From 1Malaysia… it’s now 1Sarawak… Or is it from 1Sarawak towards 1Malaysia?
Whatever.
I just wonder what “1Sarawak” would mean to those struggling to protect their native customary land from encroachment by plantation and logging firms or to those being displaced by the state’s dam-building frenzy.
Excerpt of a report from The Borneo Post:
Promoting 1M’sia with 1S’wak
Concepts vital [...]
So there you have it: the Pakatan leaders have come out with a firm stand against “unity talks” with Umno, much to the relief of the many Malaysians who voted for change and reforms in the last general election.
Surely, this must put all those within Pas who initially backed the “unity talks” proposal - notably [...]
Now comes news that Tenaga is planning two new hydroelectric plants in Terengganu and Pahang (see report below).
Doesn’t this fly against the justification for the laying of submarine cables to transmit electricity from the Bakun Dam in Sarawak to the peninsula - that there would be no need for expensive new capacity on the peninsula?
Energy [...]
The on-off project to lay undersea cables to transmit electricity from the jinxed RM7 billion Bakun Dam to the peninsula is now on again.
This time we are told the undersea cables will cost RM9 billion and that the cables will transmit electricity to the peninsula as well as Sabah. Brunei is reportedly also interested.
MRCB has [...]
How to try and understand what’s going on in Terengganu now?
Follow the money trail, auditors and journalists are often told.
So let’s try that here. What is Terengganu’s main asset? Black Gold. Off shore oil.
And the state’s main revenue source is the oil royalty from Petronas, which the Federal Government used to hand over to the [...]
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