Sg Kayu Ara Big Middle Bedroom with Double Bed for Rent, 47400 Petaling Jaya
Suitable for Single Professional Male or Couple working in Bandar Utama (IBM, KPMG, TV3, Media Prima, etc.), Damansara Utama, Damansara Jaya, Taman Tun Dr Ismail or Petaling Jaya.
FOR NON-SMOKERS ONLY.
Location:
Pangsa Sungai Ara
29 Jalan Teratai PJU 6A
Damansara Utama
47400 PETALING JAYA
GPS: 3.1379 N,101.6159 E
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Description:
Fully-furnished bedroom in furnished medium-cost flat. All furniture and fittings from IKEA. I shall supply mattress and I already have IKEA curtains fitted. In furnished apartment for rent to non-smoker males only.
Lift. Free Car Park. Restaurants, mini-markets and shops downstairs. 7-Eleven, Carrefour Express, Budget Hotel, Internet Cafe within walking distance. Easy access to NKVE, LDP, Penchala Link.
Rent:
RM400/month for Single Occupancy
RM450/month for Double Occupancy
Available for viewing now.
Newly repainted and refurbished. Fully furnished with furniture from IKEA. Includes sofa, coffee table, cabinets, bookshelves, kitchen shelves, dining table, dining chairs all from IKEA. Also double bed and mattress (to be bought).
Security & Key Deposit: 3 month's rent
Utility Deposit: 1 month's rent
Tenancy Agreement and Stamp Duty: RM150 approx.
SERIOUS INQUIRIES ONLY WELCOME
If you are interested, send email to azlan.landlord@gmail.com for a Rental Application Form.
Incomplete forms will not be considered. Once I have has determined that you are eligible to become my tenant, I shall invite you to view the room. If you like the room, you have to pay the Booking Fee of One Month's Rent immediately. You have to pay the Security Deposit of Three Month's Rent and Utility Deposit of One Month's Rent before you can have the keys and move in.
NON-SMOKERS ONLY NEED APPLY.
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Thursday, September 29, 2011
29091
APARTMENT TINGKAT 2
JALAN SM 3, TAMAN SUNWAY MAS
SUNWAY BATU CAVES
68100 BATU CAVES
Three-bedroom, two-bathroom UNFURNISHED second-floor apartment for rent.
TERMS & CONDITIONS:
Rent: RM600/month
Security Deposit is Two-Month's Rent (RM1,200)
TNB Deposit: RM250
Water Deposit: RM150
Non-refundable Booking Fee = One (1) month's rent, payable in advance. It will be
forfeited if you change your mind before paying the Security, Water & TNB (electricity) Deposits. Once you pay the Security, Water & TNB Deposits, the Booking Fee will be regarded as your first month's rent. Stamp Duty & Tenancy Agreement is RM150 (lump sum).
TOTAL IS RM2,350
Rent: RM600/month
Security Deposit is Two-Month's Rent (RM1,200)
TNB Deposit: RM250
Water Deposit: RM150
Non-refundable Booking Fee = One (1) month's rent, payable in advance. It will be
forfeited if you change your mind before paying the Security, Water & TNB (electricity) Deposits. Once you pay the Security, Water & TNB Deposits, the Booking Fee will be regarded as your first month's rent. Stamp Duty & Tenancy Agreement is RM150 (lump sum).
TOTAL IS RM2,350
SERIOUS INQUIRIES ONLY WELCOME
If you are interested, please send an email to
azlan.landlord@gmail.com
requesting for a Rental Application Form.
Then, please print out, fill in, sign, scan and email or fax back with the required supporting documents (photocopy of IC/Passport, Letter of Appointment or 3 months’ Bank Statement) as requested. Only fully completed Rental Application Forms with supporting documents will be considered.
HOW TO APPLY (PROCEDURE)
STEP 1
Fill in the Rental Application Form. Fill in completely because I shall decide if I want to rent to you or not based on your answers, supporting documents, references, and etc. I shall later prepare the Tenancy Agreement based on the info you submit.
STEP 2
If I think you would make a good tenant, I shall invite you to view the property. You will have to decide on the spot whether you want to rent the property or not. If yes, pay the Booking Fee on the spot. You need to pay the Security, Water & TNB Deposits before you get the keys. You also need to pay for the Tenancy Agreement & Stamp Duty = RM150 (lump sum)
Please also indicate how long do you want to rent my property? 3 years? 5 years?
Thank you for your interest in renting my properties.
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Strategic location in Batu Caves facing MRR2 highway, easy access to DUKE expressway. Shops, restaurants and PETRONAS station within walking distance. Opposite GIANT hypermarket and opposite Batu Caves Police Station.
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2909
NO LONGER AVAILABLE. ALREADY TAKEN ON NOVEMBER 30, 2011.
MAY BECOME AVAILABLE ON 1 JANUARY 2013.
Kayu Ara Fully-furnished Corner Bedroom for Rent, 47400 Petaling Jaya
Suitable for Single Professional Male working in Bandar Utama (IBM, KPMG, TV3, Media Prima, etc.), Damansara Utama, Damansara Jaya, Taman Tun Dr Ismail and Petaling Jaya.
FOR MALE NON-SMOKERS ONLY.
Location:
Pangsa
Jalan
Damansara Utama
47400 PETALING JAYA
GPS: 3.1379 N,101.6159 E
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Description:
Fully-furnished bedroom in furnished medium-cost flat. All furniture and fittings from IKEA. What you see is what you get. In furnished apartment for rent to non-smoker males only.
Lift. Free Car Park. Restaurants, mini-markets and shops downstairs. 7-Eleven, Carrefour Express, Budget Hotel, Internet Cafe within walking distance. Easy access to NKVE, LDP, Penchala Link.
Rent: RM400/month
Available for viewing now.
Newly repainted and refurbished. Fully furnished with furniture from IKEA. Includes sofa, coffee table, cabinets, bookshelves, kitchen shelves, dining table, dining chairs all from IKEA. Also bed and mattress. Only RM7 taxi fare to Taman Bahagia LRT station. High speed 20Mb/s Wi-Fi and IPTV by UNIFI worth RM249/month included.
Security & Key Deposit: 3 month's rent
Monthly Rent: RM400
Booking Fee: 1 month's rent
Tenancy Agreement and Stamp Duty: RM150 approx.
This is my property. I am not forcing you to rent it. But if you want to rent it, you have to agree to my terms and conditions. Forget about "normal" as "normal" does not apply to this property. This is an exceptional property, so the terms and conditions are hence not "normal." If you can't afford it, please don't waste my time. You also must be able to make a fast decision once you have viewed the property. None of that you want to sleep over it, your papa-needs-to-sleep-over-it, your mama-needs-to-sleep-over-it, your whole-bloody-clan-needs-to-sleep-over-it nonsense.
SERIOUS INQUIRIES ONLY WELCOME
If you are interested, send email to azlan.landlord@gmail.com for a Rental Application Form.
Incomplete forms will not be considered. Once I have has determined that you are eligible to become my tenant, I shall invite you to view the room. If you like the room, you have to pay the Booking Fee of One Month's Rent immediately. You have to pay the Security & Key Deposit of Three Month's Rent before you can have the keys and move in. Once your Security Deposit is paid, your Booking Fee will be regarded as your first month's rent.
NON-SMOKERS ONLY NEED APPLY.
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MAY BECOME AVAILABLE ON 1 JANUARY 2013.
Kayu Ara Fully-furnished Corner Bedroom for Rent, 47400 Petaling Jaya
Suitable for Single Professional Male working in Bandar Utama (IBM, KPMG, TV3, Media Prima, etc.), Damansara Utama, Damansara Jaya, Taman Tun Dr Ismail and Petaling Jaya.
FOR MALE NON-SMOKERS ONLY.
Location:
Pangsa
Jalan
Damansara Utama
47400 PETALING JAYA
GPS: 3.1379 N,101.6159 E
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Description:
Fully-furnished bedroom in furnished medium-cost flat. All furniture and fittings from IKEA. What you see is what you get. In furnished apartment for rent to non-smoker males only.
Lift. Free Car Park. Restaurants, mini-markets and shops downstairs. 7-Eleven, Carrefour Express, Budget Hotel, Internet Cafe within walking distance. Easy access to NKVE, LDP, Penchala Link.
Rent: RM400/month
Available for viewing now.
