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Sunday, November 9, 2008

Quick Fix Complacency


1. Tan Sri Bernard Dompok of UPKO has "Flipped" by urging Prime Minister to scrap a plan to construct 480km pipeline from Kimanis to Bintulu in Sarawak. He got an immediate "Flipped" from the PM with a promise that the project will be stopped.

2. Last week, the Prime Minister "Flopped" on his decision and said that the project will go on as planned. The multi-million ringgit project will proceed. Natural gas harvested from Sabah will still be channeled to Bintulu Sarawak for processing. With one sweetener, whereby a Petro Chemical plant will be built in Sabah, and only "excess of gas" that is not processed in Sabah will be channeled to Bintulu.

3. Then Tan Sri Bernard Dompok "Flopped" and said thanks to the Prime Minister for his empathy and generosity. Now that Sabah will have a Petro Chemical Plant to process its own gas, Sabah will be one of the major players in Petro Chemical Industry in Malaysia. No doubt, it will open many job opportunities for our youths in Oil & Gas technology.

4. We welcome the decision, whatever that is good for Sabah. My only worry is the follow up and implementation. You all should be worry too, because of the ridiculous "Flipped Flopping" by our leaders. I think we should not be so quick in thanking the Prime Minister and let the gas pipeline project to go on. How could a hundredth million ringgits project be stopped and resumed in a period of less than five months? You tell me! On what guarantee that the PM will not conjure another "Flop" in the next five months?

5. Another worrying part in the PM promise is when he said only "excess gas" will be channeled to Bintulu. After so many broken promises, we now know better, when a promise is made; a promise is 50% bound to be broken. What is "excess gas"? How much would it be? Would you build hundredth million ringgits gas pipeline just to channel 20 gallons a day? All these have to be defined first before UPKO can let their guard down and genuinely thank the Prime Minister and let the gas pipeline project proceed as planned.

6. Sabah has been left out of Oil and Gas Industry all this while. Eventhough Sabah is one of three producers in Malaysia, but all the precious treasures have been sold to others. We are getting only 5% in royalty. And yes our youths most of them migrate to Peninsula plying odd jobs, labourer, masseuse!, drivers, etc. Tan Sri Bernard Dompok, you should know better through Momogun Society in Klang Valley. Don't you?

4 comments:

The Dusun Aroma said...

infact the latest development in Sabah has been very disappointing to certain extent that the rakyat has thin hope on their leaders.

I think the semenanjung leaders should put themselves into our shoes and THINK - would they be happy to be treated in such..?

As a Sabahan, I honestly feel that we are a 'joke' to them.

Really wish a new true leader will emerge to lead and manage this country appropriately. Sabah truly deserve what she deserve.

Fido Dido said...

every day injustices gone unnoticed by majority of us. we should reach & spread information to our people.

San Tot said...

Sabah People's All Races Revolutionary Associuation.....

King Cup
Gunung Kinabalu

Anonymous said...

Yes, the flop by Dompok is because BN has thrown in something to them, A little bird informed me that they/his people has been given a big part of the Kimanis project. So he flopped, leaving us Sabahan terkapus-kapus.

Isn't it ironic that Sabah is allowing its riches to flow to Sarawak! No wonder we are the poorest state in Malaysia inspite of our natural resource. We are like beggars sitting atop a pile of gold! My fellow Sabahan, it is our reponsibility to stop this!