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抨击沙巴电力罔顾人民利益“停电已使人民和政府付出代价”于墨斋：不要再找借口沙电必须作出检讨倘若无法改善服务高层应该引咎辞职
2009-12-04 13:12:46 (Asia Time Sabah)
http://www.asiatimes.com.my/news.php?newsid=26217

拿督于墨斋医生。

（本报讯）沙巴电力有限公司近日又实施分区轮流停电，惹火了州资源发展及资讯工艺部长拿督于墨斋医生！

他昨日丝毫不留情面的严词抨击该公司，他指该公司“必须受到谴责”，因为它罔顾人民利益。

他指出，倘该公司仍然无法做出任何改变，其高层人员便应该辞职，让能者取代，“沙巴电力公司必须作出检讨。”

他说：“我们原本期待国能接掌沙巴电力公司后，本州电供会有所改善，可是事实却不然。

不能让人民受苦

“倘任由目前停电情况继续下去，任何一名国阵代议士都会成为该公司的代罪羔羊，但最不能被接受的是会让人民受苦，这不是政府所愿意看到的情况。”

于氏也是团结党署理主席兼亚庇亚庇区州议员，他是在亚庇向报界发表的声明中这麽表示。该公司于本周一宣布，由于数个独立发电站厂发生故障，州内将实施分区轮流停电。

他指出，沙巴电力公司不能再继续寻找借口以掩盖自己的无能，因为其差劲的服务，已使人民和政府付出代价与损失。

屡以故障为借口

他指责该公司每次都以发电厂发生故障为借口，然后逐步中断本州一些地区电供服务，日复一日都是如此，已使得民怨四起，然而该公司却无法提出真正有效的解决方案。

他说，该公司多年来都无法有效提供永续电供服务是无法让人接受的，因为若无法提供这个最基本的设施之一，将使州政府为民带来的发展议程受到阻扰。

于氏表示，政府拨出巨额拨款来推行惠民的发展计划，包括“沙巴发展走廊”和第十大马计划，却因为该公司的差劲服务而受到影响，这对政府及人民而言都极不公平。

因此，不断走访民间后的他挑战该公司管理层走出冷气办公室，下到基层聴取民眾反应，便会知道人民对该公司的作业方式深感不满与失望。

他建议联邦政府以开放竞争方式打破国能垄断，他相信这对改善和提升本州的电供会有莫大助益。

须打破国能垄断

他指出，在没有其他竞争对手下，致使国能办事态度散漫，若出现竞争，情况将会改变。

他说：“我不管是那一家公司，只要能提供稳定的电供，让人民长久受惠，就应该受到支持，否则就将之撤换，这样本州才能稳步向前发展。”

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Wow! The YB is back with the people's voices.

How are we going to develop the state when the main source of all activities, the electricity, is not consistently and reliably supplied?

The people has been suffering (crying) for years on this, in silence.

It's very unfortunate that all the BN's YBs are 'hand-tied' or 'inconveniently' reluctant to speak up for fear of stepping on some body's toes as it's been all the while that the opposition has been the most vocal one on this issue.

There's a saying that if you want to get political favours from your partners especially the one in-charge, you're better be acting 'dumb' instead of showing off that you're knowledgeable or capable.

Some wise guys had said to me that you've to look ignorant and naive in most of your political dealings in order to enjoy your political life, or survive through the jungle of politic, or you'll be in your political wilderness.

Anyone heard of the three monkeys story before?

Blind, deaf, and silence are the virtues of great politician?

No, we shouldn't be silent on issues, because at the end whoever speaks up for the people, will be the most successful in politic.

'Silence politic is no politic', some one once said it, and I just can't recall who exactly had said this.

Our YB Yee said that he doesn't care how SESB does it, as long as people get their electricity power; and I like the way he said it that no matter what costs, just bring me the result first.

Well, I hope that he'd do the same on the Queen Elizabeth Hospital issue! I hope that he could appeal to our PM Najib to deliver the whole thing (solution) for the QEH, and not on 'bits and pieces' manner which is rather ineffective to resolve the people's medical woes.

Of course, our YB Yee should also put pressure on the Telekom Malaysia Berhad (TMB) to give us the high speed broadband that is miserably slow at the moment. If BN wants to win back youngsters votes in next general election, this is the most important thing the government must deliver now.

Where have all the Power Gone?

I'm completely sickened by the never ending woes of power shortages and disruptions in the states. It's a sin if it happens in the semenanjung west Malaysia but not here in the state of Sabah, the eastern state of Malaysia.

In Semenanjung, Tun M is now asking ‘where have all the petrol money gone?’ Here in Sabah, we have to ask 'Where have all the power gone'?.

I'm referring to the power cut or shortage that has been a regular phenomenon in the state since the Independence Day 46 years ago. The power disruption is frequent especially after the east-west grid connection system is in full operation.

Sabah Electricity Sdn. Bhd. (SESB), a subsidiary of TNB, only realise that they have not got enough power to feed all the users throughout Sabah.

Their Chairman, Tan Sri Leo Moggi, has been pressing for the coal-fired power plants for years but was not accepted by the locals Malaysian in Sabah. The fear of pollution and contamination due to the burning of coal has been the main reason for rejecting the proposal. I suppose this had caused delay in the development of electricity generation in the state to some extent. Tan Sri Leo Moggie had in some occasions openly said bluntly and insinuated that without the endorsement from the locals on the coal-burning power plants, Sabah was going to head for more hardships.

He was right but Sabahan shouln't be blamed for the delay in power plant construction. They’d proposed a power plant that Sabahan couldn't accept in the first place.

Now it looks like we are in the critical state of power rationing state where power distribution to users will be shared, and the distribution will be very much up to the discretion of the power controller.

Many Hospitals especially in Sandakan had been hit by the sudden disruptions, and has been a popular subject of criticisms. This subject will be as serious and critical as the Queen Elizabeth Hospital one.


Is this the situation we wanted to see in the first place? We are different to the states in Semenanjung where our future lies with eco-tourism and environmental protection. Therefore, the importance, and emphasis, on conservation and ecological protection are the main focuses of the state, and that we are not going to be compromise at all.

Sabah can only adopt the sustainable energy sources as a form of safer energy to drive the country ahead. We are talking about the solar, wind, water power sources rather than those based on the fossil fuels, namely oil, natural gas, nuclear etc.

Even now using the fossil fuels like the diesel, natural gas, the power generation can not solved our woes either, as there have always been the technical problems in the electrical company that they could never generate enough power for us. Why? No body seems to know. Fingers are pointing every where and no one knows what really went wrong as far as the electrical power supply in Sabah is concerned.

Initially, they blamed the transmission network, then the control network, now the power generation network, what's next?

There are some quarters suggesting replacing SESB or creating another competitor instead.

SESB doesn't perform and definitely not professional enough to deal with the power demands in the state. The lack of anticipation of problems and solution is particularly interested where we seemed to have chasing our tails all the time. In fact, this is a common phenomenon amongst all the government departments where they wait for thing to happen and then act on it, if they ever act on it, else, they will simply ignore it as if nothing happens.

The government shouldn't give lame excuse of fund shortage as Tun Mahatir just said that Petronas had paid 253.6 Billion Ringgit to Federal government for the period between the years 2003 to 2009; surely some of the money can be channeled to Sabah for the electrification projects.

Isn't this another 'People First, Performance Now!' awaiting BN to achieve?