Newly repainted and refurbished. Fully furnished with furniture from IKEA. Includes sofa, coffee table, cabinets, bookshelves, kitchen shelves, dining table, dining chairs all from IKEA. Also bed and mattress. Only RM7 taxi fare to Taman Bahagia LRT station. High speed 20Mb/s Wi-Fi and IPTV by UNIFI worth RM249/month included.
Security & Key Deposit: 3 month's rent
Monthly Rent: RM400
Booking Fee: 1 month's rent
Tenancy Agreement and Stamp Duty: RM150 approx.
This is my property. I am not forcing you to rent it. But if you want to rent it, you have to agree to my terms and conditions. Forget about "normal" as "normal" does not apply to this property. This is an exceptional property, so the terms and conditions are hence not "normal." If you can't afford it, please don't waste my time. You also must be able to make a fast decision once you have viewed the property. None of that you want to sleep over it, your papa-needs-to-sleep-over-it, your mama-needs-to-sleep-over-it, your whole-bloody-clan-needs-to-sleep-over-it nonsense.
SERIOUS INQUIRIES ONLY WELCOME
If you are interested, send email to azlan.landlord@gmail.com for a Rental Application Form.
Incomplete forms will not be considered. Once I have has determined that you are eligible to become my tenant, I shall invite you to view the room. If you like the room, you have to pay the Booking Fee of One Month's Rent immediately. You have to pay the Security & Key Deposit of Three Month's Rent before you can have the keys and move in. Once your Security Deposit is paid, your Booking Fee will be regarded as your first month's rent.
NON-SMOKERS ONLY NEED APPLY.
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Wednesday, September 28, 2011
2809
BEDROOMS ROR RENT IN PRIMA APARTMENT, KOTA WARISAN, 43900 SEPANG
AVAILABLE FOR NON-SMOKING MEN ONLY
Fully-furnished bedrooms for rent in furnished Prima Apartment, Kota Warisan, Persiaran Warisan, Bandar Baru Salak Tinggi, 43900 SEPANG.
If interested, please send an email to:
azlan.landlord@gmail.com
to request for a Rental Application Form or download from here. Then, please print out, fill in, sign, scan and email or fax back with the required supporting documents as requested. Only fully completed Rental Application Forms with supporting documents will be considered.
Location Address:
Prima Apartment
Persiaran Warisan
Kota Warisan
Bandar Baru Salak Tinggi
43900 SEPANG
GPS: 2.8230649 North, 101.6981 East
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The colour concept for the Prima apartment is pine and black so the colour of the furniture will naturally reflect this. However, to break the monotony and provide a central focal point, the only major piece of furniture not in this colour scheme is the burgundy full leather 2+1 Fella Design sofa set.
The burgundy mild steel double decker beds for the two smaller bedrooms also reflect this concept. I've put a 4-poster pine Queen size bed in the master bedroom with Queen size mattress.
Ideal for professional men with transport ~ a bit too far to walk to ERL station in AsiaAir uniform and high heels.
RENT
Middle Bedroom is already taken as of November 3, 2011
Middle Bedroom comes with double-decker bed, Roman blinds (from IKEA), wardrobe (from IKEA), bedside table (from IKEA), bedside lamp (from IKEA), rug (from IKEA), towel rack (from IKEA), hat rack (from IKEA). Rent: RM295/month for single occupancy, RM345 for double occupancy.
=== AVAILABLE FROM JULY 1, 2012===
Corner Bedroom
SORRY, THE CORNER BEDROOM IS ALREADY TENANTED. MAY BECOME AVAILABLE ON APRIL 1, 2012.
Corner Bedroom comes with double-decker bed, Venetian blinds (from IKEA), wardrobe (from IKEA), bedside table (from IKEA), bedside lamp (from IKEA), rug (from IKEA), towel rack (from IKEA), hat rack (from IKEA). Rent: RM295/month for single occupancy, RM345 for double occupancy.
=== SORRY, THE CORNER BEDROOM IS ALREADY TENANTED. MAY BECOME AVAILABLE ON APRIL 1, 2012. ===
Master Bedroom
Master Bedroom (with attached bathroom, Queen-size bed, bedside table with chest of 2 drawers, bedside light, rug): RM395/month for single occupancy, RM445 for double occupancy.
=== AVAILABLE 1 JANUARY 2012 ===
TERMS & CONDITIONS
Combined Security, Utility & Key Deposit = Three (3) months' rent
SYABAS = Below RM6/month, free of charge, subsidized by PKR government of Selangor (yay!). Above RM6/month, got to pay.
TNB = Below RM20/month, free of charge, subsidized by government of Malaysia (yay!). Above RM20/month, got to pay.
Booking Fee = One (1) month's rent payable in advance. It will be forfeited if you change your mind before paying the Combined Security, Utility & Key Deposit. Once you pay the Combined Security, Utility & Key Deposit, the Booking Fee will be regarded as your first month's rent.
Tenancy Agreement & Stamp Duty = RM150 (lump sum)
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AVAILABLE FOR NON-SMOKING MEN ONLY
Fully-furnished bedrooms for rent in furnished Prima Apartment, Kota Warisan, Persiaran Warisan, Bandar Baru Salak Tinggi, 43900 SEPANG.
If interested, please send an email to:
azlan.landlord@gmail.com
to request for a Rental Application Form or download from here. Then, please print out, fill in, sign, scan and email or fax back with the required supporting documents as requested. Only fully completed Rental Application Forms with supporting documents will be considered.
Location Address:
Prima Apartment
Persiaran Warisan
Kota Warisan
Bandar Baru Salak Tinggi
43900 SEPANG
GPS: 2.8230649 North, 101.6981 East
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The colour concept for the Prima apartment is pine and black so the colour of the furniture will naturally reflect this. However, to break the monotony and provide a central focal point, the only major piece of furniture not in this colour scheme is the burgundy full leather 2+1 Fella Design sofa set.
The burgundy mild steel double decker beds for the two smaller bedrooms also reflect this concept. I've put a 4-poster pine Queen size bed in the master bedroom with Queen size mattress.
Ideal for professional men with transport ~ a bit too far to walk to ERL station in AsiaAir uniform and high heels.
RENT
Middle Bedroom is already taken as of November 3, 2011
Middle Bedroom comes with double-decker bed, Roman blinds (from IKEA), wardrobe (from IKEA), bedside table (from IKEA), bedside lamp (from IKEA), rug (from IKEA), towel rack (from IKEA), hat rack (from IKEA). Rent: RM295/month for single occupancy, RM345 for double occupancy.
=== AVAILABLE FROM JULY 1, 2012===
Corner Bedroom
SORRY, THE CORNER BEDROOM IS ALREADY TENANTED. MAY BECOME AVAILABLE ON APRIL 1, 2012.
Corner Bedroom comes with double-decker bed, Venetian blinds (from IKEA), wardrobe (from IKEA), bedside table (from IKEA), bedside lamp (from IKEA), rug (from IKEA), towel rack (from IKEA), hat rack (from IKEA). Rent: RM295/month for single occupancy, RM345 for double occupancy.
=== SORRY, THE CORNER BEDROOM IS ALREADY TENANTED. MAY BECOME AVAILABLE ON APRIL 1, 2012. ===
Master Bedroom
Master Bedroom (with attached bathroom, Queen-size bed, bedside table with chest of 2 drawers, bedside light, rug): RM395/month for single occupancy, RM445 for double occupancy.
=== AVAILABLE 1 JANUARY 2012 ===
TERMS & CONDITIONS
Combined Security, Utility & Key Deposit = Three (3) months' rent
SYABAS = Below RM6/month, free of charge, subsidized by PKR government of Selangor (yay!). Above RM6/month, got to pay.
TNB = Below RM20/month, free of charge, subsidized by government of Malaysia (yay!). Above RM20/month, got to pay.
Booking Fee = One (1) month's rent payable in advance. It will be forfeited if you change your mind before paying the Combined Security, Utility & Key Deposit. Once you pay the Combined Security, Utility & Key Deposit, the Booking Fee will be regarded as your first month's rent.
