Kedah MB warns Penang Water Supply Corporation to stay out of state’s affairs
Kedah Mentri Besar Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor speaks during a press conference in Alor Setar November 15, 2020. — Bernama pic
ALOR SETAR, May 5 — The Kedah government has issued a final warning to Perbadanan Bekalan Air Pulau Pinang (PBAPP) not to interfere in the state’s internal affairs, especially on the issue of water catchment areas in the Ulu Muda Forest Reserve.
Mentri Besar Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor said that Kedah is a sovereign state, with territories administered by the Sultan and the state government, and adheres to the state constitution.
“I want to advise Perbadanan Bekalan Air Pulau Pinang (PBAPP), not to interfere in Kedah’s matters, Ulu Muda is Kedah land,” he told reporters after chairing the exco meeting today.
He was commenting on PBAPP’s move to propose the establishment of the Ulu Muda Basin Authority (LLUM) to protect water catchments at the Muda, Pedu and Ahning dams, which, among other things, demanded that all logging activities in Ulu Muda be banned.
PBAPP chief executive officer, Datuk Jaseni Maidinsa, proposed LLUM as a reaction to the move by the Ministry of Environment and Water (Kasa) to set up the Sungai Muda Basin Authority (LLSM), as a way to resolve the dispute between Kedah and Penang over Sungai Muda water supply issues.
Muhammad Sanusi said that Kasa’s proposal to set up LLSM was to regulate Sungai Muda in line with the provisions of the federal constitution, referring to the area between Kampung Sungai Muda in Pantai Perai to the estuary only.
“But LLUM wants it to reach Ulu Muda, in the Kedah area. PBAPP often touches on Ulu Muda and this shows that Penang is completely dependent on raw water sources from Kedah, but at the same time refuses to pay (raw water charges) when we make a claim.
“If we want to take into account the issue of water originating from Kedah for the benefit of Penang, please make a payment as Syarikat Air Darul Aman (Sada) makes a payment to the Kedah State Water Resources Board (LSANK),” he said.
Meanwhile, Muhammad Sanusi said that Kasa had approved the construction of two of the 14 riverside reservoirs (TAPS) projects to retain excess water in Sungai Muda, as announced by the Kedah government recently.
The project, which received an allocation from Kasa, aims to increase the water supply in Kedah and stabilise the water level in the river during the dry season. — Bernama
Mentri Besar Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor said that Kedah is a sovereign state, with territories administered by the Sultan and the state government, and adheres to the state constitution.
“I want to advise Perbadanan Bekalan Air Pulau Pinang (PBAPP), not to interfere in Kedah’s matters, Ulu Muda is Kedah land,” he told reporters after chairing the exco meeting today.
He was commenting on PBAPP’s move to propose the establishment of the Ulu Muda Basin Authority (LLUM) to protect water catchments at the Muda, Pedu and Ahning dams, which, among other things, demanded that all logging activities in Ulu Muda be banned.
PBAPP chief executive officer, Datuk Jaseni Maidinsa, proposed LLUM as a reaction to the move by the Ministry of Environment and Water (Kasa) to set up the Sungai Muda Basin Authority (LLSM), as a way to resolve the dispute between Kedah and Penang over Sungai Muda water supply issues.
Muhammad Sanusi said that Kasa’s proposal to set up LLSM was to regulate Sungai Muda in line with the provisions of the federal constitution, referring to the area between Kampung Sungai Muda in Pantai Perai to the estuary only.
“But LLUM wants it to reach Ulu Muda, in the Kedah area. PBAPP often touches on Ulu Muda and this shows that Penang is completely dependent on raw water sources from Kedah, but at the same time refuses to pay (raw water charges) when we make a claim.
“If we want to take into account the issue of water originating from Kedah for the benefit of Penang, please make a payment as Syarikat Air Darul Aman (Sada) makes a payment to the Kedah State Water Resources Board (LSANK),” he said.
Meanwhile, Muhammad Sanusi said that Kasa had approved the construction of two of the 14 riverside reservoirs (TAPS) projects to retain excess water in Sungai Muda, as announced by the Kedah government recently.
The project, which received an allocation from Kasa, aims to increase the water supply in Kedah and stabilise the water level in the river during the dry season. — Bernama
Gerakan and MCA, you will both be tasked to win Penang in GE15. So what will Wee KHAT Siong and Dominic Lau have to say to their PAS DaGe...?
ReplyDeleteMuhammad Sanusi strongly subscribes to non-interference in the internal affairs of other states.
ReplyDeleteCan't say he's totally wrong.
communist non interference policy.
ReplyDeleteAnd yr demoNcratic interferences as exhibited in those basket cases of hell by yr uncle Sam in Afghanistan, Syria, Iraq, Venezuela etc!
Deleteah sam never once said they dun interfere on cases involve genocide or instance that go against their universal value, just that its always case by case basis, thats y they r bully1.
Deletebully2 is diff, they invade citing history as if their grandmother story is bible.
Why case by case?
DeleteJust like never brother to interfere cases in Africa continent since the geopolitics there r way beyond their interest?
Alternatively, Africans deserve no Yankee interferences even on 'case by case humanitarian ground that yr uncle Sam used on all those that he had trampled on!
Closer case, the so called Uyghur genocide in Xinjiang - goes against their universal value(???)?
Mfer, where which country has China invaded?
Don't quote yr usual grandmother stories of Tibet, Xinjiang, Taiwan farts lah.
Find something more relevant than those staled foul gaseous that u keep recycle.
if genghis khan is chinese according to ccp version of history, then there r many many countries that was invaded by china, u can read mongolian school textbook to find out.
Deletehowever if we talk only ccp, then there is mainland plus the four usual one, also vietnam n korea but kena kicked out, a little bit of india n russia, n recently south east asia.
Wakakakakaka…
DeleteYuan dynasty is a dynasty established by Mongolian within China.
Mongolian then was just a nomadic tribe roaming the Steppes of northern China.
Many other places, throughout Eurasia, have been invaded/conquered by the then Mongolian. It WEREN'T done in the name of China!
So how can u twisted that as China invaded/conquered many many countries?
Besides, if u really wanted to refer to Mongolian (either Mongolia or inner Mongolia) school textbook, u would have realised that that pan Eurasia empire built by the nomadic Mongolians had broken up into many different states, with Yuan dynasty stabled in China proper. All those others have had disappeared with no significant Mongolian heritage remained except within China!
犬养mfer, don't try to twist teal history lah. U ain't no even a hp6 student on that!
invaded done by mongolian while territory conquered now belong to ccp?
Deletecommunist tongue.
Which part of the China territories r conquered by Mongolian & now belonged to China?
DeleteXinjiang? Tibet? HK? Taiwan?
Do tell yr lies lah, 犬养mfer!
Excellent, after Gerakan wins back Penang in GE15 (ha ha ha) DaGe PAS Kedah will give free water to Penang again......
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Perikatan is fairer than BN, says Gerakan chief
Mohd Farhan Darwis
6 May 2021 11:39
GERAKAN is treated more fairly by Perikatan Nasional as opposed to Barisan Nasional, Dominic Lau said.
The Gerakan president said PN treats each of its component parties as equal partners and there are no “followers” under the coalition.
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