main power grid.

“We (the state government) want to find out the source of the blackout. We need to know exactly what has triggered this massive state-wide blackout.

At 8.30pm Saturday the cause of the incident is still unknown.

Dr Chan, who is the state Industrial Development Minister, said that the Sarawak Electricity Supply Corporation (Sesco) is in the midst of trying to re-connect the power supply as soon as possible.

The state authority hopes that the people remain calm.

Meanwhile, thousands of people who were caught up in the massive traffic jam and in commercial complexes were reportedly evacuated without any incidents so far.

Source : The Star

]]> By: ibanjohor http://anilnetto.com/accountability/sarawak-let-the-dam-building-frenzy-begin/comment-page-1/#comment-6035 ibanjohor Thu, 07 Aug 2008 15:14:30 +0000 http://anilnetto.com/?p=942#comment-6035 ...Or "Sarawak - The Land of The Drowned Hornbill" Anyway, heard about the gomen insisting of EIA of the SCORE. Anyone has the EIA answer out there yet? Now the EIA on the 12 damns. When will the EIA made public? Damn them!! …Or “Sarawak – The Land of The Drowned Hornbill”

Anyway, heard about the gomen insisting of EIA of the SCORE. Anyone has the EIA answer out there yet?

Now the EIA on the 12 damns. When will the EIA made public? Damn them!!

]]> By: Jefferson http://anilnetto.com/accountability/sarawak-let-the-dam-building-frenzy-begin/comment-page-1/#comment-5946 Jefferson Wed, 06 Aug 2008 07:21:39 +0000 http://anilnetto.com/?p=942#comment-5946 Don't worry about that too much, sir because after the completion of these dams, Sarawak shall known to the world as "Sarawak, The Land of Hydrodam"... No more hornbills because... I guess they has extinct already!!! Don’t worry about that too much, sir

because after the completion of these dams, Sarawak shall known to the world as “Sarawak, The Land of Hydrodam”…

No more hornbills because… I guess they has extinct already!!!

]]> By: cyf http://anilnetto.com/accountability/sarawak-let-the-dam-building-frenzy-begin/comment-page-1/#comment-5919 cyf Tue, 05 Aug 2008 16:44:33 +0000 http://anilnetto.com/?p=942#comment-5919 I lived in the Peninsula and frankly speaking knows little about Sabah and Sarawak. From my limited knowledge, there are still thousands of rural villagers in Sarawak with limited or even no access to AFFORDABLE power and potable water. If you have visited Sabah and Sarawak, you may have found out that their petrol service station are still selling kerosene. Why? I guess one of the reasons os that they need to lit up kerosene lamps at night. Many still depends on diesel powered generators. And talking about "development", they claimed that construction of the Murum Dam could create more than 5000 jobs at its peak period. Well, how much are the workers paid? How many of the 5000 jobs go to Indonesian and other foreign workers? In the end, after the clean, efficient and great HEP dam are completed, does the villages in the rural Sarawak still lit up by kero at night and they are supplied electricity only 12 hours a day? It is too expensive and inefficient to connect the remote villages to the power grid. But it is good to connect to the Peninsula Malaysia which is 800km away separated by South China Sea? It is good to build the dam then the Aluminium Smeltering plant so that thousands of jobs are created and billions of tax revenue collected by the government. It is good to cut the trees and export as logs to earn revenue before the dams are built. It is good the a large piece of land is flooded - we could have another Taman Rekreasi Tasik XXX built after the dam completed. By that time, the Sarawakian must be too rich and stressed of modern living that they need such recreation facilities. Vote for BN. Vote for Tomorrow. Of Dams and Damned. I lived in the Peninsula and frankly speaking knows little about Sabah and Sarawak. From my limited knowledge, there are still thousands of rural villagers in Sarawak with limited or even no access to AFFORDABLE power and potable water.

If you have visited Sabah and Sarawak, you may have found out that their petrol service station are still selling kerosene. Why? I guess one of the reasons os that they need to lit up kerosene lamps at night. Many still depends on diesel powered generators.

And talking about “development”, they claimed that construction of the Murum Dam could create more than 5000 jobs at its peak period. Well, how much are the workers paid? How many of the 5000 jobs go to Indonesian and other foreign workers? In the end, after the clean, efficient and great HEP dam are completed, does the villages in the rural Sarawak still lit up by kero at night and they are supplied electricity only 12 hours a day?

It is too expensive and inefficient to connect the remote villages to the power grid. But it is good to connect to the Peninsula Malaysia which is 800km away separated by South China Sea? It is good to build the dam then the Aluminium Smeltering plant so that thousands of jobs are created and billions of tax revenue collected by the government. It is good to cut the trees and export as logs to earn revenue before the dams are built. It is good the a large piece of land is flooded – we could have another Taman Rekreasi Tasik XXX built after the dam completed. By that time, the Sarawakian must be too rich and stressed of modern living that they need such recreation facilities.

Vote for BN. Vote for Tomorrow. Of Dams and Damned.

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