Tenancy Agreement & Stamp Duty = RM150 (lump sum)
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Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Chinese Rare Earth "Experts" Embarrassed in Malaysia
Copyright 2003-2011 Azlan Adnan. This blog post is sponsored by The Green Party of Malaysia
Thursday, August 04, 2011
Menaruh Harapan & Menadah Impian
LYRICS (as edited)
Menaruh Harapan
Dulu aku sendiri
kini masih sendiri
hadapi hidup ini
Susah senang diri ku
tak bertempat mengadu
seperti burung kepatahan sayap...
Di hati kecil ku menaruh harapan...
Selagi hidup belum sudah
aku akan terus melangkah
Ku yakin rahmat buat ku
di hadapan menunggu...
Menadah Impian
Barangkali kau tidak mengerti
perasaan sayangku pada mu
Mungkin jua kau ada yang lain
yang engkau sayangi selain diri ku
Hanya aku yang cinta pada mu
dari dulu hingga selamanya
Tapi engkau tak mengerti
hati ini ku serah pada mu
Ku simpan kenangan cinta bersama mu
ku padam impian biar menjadi debu
ku sangka kau sayang cinta kepada ku...
ENGLISH TRANSLATION (very loose)
LYRICS (as edited)
Living in Hope
I used to be alone
Still am alone
Facing life ~ its ups and downs
with no place to seek solace
like a bird with a broken wing
In my heart I place a little hope...
As long as my life isn't over
I continue to live in hope
I am sure my destiny
is just round the corner...
Chasing My Dream
Perhaps you don't understand
the feelings of love I have for you
Perhaps you already have another
that you care about besides me
I only love you
Then, now and forever
But you don't seem to understand
I've given my heart to you, forever
Loving memories of you I had kept
Let them fade to dust
I thought you were in love with me, dear...
I thought those feelings were sincere...
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Friday, July 22, 2011
Classic Schwarzkopf
In an interview, General Norman Schwarzkopf was asked if he thought there was room for forgiveness towards the people who have harboured and abetted the terrorists who perpetrated the 9/11 attacks on America.
His answer was classic Schwarzkopf. The General said:
“I believe that forgiving them is God's function.
Our job is to arrange the meeting.”
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Thursday, July 14, 2011
Sunday, July 10, 2011
Bersih 2.0
July 9, 2011: The day Malaysia woke up and realised it cannot hide nor ignore its deep divisions for much longer...
The only reason why the BN government is against transparency and electoral reform is because they have been manipulating the electoral process in the first place...
Time to vote them out of office, don't you think?
Copyright 2003-2011 Azlan Adnan. This blog post is sponsored by The Green Party of Malaysia
Saturday, June 18, 2011
Azlan Adnan Politics Page at Facebook
Azlan Adnan Politics Page at Facebook
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Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Reema Lucida of The Elevate Band
Reema Lucida profile at Facebook
The Elevate Band page at Facebook
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Monday, May 30, 2011
The REFERENDUM on The Setting Up and Operation of Lynas Advance Materials Plant (LAMP) In Gebeng Kuantan
The REFERENDUM on The Setting Up and Operation of Lynas Advance Materials Plant (LAMP) In Gebeng Kuantan
By The Concern Citizens of Kuantan.
30th May 2011
(EMBARGO TILL 4pm)
On behalf of approximately 700,000 citizens that reside within the 30 km radius of Gebeng;
We begin by quoting the following exert from an article titled The Issue of Residual Thorium & Uranium from Rare-Earth Ore Processing Posted By Jack Lifton on March 11, 2011 @ 12:25 pm in News Analysis, Rare Earths
“In the rare-earths sector a very important and under-reported story is coming to the surface. A senior executive at a rare-earth junior said to me at PDAC in Toronto earlier this week that the 800-pound gorilla in every rare-earth venture’s room, was the radioactive thorium and/ or uranium-bearing waste that will be generated by the extraction, separation, and refining operations that are the supply chain steps immediately following mining and mechanical concentration.
It is my understanding that Lynas’ first business plan for the Mt Weld operation put out in 2005 called for only raw ore to be produced in Australia. Every further step in the supply chain was, in that plan, to be done in China, and, at the conclusion the idea was that China would either ship finished rare-earth metals to Lynas’ customers or buy the rare-earth metals at that point or earlier in the supply chain from Lynas. This original Lynas plan faltered on the failure of the Chinese to give guarantees that the ore would remain the property of Lynas, after Chinese work product was added to it. Chinese law on the ownership of natural resources by the State was not specific on when such ownership vested if the goods were imported, and this made institutional investors gun-shy of the project.
One of the major advantages of Lynas’ original plan was that any radioactive residue would have been a Chinese disposal problem, and in those days the Chinese were more flexible about that than they have now become.”
OBJECTIVE
We are aware that the IAEA expert panel is here in Malaysia to investigate the health and safety aspects of LAMP, specifically to review the radiation safety aspects of the facility in relation to relevant international radiation safety standards and good practice.
We are also very aware of the fact that the panel will not engage in policy type of discussions.
However the arguments that we are putting forth in our representation today, will be to put across a strong message to the panel that whatever technical solutions and recommendations being proposed to the government of Malaysia by the panel of international experts at the end of this fact finding mission with not function as a working model here in Malaysia.
Recommendations on LAMP’s safety does not rest on technical recommendations and inputs but rather must be made on a holistic approach on the moral ground by putting people’s safety, health and lives above others.
1) HEALTH CONCERNS
The information contained in the above article is not of a new discovery. We, the Kuantan Concern Citizens are very much aware of the hazard that lies in the rare earth processing industry which has cause a bad mark in the history of Malaysia. During the 1980’s a similar industry, where a company by the name of Asian Rare Earth (owned by a Japanese company, Mitsubitshi Corporation) had cause a disastrous and irreversible impact to humanity and surrounding ecology. Many children and adults succumbed to illness caused by cancer which includes leukemia and the like. There is also living proof of children who were born deformed or mentally handicap. Cases of fetus which died during pregnancy were also recorded. The village was somehow deserted and not livable. The clean up of the radioactive waste had just been taken recently by the government and the owner of the company and cost the owner over RM 300 million.
Lynas, which do not have any track record in processing rare earth prior to this, to this date had not been able to show any concrete measure in the handling of the radioactive waste generated from the separation process in Gebeng, Kuantan. Although Lynas and the Malaysian government tried to downplay the amount of thorium generated by claiming that the ore from Mount Weld contains less thorium in comparison with the ore used by Asian Rare Earth, the volume that LAMP proposed to process here in Gebeng are many times more than of Asian Rare Earth.
We have no doubt whatsoever that the total accumulated thorium will be very much higher than what was produced in Bukit Merah. Lynas’s claims on having the best engineering practice and safer processing technology were never proven as there is no existing LAMP anywhere prior to this nor is there any existing refinery facility outside China which can be benchmarked to. Until today, Lynas has failed to produce a concrete long term radioactive waste management plan
Considering the overall harm and damages that can be caused by thorium and many other element produced such as uranium waste, radon & thoron gas, and many other hazardous chemicals used in the process, we strongly believe that this facility is not safe. The magnitude of damage to mankind and the environment will be enormous. It will cause an irreversible impact to the community. We definitely will not allow ourselves and our future generation to be the GUINEA PIGS or LAB RATS to the massive experiment which Lynas plan to conduct on humanity. It is morally wrong and a violation of human rights to living a healthy live, to begin an operation on a process which is not proven to be safe especially so when it is near to residential areas in a densely populated area within it’s 30 km radius.
History has shown that industry owner will easily get away from their liability and responsibility because it is not easy to prove that any health impact in future is directly link to their waste generation due to the lack of enforcement in our country. We certainly refuse to shoulder the risk of the harm that this plant poses to our health and the environmental threats to our future generation. We do not want our homeland to be the dumping ground of an irresponsible business entity. Economic gain shall NOT and NEVER take priority over safety and health of human being.
2) ECONOMIC CONCERNS
Kuantan is a tourist destination with beautiful beaches and scenic sights. Many of the local residents immediately next to the LAMP site thrives on the tourism industry by being proprieters of budget hotels and homestays as well as managing the seafood industry to cater for the needs of locals and tourists alike. At the same time Kuantan also harbours one of the largest fishing port in Malaysia which registers more than 390 deep sea trawlers at it’s docks. The stigma that this industry brings will certainly bring a heavy blow to the local residents and Kuantan will not be an attractive destination for tourist anymore. Even right now as we sit here in this meeting, the prices of property in Kuantan have spiraled down. Not to mention the cost of health insurance that will be burdensome to the Kuantan tax payers. The Kuantan Local Council has signed an undertaking to adopt the Local Agenda 21 in support of sustainable development way back in the year 2001. Thus, approving LAMP without prior consultation with the public and the stakeholders in Kuantan is a totally unacceptable act and contravenes the principles of sustainable development adopted in Local Agenda 21.
