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Renegotiation of power purchasing agreements (PPAs) must be completed by Nov 30 this year or the country will continue to bleed money into independent power producers (IPP), the Association of Water and Energy Research Malaysia (AWER) said today.
Any delay in renegotiations between the government and IPPs would give the IPPs leverage to bulldoze exorbitant project bids to build new power plants on the excuse of lack of time, the NGO said.
Kenapa ‘Petualang Sabah’ Diberi Anugerah?
Saudara Pengarang,
SURAT terbuka ini saya tujukan kepada Ketua Menteri Sabah, Datuk Seri Musa Haji Aman, bagi pihak Kerajaan Negeri Sabah yang telah menganugerahkan pingat Tertinggi Kebesaran Negeri Sabah, ‘S.P.D.K’ yang membawa Gelaran ‘Datuk Seri Panglima’ kepada dua orang ‘Petualang’ di Sabah iaitu Datuk Seri Panglima Hishamuddin Tun Hussien dan Datuk Seri Panglima Mohd Shafie Apdal.
‘Not much difference between DAP and Umno’
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| United Borneo Front president Jeffrey Kitingan also warns Sabahans to beware of Barisan Nasional which is bent on moving towards extremism to perpetuate its hold on power. |
According to Jeffrey, DAP advisor Lim Kit Siang had started on a wrong footing in Sabah with his arrogant attitude and by pitting local (opposition) parties against each other.
Pairin can’t solve illegals problem with his committee
By Daniel John Jambun
It has been said that we shouldn’t have too many ambitions; we might achieve them! And Tan Sri Pairin’s appointment as head of the Sabah Committee on illegal immigrants is certainly case in which he got more than what he asked for. He had given the government until 2012 to solve the illegals problem, and now, as if to oversatisfy him, the government has given him the whip and said, “Now, it’s all yours.”
Projek IC - Denial by Deputy Minister is to protect Umno
KOTA KINABALU, Sep 30: The denial statement by Deputy Home Minister Dato' Lee Chee Leong on the existence of Project IC in Sabah is a slap on all the state Barisan Nasional (BN) component parties that have been raising the issues all this while.Reverse Takeover Of Sabah Already Underway -- Jeffrey
KOTA KINABALU: The United Borneo Front (UBF) believes Sabah will soon drown under the weight of the illegal immigrants unless the government carries out a commission of inquiry (RCI) on the problem and takes firm steps to solve it.
UBF Chairman, Datuk dr. Jeffrey Kitingan was saying in statement here in response to what he said was “shocking” announcement by the secretary general of the Women, Family and Community Ministry, Datuk Dr. Noorul Ainur Mohd Nur that locals are outnumbered by the immigrant population in the Kinabatangan district, where there are 117,689 foreigners compared to 32,638 locals.
MCLM Condemns Abuse Of Immigration Powers By Sarawak State Government
On 29th September, 2011, I was scheduled to speak that evening at a Rakyat Reform Agenda forum organised by Malaysian Civil Liberties Movement (MCLM) at the Grand Continental Hotel, Kuching, Sarawak.
Similar forums had, on the 27th and 28th September, been successfully held at Kota Kinabalu and Tawau respectively.
Illegals on the rise, special task force silent
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| Sabah's demographic landscape has been infused with a new 'Melayu' race, which is overtaking the native Bajaus and Irranuns. |
The FSTF in Sabah, set up during the premiership of Dr Mahathir Mohamad, has completely avoided the media in the past years.
Mystery of the detained airman
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| An air force wife makes a police report about her husband’s mysterious arrest and the harassment of her family |
Norisah Ismail told FMT that two lieutenant colonels “barged” into her flat on Sept 11 without a search warrant, fired off confusing questions at her and warned her “not to behave” like PKR president Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail.
Compromise politics and the battle for the middle ground
By Farish A. Noor
And so, after what appears to have been a rather long meeting that stretched beyond four hours, the Pakatan Rakyat coalition has come to a compromise, of sorts.
That the result of the compromise may not be to the satisfaction of everyone is to be expected. But nor should anyone expect such a discussion to lead to definite results with one side surrendering all its claims to another. That’s the nature of coalition politics and anyone with any experience or knowledge of coalition politics in Western European countries like France, Germany, Holland, Greece or Italy would know that as well. Furthermore it ought to be noted that in some countries like Italy where compromise politics has been the norm for decades, there has been no negative result as far as the economic performance of the country is concerned: Italy remains a G20 player despite the fact that since World War Two there has hardly been any instances when one party came into power with total control over the Parliament. So why worry?
And so, after what appears to have been a rather long meeting that stretched beyond four hours, the Pakatan Rakyat coalition has come to a compromise, of sorts.
That the result of the compromise may not be to the satisfaction of everyone is to be expected. But nor should anyone expect such a discussion to lead to definite results with one side surrendering all its claims to another. That’s the nature of coalition politics and anyone with any experience or knowledge of coalition politics in Western European countries like France, Germany, Holland, Greece or Italy would know that as well. Furthermore it ought to be noted that in some countries like Italy where compromise politics has been the norm for decades, there has been no negative result as far as the economic performance of the country is concerned: Italy remains a G20 player despite the fact that since World War Two there has hardly been any instances when one party came into power with total control over the Parliament. So why worry?
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