3) LAX ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS
Specifically with regards to this industry, Malaysia does not have stringent environmental laws to protect our Environment. Even the regulator for LAMP project will be the AELB (Atomic Energy Licensing Board) as compared to the EPA in Australia or the US.
4) ENFORCEMENT ISSUES
There are always issues regarding slack enforcement as well as corruption in this country (the Corruption Perception Index for Malaysia being at 56 out of 178 countries is testimony to this fact). Even if Malaysia imposes fines on Lynas (a 100% Australian owned company) for non compliance, whatever the amount will be peanuts compared to the total export value of RM8 billion a year that Lynas will be enjoying.
5) LYNAS’S CREDIBILITY AND INTEGRITY
Lynas’s credibility is greatly questionable
(i) Even in Australia, Lynas has a record of non compliance to the Safety Standards set in the original works approval for (Environmental Assessment Report – Amendments to works approval W4440/2008/1 regards tailings storage facility of their Concentration Plant in Mt Weld)
(ii) Lynas has been misleading the public by providing the Malaysian public as well as the Malaysian authorities with incomplete or skewed information.
(iii) Lynas is using Chinese standards in Malaysia as opposed to what they claim that they adhere to strict IAEA standards. By using Chinese standards (GB9133-88), they get away with their claim that the waste is NON RADIOACTIVE since the specific radioactivity level of their waste is at 61 Bq/g ( the limit in Chinese Standards is 74Bq/g while the limit in Australia and by IAEA standards is 1 Bq/g) The RIA report dated June 2010 confirms the specific radioactivity level of the waste.
6) SIGNED PETITION From the Kuantan Folks
Copies of 51,000 plus petition collected from Kuantan alone (from 15th March – 30th May 2011) suffice to impress upon the panel the grievance of the Kuantan public. This forms an integral part of the referendum.
EXPECTED OUTCOME
The Citizens of Kuantan are not opposed to development. However, we would like to assert strongly that the development we desire is in the form of SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT.
Therefore, we demand the government of Malaysia to stop Lynas from operating its rare earth processing plant in Kuantan or anywhere in Malaysia. We do not have faith that whatever recommendations given by the panel can be and will be complied to. We do not want to face a radioactive problem in our backyard when Gebeng is turned into an onsite radioactive waste dumping ground for LAMP forever. We certainly do not want to subject ourselves or our family members to severe health threats while Lynas make their way to the bank, laughing...
Our expected outcome from your mission here in Malaysia will be that we expect you to advise the government of Malaysia as well as the state government of Pahang that they have made a mistake in giving approval for LAMP to be constructed in Gebeng. Never the less it is not too late for the Malaysian authorities to make the right moral decision for the Concerned Citizens, all 700,000 living within 30 km radius of LAMP which is NOT to ISSUE an Operating License due in September.
I also trust that the panel will make it’s decision based on conscience, putting lives and environment first before profits, as the lives of the citizens are of paramount importance, priceless and totally not negotiable.
Representation From the Kuantan Concern Citizens
Represented by:
Fuziah Salleh
Member of Parliament,
Kuantan.
30th May 2011
Copyright 2003-2011 Azlan Adnan. This blog post is sponsored by The Green Party of Malaysia
By The Concern Citizens of Kuantan.
30th May 2011
(EMBARGO TILL 4pm)
On behalf of approximately 700,000 citizens that reside within the 30 km radius of Gebeng;
We begin by quoting the following exert from an article titled The Issue of Residual Thorium & Uranium from Rare-Earth Ore Processing Posted By Jack Lifton on March 11, 2011 @ 12:25 pm in News Analysis, Rare Earths
“In the rare-earths sector a very important and under-reported story is coming to the surface. A senior executive at a rare-earth junior said to me at PDAC in Toronto earlier this week that the 800-pound gorilla in every rare-earth venture’s room, was the radioactive thorium and/ or uranium-bearing waste that will be generated by the extraction, separation, and refining operations that are the supply chain steps immediately following mining and mechanical concentration.
It is my understanding that Lynas’ first business plan for the Mt Weld operation put out in 2005 called for only raw ore to be produced in Australia. Every further step in the supply chain was, in that plan, to be done in China, and, at the conclusion the idea was that China would either ship finished rare-earth metals to Lynas’ customers or buy the rare-earth metals at that point or earlier in the supply chain from Lynas. This original Lynas plan faltered on the failure of the Chinese to give guarantees that the ore would remain the property of Lynas, after Chinese work product was added to it. Chinese law on the ownership of natural resources by the State was not specific on when such ownership vested if the goods were imported, and this made institutional investors gun-shy of the project.
One of the major advantages of Lynas’ original plan was that any radioactive residue would have been a Chinese disposal problem, and in those days the Chinese were more flexible about that than they have now become.”
OBJECTIVE
We are aware that the IAEA expert panel is here in Malaysia to investigate the health and safety aspects of LAMP, specifically to review the radiation safety aspects of the facility in relation to relevant international radiation safety standards and good practice.
We are also very aware of the fact that the panel will not engage in policy type of discussions.
However the arguments that we are putting forth in our representation today, will be to put across a strong message to the panel that whatever technical solutions and recommendations being proposed to the government of Malaysia by the panel of international experts at the end of this fact finding mission with not function as a working model here in Malaysia.
Recommendations on LAMP’s safety does not rest on technical recommendations and inputs but rather must be made on a holistic approach on the moral ground by putting people’s safety, health and lives above others.
1) HEALTH CONCERNS
The information contained in the above article is not of a new discovery. We, the Kuantan Concern Citizens are very much aware of the hazard that lies in the rare earth processing industry which has cause a bad mark in the history of Malaysia. During the 1980’s a similar industry, where a company by the name of Asian Rare Earth (owned by a Japanese company, Mitsubitshi Corporation) had cause a disastrous and irreversible impact to humanity and surrounding ecology. Many children and adults succumbed to illness caused by cancer which includes leukemia and the like. There is also living proof of children who were born deformed or mentally handicap. Cases of fetus which died during pregnancy were also recorded. The village was somehow deserted and not livable. The clean up of the radioactive waste had just been taken recently by the government and the owner of the company and cost the owner over RM 300 million.
Lynas, which do not have any track record in processing rare earth prior to this, to this date had not been able to show any concrete measure in the handling of the radioactive waste generated from the separation process in Gebeng, Kuantan. Although Lynas and the Malaysian government tried to downplay the amount of thorium generated by claiming that the ore from Mount Weld contains less thorium in comparison with the ore used by Asian Rare Earth, the volume that LAMP proposed to process here in Gebeng are many times more than of Asian Rare Earth.
We have no doubt whatsoever that the total accumulated thorium will be very much higher than what was produced in Bukit Merah. Lynas’s claims on having the best engineering practice and safer processing technology were never proven as there is no existing LAMP anywhere prior to this nor is there any existing refinery facility outside China which can be benchmarked to. Until today, Lynas has failed to produce a concrete long term radioactive waste management plan
Considering the overall harm and damages that can be caused by thorium and many other element produced such as uranium waste, radon & thoron gas, and many other hazardous chemicals used in the process, we strongly believe that this facility is not safe. The magnitude of damage to mankind and the environment will be enormous. It will cause an irreversible impact to the community. We definitely will not allow ourselves and our future generation to be the GUINEA PIGS or LAB RATS to the massive experiment which Lynas plan to conduct on humanity. It is morally wrong and a violation of human rights to living a healthy live, to begin an operation on a process which is not proven to be safe especially so when it is near to residential areas in a densely populated area within it’s 30 km radius.
History has shown that industry owner will easily get away from their liability and responsibility because it is not easy to prove that any health impact in future is directly link to their waste generation due to the lack of enforcement in our country. We certainly refuse to shoulder the risk of the harm that this plant poses to our health and the environmental threats to our future generation. We do not want our homeland to be the dumping ground of an irresponsible business entity. Economic gain shall NOT and NEVER take priority over safety and health of human being.
2) ECONOMIC CONCERNS
Kuantan is a tourist destination with beautiful beaches and scenic sights. Many of the local residents immediately next to the LAMP site thrives on the tourism industry by being proprieters of budget hotels and homestays as well as managing the seafood industry to cater for the needs of locals and tourists alike. At the same time Kuantan also harbours one of the largest fishing port in Malaysia which registers more than 390 deep sea trawlers at it’s docks. The stigma that this industry brings will certainly bring a heavy blow to the local residents and Kuantan will not be an attractive destination for tourist anymore. Even right now as we sit here in this meeting, the prices of property in Kuantan have spiraled down. Not to mention the cost of health insurance that will be burdensome to the Kuantan tax payers. The Kuantan Local Council has signed an undertaking to adopt the Local Agenda 21 in support of sustainable development way back in the year 2001. Thus, approving LAMP without prior consultation with the public and the stakeholders in Kuantan is a totally unacceptable act and contravenes the principles of sustainable development adopted in Local Agenda 21.
3) LAX ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS
Specifically with regards to this industry, Malaysia does not have stringent environmental laws to protect our Environment. Even the regulator for LAMP project will be the AELB (Atomic Energy Licensing Board) as compared to the EPA in Australia or the US.
4) ENFORCEMENT ISSUES
There are always issues regarding slack enforcement as well as corruption in this country (the Corruption Perception Index for Malaysia being at 56 out of 178 countries is testimony to this fact). Even if Malaysia imposes fines on Lynas (a 100% Australian owned company) for non compliance, whatever the amount will be peanuts compared to the total export value of RM8 billion a year that Lynas will be enjoying.
5) LYNAS’S CREDIBILITY AND INTEGRITY
Lynas’s credibility is greatly questionable
(i) Even in Australia, Lynas has a record of non compliance to the Safety Standards set in the original works approval for (Environmental Assessment Report – Amendments to works approval W4440/2008/1 regards tailings storage facility of their Concentration Plant in Mt Weld)
(ii) Lynas has been misleading the public by providing the Malaysian public as well as the Malaysian authorities with incomplete or skewed information.
(iii) Lynas is using Chinese standards in Malaysia as opposed to what they claim that they adhere to strict IAEA standards. By using Chinese standards (GB9133-88), they get away with their claim that the waste is NON RADIOACTIVE since the specific radioactivity level of their waste is at 61 Bq/g ( the limit in Chinese Standards is 74Bq/g while the limit in Australia and by IAEA standards is 1 Bq/g) The RIA report dated June 2010 confirms the specific radioactivity level of the waste.
6) SIGNED PETITION From the Kuantan Folks
Copies of 51,000 plus petition collected from Kuantan alone (from 15th March – 30th May 2011) suffice to impress upon the panel the grievance of the Kuantan public. This forms an integral part of the referendum.
EXPECTED OUTCOME
The Citizens of Kuantan are not opposed to development. However, we would like to assert strongly that the development we desire is in the form of SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT.
Therefore, we demand the government of Malaysia to stop Lynas from operating its rare earth processing plant in Kuantan or anywhere in Malaysia. We do not have faith that whatever recommendations given by the panel can be and will be complied to. We do not want to face a radioactive problem in our backyard when Gebeng is turned into an onsite radioactive waste dumping ground for LAMP forever. We certainly do not want to subject ourselves or our family members to severe health threats while Lynas make their way to the bank, laughing...
Our expected outcome from your mission here in Malaysia will be that we expect you to advise the government of Malaysia as well as the state government of Pahang that they have made a mistake in giving approval for LAMP to be constructed in Gebeng. Never the less it is not too late for the Malaysian authorities to make the right moral decision for the Concerned Citizens, all 700,000 living within 30 km radius of LAMP which is NOT to ISSUE an Operating License due in September.
I also trust that the panel will make it’s decision based on conscience, putting lives and environment first before profits, as the lives of the citizens are of paramount importance, priceless and totally not negotiable.
Representation From the Kuantan Concern Citizens
Represented by:
Fuziah Salleh
Member of Parliament,
Kuantan.
30th May 2011
Copyright 2003-2011 Azlan Adnan. This blog post is sponsored by The Green Party of Malaysia
Sunday, May 22, 2011
On LYNAS: Letter to Australian High Commissioner
May 22, 2011
H.E. Miles Kupa
Australian High Commissioner
Australian High Commission
6 Jalan Yap Kwan Seng
50450 KUALA LUMPUR
Telephone: 2146 5555
Fax: 2141 5773
Your Excellency,
We, concerned citizens of Malaysia, are of the understanding that Lynas Corporation has made one or more payments to the Malaysian Government.
We suspect and fear that this has somewhat helped to fast track the Lynas Advanced Materials Plant (LAMP) approval process - without public knowledge and through a very loose Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) despite a complex and hazardous project.
Under Malaysia's Official Secrets Act, we will have little, if any, hope of getting any truth out of our Government, even though this matter is of utmost national interest.
In the interests of both Malaysia and Australia, both Lynas and our Government should be transparent about the approval process.
As Australia has been a strong advocate of good governance and is committed to stamping out corruption, we call upon your good Government to compel Lynas Corporation to adhere to its stated value of honesty and transparency to reveal the deal it has struck with the Malaysian Government and also to make all payment records public. This is of interest not only to all Malaysians but also to the Australian shareholders of Lynas Corporation.
We trust that the Australian Government is committed to protecting the good name of Australia and will not risk one corporation's headlong quest for profit , at the expense of the health of Malaysians and the local environment, to tarnish the good reputation of Australia.
We therefore urge the Australian Government to investigate Lynas Corporation for any possible wrongdoings in its dealings with the Malaysian Government. We were appalled and disgusted to learn that Lynas Corporation had offered a job to the soon-to-be-retired Director-General of the Malaysian Atomic Agency Licensing Board (AELB), Yang Berbahagia Datuk Raja Abdul Aziz Raja Adnan, by his own admission. I am sure you will agree with me that such an offer is tantamount to fair dinkum conflict of interest, collusion and corruption.
Thank you,
Azlan Adnan
Founder, Green Party of Malaysia
Correspondence Address:
Letter Box 20, Wisma Chartis
99 Jalan Ampang
50450 KUALA LUMPUR
Malaysia
Fax: +603-7732 3300
Web: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=6850526636
Email: harithabhoomi.malaysia@gmail.com
Copyright 2003-2011 Azlan Adnan. This blog post is sponsored by The Green Party of Malaysia
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
ELECTRICITY DEMAND IN SABAH
There is no doubt there is an electricity shortage in Sabah. Or else there won't be so many blackouts. So there is a need for electricity to meet current demand as well as for future growth and development.
How much electricity do we need? It depends on whether we want to have all out industrialization (more electricity is needed) or go for sustainabale development (less is needed). Let's look at these two scenarios using China and New Zealand as case studies.
CHINA
China has decided to go for all out industrialization. it is already "factory to the world" making every kind of product for every country in the world from low-end cheap commodity items to high-end high-tech items. It has a large population and hence large workforce. This means cheap labour. Labour is also cheap because it is relatively uneducated. The higher the education level of the workforce, the higher the wages and the higher the labout cost. But as its workforce gets more educated, wages will rise in tandem.
Electricity is China is being generated by a number of sources. Coal-fired power stations have been the mainstay. They are also a source of environmental pollution, spewing sulphur dioxide and carbon dioxide into the air. As this is not enough, China has also hydro-electricity and nuclear power plants (28 more are under contruction now in China; seven in Vietnam, which is also undergoing rapid economic development, by the way). The Three Gorges dam in China has received a lot of flak from environmentalists due to the environmental impact. The truth is, hydro-electricity on a large scale has huge environmental impact, mostly negative. After 70 years or so, dams silt up and become unuseable. The Hoover Dam on the Colorado River in the US is a case in point. Mini-hydro is a better solution from an environmental point of view. More on China energy outlook here.
NEW ZEALAND
New Zealand has opted for zero industrialization as a matter of policy. This is because it is has a small (but well-educated) population. It is far from major markets (its small population isn't much of a market) so it doesn't make much sense to manufacture anything for export due to its remote location in the South Pacific. New Zealand practises sustainable development. No industrialization means it focuses on the service industry as a source of income. Tourism and education are the mainstays. New Zealand maintains it natural environment and this is what attracts the tourists to New Zealand, not Disneyland-like theme parks, not casinos. White-water rafting, trout fishing, geysers. A worldclass education system means it attracts foreign students to its universities.
Not opting for industrialization means New Zealand's energy needs are less. It is fortunate enough to have geo-thermal energy. More about New Zealand energy outlook here.
SABAH ENERGY
To me, Sabah is closer to the New Zealand model than the China model. This means we should take pointers from what New Zealand has done.
The coal-fired power plant in Sabah will be built, despite what the BN government says. This is because when they announced that they would not build it, they did not give an alternative as to how they are going to get the electricity to meet the demand. They are saying that they are not going to build it just to please the voters and also because they are under pressure from environmentalists worldwide. After the elections, they will revive the issue and build it. Also, sources have revealed that Musa Aman has already tied up the contract to transport the coal for the plant for the next 20 years. This contract is worth hundreds of millions. He's not likely to give it up just like that.
So what are the alternative sources of electricity for Sabah, if not the coal-powered power plant?
• Hydro-electricity from Bakun
Building power transmission lines from Bakun wlll also have an environmental impact
• Sabah gas
Building gas pipe lines wlll also have an environmental impact
• Sarawak gas
Building gas pipe lines wlll also have an environmental impact. In fact, plans are already afoot to build a gas pipeline from the Baram River delta to Kimanis in Sabah
Which of these alternatives are economically viable? Which has the least environmental impact? Remember, gas is a fossil fuel and not sustainable in the long term. Bakun will only last 70 years.
Instead of importing coal for a coal-fired power plant, what's hindering Sabah from having a gas-fired power plant utilizing Sabah's own gas resources? Initially, I had wrongly assumed that the gas pipeline from Bintulu to Kimanis was to bring gas from the Baram River delta to Sabah to generate electricity for Sabah. Instead, it sends Sabah gas to Bintulu. Why is this necessary, when its Sabah that needs the energy?
Are we willing to invest in photo-voltaic panels to harvest energy from the sun? Is wind energy viable? How about mini-hydro? Especially since we do not want to flood Tambatuon and make it into a dam.
Something to think about and come up with answers...
Copyright 2003-2011 Azlan Adnan Legal Notice
How much electricity do we need? It depends on whether we want to have all out industrialization (more electricity is needed) or go for sustainabale development (less is needed). Let's look at these two scenarios using China and New Zealand as case studies.
CHINA
China has decided to go for all out industrialization. it is already "factory to the world" making every kind of product for every country in the world from low-end cheap commodity items to high-end high-tech items. It has a large population and hence large workforce. This means cheap labour. Labour is also cheap because it is relatively uneducated. The higher the education level of the workforce, the higher the wages and the higher the labout cost. But as its workforce gets more educated, wages will rise in tandem.
Electricity is China is being generated by a number of sources. Coal-fired power stations have been the mainstay. They are also a source of environmental pollution, spewing sulphur dioxide and carbon dioxide into the air. As this is not enough, China has also hydro-electricity and nuclear power plants (28 more are under contruction now in China; seven in Vietnam, which is also undergoing rapid economic development, by the way). The Three Gorges dam in China has received a lot of flak from environmentalists due to the environmental impact. The truth is, hydro-electricity on a large scale has huge environmental impact, mostly negative. After 70 years or so, dams silt up and become unuseable. The Hoover Dam on the Colorado River in the US is a case in point. Mini-hydro is a better solution from an environmental point of view. More on China energy outlook here.
NEW ZEALAND
New Zealand has opted for zero industrialization as a matter of policy. This is because it is has a small (but well-educated) population. It is far from major markets (its small population isn't much of a market) so it doesn't make much sense to manufacture anything for export due to its remote location in the South Pacific. New Zealand practises sustainable development. No industrialization means it focuses on the service industry as a source of income. Tourism and education are the mainstays. New Zealand maintains it natural environment and this is what attracts the tourists to New Zealand, not Disneyland-like theme parks, not casinos. White-water rafting, trout fishing, geysers. A worldclass education system means it attracts foreign students to its universities.
Not opting for industrialization means New Zealand's energy needs are less. It is fortunate enough to have geo-thermal energy. More about New Zealand energy outlook here.
SABAH ENERGY
To me, Sabah is closer to the New Zealand model than the China model. This means we should take pointers from what New Zealand has done.
The coal-fired power plant in Sabah will be built, despite what the BN government says. This is because when they announced that they would not build it, they did not give an alternative as to how they are going to get the electricity to meet the demand. They are saying that they are not going to build it just to please the voters and also because they are under pressure from environmentalists worldwide. After the elections, they will revive the issue and build it. Also, sources have revealed that Musa Aman has already tied up the contract to transport the coal for the plant for the next 20 years. This contract is worth hundreds of millions. He's not likely to give it up just like that.
So what are the alternative sources of electricity for Sabah, if not the coal-powered power plant?
• Hydro-electricity from Bakun
Building power transmission lines from Bakun wlll also have an environmental impact
• Sabah gas
Building gas pipe lines wlll also have an environmental impact
• Sarawak gas
Building gas pipe lines wlll also have an environmental impact. In fact, plans are already afoot to build a gas pipeline from the Baram River delta to Kimanis in Sabah
Which of these alternatives are economically viable? Which has the least environmental impact? Remember, gas is a fossil fuel and not sustainable in the long term. Bakun will only last 70 years.
Instead of importing coal for a coal-fired power plant, what's hindering Sabah from having a gas-fired power plant utilizing Sabah's own gas resources? Initially, I had wrongly assumed that the gas pipeline from Bintulu to Kimanis was to bring gas from the Baram River delta to Sabah to generate electricity for Sabah. Instead, it sends Sabah gas to Bintulu. Why is this necessary, when its Sabah that needs the energy?
Are we willing to invest in photo-voltaic panels to harvest energy from the sun? Is wind energy viable? How about mini-hydro? Especially since we do not want to flood Tambatuon and make it into a dam.
Something to think about and come up with answers...
Copyright 2003-2011 Azlan Adnan Legal Notice
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Of blue movies and brown noses
By Mariam Mokhtar Mar 28, 2011
Umno has served up a red herring in the shape of a sex video which was meant
to make us take our eyes off the ball. They wanted us to forget about
Sarawak and its Chief Minister, Taib Mahmud.
The end game of the latest sex video is not an attempt by Umno to hide its
failures or an attempt to bring down opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim. The
true intention of Umno is to preoccupy us and bombard us with the details of
this sex scandal so that we lose our focus - Sarawak.
Umno's attempts to discredit Anwar are getting clumsier and cruder by the
day. It is a deliberate attempt at character assasination by people whose
own reputations are themselves sullied.
Abdul Rahim Thamby Chik is one of the people behind this sex video. He
is allegedly a child rapist and child molester. He is sore that in
1994, his ticket to millions was cut short by his sexual
indiscretions. Instead of being prosecuted, Umno kept him firmly in
the fold, possibly as a "sleeper" to do its dirty work in the future.
Perhaps this is what that sex video is all about.
Rahim had allegedly raped a minor. It was Lim Guan Eng, a DAP MP, who was
jailed for sedition when he tried to seek justice for this girl. The girl's
grandmother had pleaded with Lim to help her family. She did not go to the
Umno Malays to help her. That must say a lot about what ordinary Malays
think of the political party which is supposedly theirs. The Umno Malays
maintained an unhealthy silence to protect one of their own.
We do not know if Rahim was put up to this latest scandal by Prime Minister
Najib Abdul Razak. Two decades ago, Rahim escaped a heavy jail sentence by
doing a deal with Mahathir. Now, it is time to return the favour and come to
the defence of Umno.
It is quite possible, that if Rahim had refused to help Umno, new
incriminating evidence from the rape of that girl in 1994 would have
materialised. Who says new material cannot be unearthed at such a late
stage? They did it for Teoh Beng Hock, didn't they? The supposed 'suicide
note' appeared months later, when the inquest into his mysterious death was
nearing its conclusion.
This plan which was hatched by Umno is one of several that surfaced in the
last few months. We had Saiful's personal 'sperm bank' and we've been
entertained by Umi Hafilda Ali's failure at passing the virginity test. Now
we have this sex video.
Getting the people titillated
This red herring, the sex video, has been planned with little games in
place. It has got the people titillated. Is it Anwar in the movie or is it
not? Is it Anwar's doppelgänger or is it the despicable Shazryl Eskay
Abdullah? Why was Carcosa selected? Why were the police slow to act? This is
what Umno wanted - to distract us from Sarawak.
The reality is that Najib wants to hide the problems of Sarawak from us.
Taib Mahmud is in trouble. He is suffering from a two pronged attack by
Clare Rewcastle Brown and her weapons of mass deliverance (WMD) - the
Sarawak Report website which details all of Taib's corruption and crooked
business dealings, and Radio Free Sarawak which broadcasts interviews with
ordinary people who have suffered at the hands of Taib.
The white-haired Taib, dubbed 'The Termite', has attracted much criticism
over his unwillingness to step down or to groom his successors. He has also
been hit by successive waves of accusations of corruption and nepotism. The
anti-graft body Transparency International Malaysia has added its voice in
asking the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission to investigate the
allegations.
The problem that Najib faces in Sarawak is Taib's reluctance to hand over
the reins. There are some who believe that Taib should not contest the
polls; others feel that only he is capable of holding the coalition together
and delivering the resource-rich state to Putrajaya, which considers Sarawak
and Sabah as its "fixed-deposit" vote bank.
Umno/BN are afraid of Anwar and Pakatan. There is no doubt of that. One has
only to see the police intervention when Anwar was at a gathering in Gombak
last Friday. The more Najib sends the thugs to silence Anwar, the more
moderate Malaysians will end up supporting Anwar.
Anwar has become a symbol of oppression - his own, and ours. He has been
pilloried and punched by the police before. And yet he has managed to drag
himself up from the floor and become stronger.
Anwar being preoccupied with defending himself against this sex video was so
that he would not be able to concentrate on Sarawak.
Taib running scared
Taib is running scared. He has attempted to enter the cyber-world with
disastrous results. One victim of his foray into this cyber-war was the
proofreader at the Borneo Post. He corrected what he thought was a spelling
error and inadvertently directed online readers to the original 'Sarawak
Report' of Clare Rewcastle Brown. He has been sacked. This is Taib's
desperation and ruthlessness at work.
The battle-lines in Sarawak are already drawn. A few days ago, Snap was
exposed as potential political frogs and would have damaged Pakatan in
Sarawak, just like the political frogs which damaged Pakatan in Perak three
years ago.
Sarawak is causing sleepless nights in Putrajaya and also for Mahathir. Even
Daim, who milked Malaysia dry, has now come out of the woodwork to defend
Umno/BN and Najib.
Sarawak has never experienced a more formidable opposition. In the past,
Taib would have been able to intimidate, imprison or eliminate his
opponents, if necessary. Najib's sex video has backfired but there will be
other dirty tactics up BN's sleeves.
Anwar has galvanised Pakatan to such a degree that trying to topple him has
become an impossible undertaking; a string of bounty hunters will get their
shoulders to the task, to repay favours owed to Mahathir.
We can expect more fireworks in the run-up to Sarawak polling day.
------------------------------------------------------
MARIAM MOKHTAR is a non-conformist traditionalist from Perak, a bucket
chemist and an armchair eco-warrior. In 'real-speak', this translates into
that she comes from Ipoh, values change but respects culture, is a petroleum
chemist and also an environmental pollution-control scientist.
Umno has served up a red herring in the shape of a sex video which was meant
to make us take our eyes off the ball. They wanted us to forget about
Sarawak and its Chief Minister, Taib Mahmud.
The end game of the latest sex video is not an attempt by Umno to hide its
failures or an attempt to bring down opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim. The
true intention of Umno is to preoccupy us and bombard us with the details of
this sex scandal so that we lose our focus - Sarawak.
Umno's attempts to discredit Anwar are getting clumsier and cruder by the
day. It is a deliberate attempt at character assasination by people whose
own reputations are themselves sullied.
Abdul Rahim Thamby Chik is one of the people behind this sex video. He
is allegedly a child rapist and child molester. He is sore that in
1994, his ticket to millions was cut short by his sexual
indiscretions. Instead of being prosecuted, Umno kept him firmly in
the fold, possibly as a "sleeper" to do its dirty work in the future.
Perhaps this is what that sex video is all about.
Rahim had allegedly raped a minor. It was Lim Guan Eng, a DAP MP, who was
jailed for sedition when he tried to seek justice for this girl. The girl's
grandmother had pleaded with Lim to help her family. She did not go to the
Umno Malays to help her. That must say a lot about what ordinary Malays
think of the political party which is supposedly theirs. The Umno Malays
maintained an unhealthy silence to protect one of their own.
We do not know if Rahim was put up to this latest scandal by Prime Minister
Najib Abdul Razak. Two decades ago, Rahim escaped a heavy jail sentence by
doing a deal with Mahathir. Now, it is time to return the favour and come to
the defence of Umno.
It is quite possible, that if Rahim had refused to help Umno, new
incriminating evidence from the rape of that girl in 1994 would have
materialised. Who says new material cannot be unearthed at such a late
stage? They did it for Teoh Beng Hock, didn't they? The supposed 'suicide
note' appeared months later, when the inquest into his mysterious death was
nearing its conclusion.
This plan which was hatched by Umno is one of several that surfaced in the
last few months. We had Saiful's personal 'sperm bank' and we've been
entertained by Umi Hafilda Ali's failure at passing the virginity test. Now
we have this sex video.
Getting the people titillated
This red herring, the sex video, has been planned with little games in
place. It has got the people titillated. Is it Anwar in the movie or is it
not? Is it Anwar's doppelgänger or is it the despicable Shazryl Eskay
Abdullah? Why was Carcosa selected? Why were the police slow to act? This is
what Umno wanted - to distract us from Sarawak.
The reality is that Najib wants to hide the problems of Sarawak from us.
Taib Mahmud is in trouble. He is suffering from a two pronged attack by
Clare Rewcastle Brown and her weapons of mass deliverance (WMD) - the
Sarawak Report website which details all of Taib's corruption and crooked
business dealings, and Radio Free Sarawak which broadcasts interviews with
ordinary people who have suffered at the hands of Taib.
The white-haired Taib, dubbed 'The Termite', has attracted much criticism
over his unwillingness to step down or to groom his successors. He has also
been hit by successive waves of accusations of corruption and nepotism. The
anti-graft body Transparency International Malaysia has added its voice in
asking the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission to investigate the
allegations.
The problem that Najib faces in Sarawak is Taib's reluctance to hand over
the reins. There are some who believe that Taib should not contest the
polls; others feel that only he is capable of holding the coalition together
and delivering the resource-rich state to Putrajaya, which considers Sarawak
and Sabah as its "fixed-deposit" vote bank.
Umno/BN are afraid of Anwar and Pakatan. There is no doubt of that. One has
only to see the police intervention when Anwar was at a gathering in Gombak
last Friday. The more Najib sends the thugs to silence Anwar, the more
moderate Malaysians will end up supporting Anwar.
Anwar has become a symbol of oppression - his own, and ours. He has been
pilloried and punched by the police before. And yet he has managed to drag
himself up from the floor and become stronger.
Anwar being preoccupied with defending himself against this sex video was so
that he would not be able to concentrate on Sarawak.
Taib running scared
Taib is running scared. He has attempted to enter the cyber-world with
disastrous results. One victim of his foray into this cyber-war was the
proofreader at the Borneo Post. He corrected what he thought was a spelling
error and inadvertently directed online readers to the original 'Sarawak
Report' of Clare Rewcastle Brown. He has been sacked. This is Taib's
desperation and ruthlessness at work.
The battle-lines in Sarawak are already drawn. A few days ago, Snap was
exposed as potential political frogs and would have damaged Pakatan in
Sarawak, just like the political frogs which damaged Pakatan in Perak three
years ago.
Sarawak is causing sleepless nights in Putrajaya and also for Mahathir. Even
Daim, who milked Malaysia dry, has now come out of the woodwork to defend
Umno/BN and Najib.
Sarawak has never experienced a more formidable opposition. In the past,
Taib would have been able to intimidate, imprison or eliminate his
opponents, if necessary. Najib's sex video has backfired but there will be
other dirty tactics up BN's sleeves.
Anwar has galvanised Pakatan to such a degree that trying to topple him has
become an impossible undertaking; a string of bounty hunters will get their
shoulders to the task, to repay favours owed to Mahathir.
We can expect more fireworks in the run-up to Sarawak polling day.
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MARIAM MOKHTAR is a non-conformist traditionalist from Perak, a bucket
chemist and an armchair eco-warrior. In 'real-speak', this translates into
that she comes from Ipoh, values change but respects culture, is a petroleum
chemist and also an environmental pollution-control scientist.
How to protect your votes from being traced?
Copyright 2003-2011 Azlan Adnan. This blog post is sponsored by The Green Party of Malaysia
Sunday, March 27, 2011
ELECTRICITY DEMAND IN SABAH
ELECTRICITY DEMAND IN SABAH
There is no doubt there is an electricity shortage in Sabah. Or else there won't be so many blackouts. So there is a need for electricity to meet current demand as well as for future growth and development.
How much electricity do we need? It depends on whether we want to have all out industrialization (more electricity is needed) or go for sustainabale development (less is needed). Let's look at these two scenarios using China and New Zealand as case studies.
CHINA
China has decided to go for all out industrialization. it is already "factory to the world" making every kind of product for every country in the world from low-end cheap commodity items to high-end high-tech items. It has a large population and hence large workforce. This means cheap labour. Labour is also cheap because it is relatively uneducated. The higher the education level of the workforce, the higher the wages and the higher the labout cost. But as its workforce gets more educated, wages will rise in tandem.
Electricity is China is being generated by a number of sources. Coal-fired power stations have been the mainstay. They are also a source of environmental pollution, spewing sulphur dioxide and carbon dioxide into the air. As this is not enough, China has also hydro-electricity and nuclear power plants (28 more are under contruction now in China; seven in Vietnam, which is also undergoing rapid economic development, by the way). The Three Gorges dam in China has received a lot of flak from environmentalists due to the environmental impact. The truth is, hydro-electricity on a large scale has huge environmental impact, mostly negative. After 70 years or so, dams silt up and become unuseable. The Hoover Dam on the Colorado River in the US is a case in point. Mini-hydro is a better solution from an environmental point of view. More on China energy outlook here.
NEW ZEALAND
New Zealand has opted for zero industrialization as a matter of policy. This is because it is has a small (but well-educated) population. It is far from major markets (its small population isn't much of a market) so it doesn't make much sense to manufacture anything for export due to its remote location in the South Pacific. New Zealand practises sustainable development. No industrialization means it focuses on the service industry as a source of income. Tourism and education are the mainstays. New Zealand maintains it natural environment and this is what attracts the tourists to New Zealand, not Disneyland-like theme parks, not casinos. White-water rafting, trout fishing, geysers. A worldclass education system means it attracts foreign students to its universities.
Not opting for industrialization means New Zealand's energy needs are less. It is fortunate enough to have geo-thermal energy. More about New Zealand energy outlook here.
SABAH ENERGY
To me, Sabah is closer to the New Zealand model than the China model. this means we should take pointers from what New Zealand has done.
The coal-fired power plant in Sabah will be built, despite what the BN government says. This is because when they announced that they will not build it, they did not give an alternative as to how they are going to get the electricity to meet the demand. They are saying that they are not going to build it just to please the voters and also because they are under pressure from environmentalists worldwide. After the elections, they will revive the issue and build it. Also, sources have revealed that Musa Aman has already tied up the contract to supply the coal for the plant for the next 20 years. This contract is worth hundreds of millions. He's not likely to give it up just like that.
So what are the alternative sources of electricity for Sabah, if not the coal-powered power plant?
• Hydro-electricity from Bakun
Building power transmission lines from Bakun wlll also have an environmental impact
• Sabah gas
Building gas pipe lines wlll also have an environmental impact
• Sarawak gas
Building gas pipe lines wlll also have an environmental impact. In fact, plans are already afoot to build a gas pipeline from the Baram River delta to Kimanis in Sabah
Which of these alternatives are economically viable? Which has the least environmental impact? Remember, gas is a fossil fuel and not sustainable in the long term. Bakun will only last 70 years.
Are we willing to invest in photo-voltaic panels to harvest energy from the sun? Is wind energy viable? How about mini-hydro? Especially since we do not want to flood Tambatuon and make it into a dam.
Something to think about and come up with answers...
Copyright 2003-2011 Azlan Adnan. This blog post is sponsored by The Green Party of Malaysia
There is no doubt there is an electricity shortage in Sabah. Or else there won't be so many blackouts. So there is a need for electricity to meet current demand as well as for future growth and development.
How much electricity do we need? It depends on whether we want to have all out industrialization (more electricity is needed) or go for sustainabale development (less is needed). Let's look at these two scenarios using China and New Zealand as case studies.
CHINA
China has decided to go for all out industrialization. it is already "factory to the world" making every kind of product for every country in the world from low-end cheap commodity items to high-end high-tech items. It has a large population and hence large workforce. This means cheap labour. Labour is also cheap because it is relatively uneducated. The higher the education level of the workforce, the higher the wages and the higher the labout cost. But as its workforce gets more educated, wages will rise in tandem.
Electricity is China is being generated by a number of sources. Coal-fired power stations have been the mainstay. They are also a source of environmental pollution, spewing sulphur dioxide and carbon dioxide into the air. As this is not enough, China has also hydro-electricity and nuclear power plants (28 more are under contruction now in China; seven in Vietnam, which is also undergoing rapid economic development, by the way). The Three Gorges dam in China has received a lot of flak from environmentalists due to the environmental impact. The truth is, hydro-electricity on a large scale has huge environmental impact, mostly negative. After 70 years or so, dams silt up and become unuseable. The Hoover Dam on the Colorado River in the US is a case in point. Mini-hydro is a better solution from an environmental point of view. More on China energy outlook here.
NEW ZEALAND
New Zealand has opted for zero industrialization as a matter of policy. This is because it is has a small (but well-educated) population. It is far from major markets (its small population isn't much of a market) so it doesn't make much sense to manufacture anything for export due to its remote location in the South Pacific. New Zealand practises sustainable development. No industrialization means it focuses on the service industry as a source of income. Tourism and education are the mainstays. New Zealand maintains it natural environment and this is what attracts the tourists to New Zealand, not Disneyland-like theme parks, not casinos. White-water rafting, trout fishing, geysers. A worldclass education system means it attracts foreign students to its universities.
Not opting for industrialization means New Zealand's energy needs are less. It is fortunate enough to have geo-thermal energy. More about New Zealand energy outlook here.
SABAH ENERGY
To me, Sabah is closer to the New Zealand model than the China model. this means we should take pointers from what New Zealand has done.
The coal-fired power plant in Sabah will be built, despite what the BN government says. This is because when they announced that they will not build it, they did not give an alternative as to how they are going to get the electricity to meet the demand. They are saying that they are not going to build it just to please the voters and also because they are under pressure from environmentalists worldwide. After the elections, they will revive the issue and build it. Also, sources have revealed that Musa Aman has already tied up the contract to supply the coal for the plant for the next 20 years. This contract is worth hundreds of millions. He's not likely to give it up just like that.
So what are the alternative sources of electricity for Sabah, if not the coal-powered power plant?
• Hydro-electricity from Bakun
Building power transmission lines from Bakun wlll also have an environmental impact
• Sabah gas
Building gas pipe lines wlll also have an environmental impact
• Sarawak gas
Building gas pipe lines wlll also have an environmental impact. In fact, plans are already afoot to build a gas pipeline from the Baram River delta to Kimanis in Sabah
Which of these alternatives are economically viable? Which has the least environmental impact? Remember, gas is a fossil fuel and not sustainable in the long term. Bakun will only last 70 years.
Are we willing to invest in photo-voltaic panels to harvest energy from the sun? Is wind energy viable? How about mini-hydro? Especially since we do not want to flood Tambatuon and make it into a dam.
Something to think about and come up with answers...
Copyright 2003-2011 Azlan Adnan. This blog post is sponsored by The Green Party of Malaysia
Najib Razak tried to sodomise me last night
Najib Razak tried to sodomize me last night. Luckily, Rosmah Mansor came to the rescue, putting on a strap-on dildo and sodomizing her husband instead. I had diarrhea and shat over the both of them. I went to Brickfields Police Station to make a police report and statutory declaration but the station already demolished... Then, I woke up. Pyrexia from election fever does funny things to the mind!
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