RMAF new Helicopter - 12 EC725

Recently, Malaysian RMAF had received 2 of the twelve ordered EC725 helicopter manufactured by French Eurocopter group.



The Brazilian Bought the Helicopter costing RM 84 mil per unit compared to Malaysian buying at RM193 million per unit, as quoted in the star on 4 Dec 2012.It does appear that the Brazil has a better deal as the helicopters will be assembled in the country (http://events.eurocopter.com/en/article/helibras-inaugurates-major-new-brazilian-assembly-facility-ec725ec225-helicopters-itajuba)

It was reported that Thai is buying four of the kind...Chiangrai Times– The Government of Thailand has reportedly ordered four EC725 helicopters for Search and Rescue (SAR) missions. The €100 million deal was announced by Thai deputy prime minister Yutthasak Sasiprapa on 29 August, quoted by the French media.

The value of 100 million Euro is about RM397.258 million. That mean per helicopter is RM 99.3 million, about half of the Malaysian

Quoted Costs

1. Wiki --- USD25 millions--- RM75 million
2. 

26Bil. For 20 new Projects

The Prime Minister of Malaysia had made the announcement about the 20 projects at the total cost of RM26bil. However the details of timeline, the individual project cost and the exact location was not announced.

The breakdown of the projects are given in the news...

a. 11 under ETP under 7 areas...
     - oil, gas and energy.
     - Greater KL - including a project to regenerate the old PJ town. The other project is the PJ Sentral Garden City.
     - contents and infra
     - business services
     - health care
     - tourism
     - education

b. The economic corridors are..
     - Sabah Economic corridor
     - Northern Economic Region
      - Iskandar.

   The other areas which may not attract much attention is the liberation of six sub- sectors. They are:

a. legal services
b. medical services
c. dental services
d. international school
e. private university
f. telecommunication.

What is not clear is the extend of liberation. Does it mean that a foreign companies have as much chance as a local company of local individual in offering the above services.

Kota Kinabalu Airport - Runway Lights

The lights for the airport runway at Kota Kinabalu failed on Thursday 25 Oct 2012. This is the first time I hear about such a happening. It must be a record breaking event, probably worth the listing in the Guinness Record Book.
Until Saturday, the paper reported that the authority was not able to identify the fault. The Malaysia Air Force was asked to install  the temporary portable lighting. The job was reported completed by 930 pm on the second night.

I am curious, and wondering the last jobs done on the airport runway. So the search in the newspaper.. This is what the search revealed:

a. Then news on 17 July 2006, with the title.."Hill near KKIA levelled for runway extension". The paper reported that the job was done by .."State Local Government and Housing Minister Edward Yong Oui Fah said the company carrying out the runway extension, Global Upline Sdn Bhd".

b. The next logical search will be "The Global Upline Sdn Bhd"
There seem to be plenty of news about this company..
- the paper on Tuesday November 23, 2010 carried the title .."Airport extension delay worries Sabah"

A check on the website of Global Upline mentioned the following..(ref.http://www.globalupline.com/project4.html)
- ...Redevelopment of Kuching International Airport

Project on going

Client	:	Government of Malaysia (Ministry of transport)
Contract Value	:	RM 620,000,000.00
Date of Award	:	2nd September 2004
Date of Completion	:	1st March 2008
Project description	:	The existing Kuching International Airport, located about 8km from Kuching City centre is being upgraded for unrestricted operation of boeing 747 aircraft. The major works involve in the redevelopment include extension of main terminal building as well as the existing runway and taxiway.
Other Main Features	:
Runway Length	-	3,750m
Maximum Capacity	-	46,000sq.m.
Number of Gates	-	9 (6 Boeing 737 - 400 and 3 wide body aircrafts at any one time)
Remote Stand	-	4 Fokker F50 (at any one time)

I seem odd that the project was stated as on going.

George Kent is Capable Said Najib

The Malaysian PM is coming out to defend the contractor George Kent. In the newspaper report, it was said that..." the company was able to meet the criteria stipulated in the contract and offered the second lowest out of 8 bidders". It seem odd to the majority of the people, how could the company get the contract. Consider this...
a. The contract awarded is RM1.08billion.
b. George main business .. water meter and water infrastructure.
c. Size of the company...2011 total sale rm165million.
d. About Balfour Beatty --- 2011 total sale USD3.5billion

From freemalaysia site... "Copies of official documents given to the press showed that Najib had signed the approval to award the contract to Balfour Beatty Invensys Consortium, but he was later said to be keen on granting the project to George Kent consortium instead."

I am sure that there is a criteria and selection guides designed in the selection process. The selected company will then sign the contract. It had never been done that the ability to meet the contract is used to select a company. What happen if all 8 are able to meet the contract. Would you trust a person who has never build a single rail track to take the project.

If you want to build a house, not many people will give the project to a contractor who says.. "I have never build a house before..."

George Kent Awarded The Ampang MRT

George Kent, a company specializing in making meters for water meters was awarded the contract to upgrade the Ampang LRT.
About George Kent..."George Kent is an engineering company involved in  manufacturing, trading and investment and development of  water infrastructure projects. The core business is in the water  industry. It has contributed to the nation’s manufacturing growth  by building up over the years to become the leader in the region  in brass products manufacturing. George Kent is the market  leader in the supply of control instrumentation, telemetry, pipes,  valves and fittings, industrial and domestic water meters, boilers,  incinerators and building automation systems..."  ... extracted from 2011 annual report..

The Star paper on 31 July published the news about the awards... KUALA LUMPUR: Syarikat Prasarana Negara Bhd has awarded the George Kent-Lion Pacific joint venture the contract to undertake the system works for the Ampang LRT line extension project.
Prasarana, which is the project and asset owner of the LRT line extension project, had on Tuesday said the contract would involve the engineering, procurement, construction, testing and commissioning. "The JV is 100% locally-owned companies and is well supported by reputable local and international multi-disciplinary technical partners; all with proven track records in their respective field of systems implementation expertise," it said.

The general public are screeching the heads wondering the basis of the tender award. The government is saying that they company will be working with established and experience international organisations to implement the project. The will draw upon the experiences of these organisations.

I wonder what strategies these people in power are thinking about..

But then the results show.. we are well behind Singapore in almost all fields.. That reflect the leadership we are having...

Sarawak Aquatics Center Not Up to Standard

It was reported in the Star on Friday August 24, 2012 that Sarawak State's aquatics centre not up to Olympic standards. The report was made by  YU JI  (yuji@thestar.com.my)

So much for the euphoria and celebration to mark the opening of the RM36mil National Center of Excellence as part of the Youth Sport Complex. It was published as one of the best swimming and diving facilities in this country. Even the Federal Sport Minister was visiting the facilities to give support and get some free publicity.
The center was opened with much a fanfare, for the "great effort of the Federal Government to recognize the mould the local talents". What a anti-climax, they cannot even learn how to build a diving platform, a structure so basic that even an undergraduate would be able to design one, provided he is given the freedom to choose.

It is not UNCOMMON to find building build by Malaysia Federal Government, cracking and cannot be used. The most recent was, the ceiling of a public hospital felled off and injured the hospital workers...see

Serdang Hospital ceiling collapses, four staff injured - Nation | The ...

thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2012/8/13/nation/...sec...

Aug 13, 2012 ... SERDANG: Three nurses and a female medical officer at the Serdang Hospitals' Emergency Department were injured when 15 ceiling pieces ...

Another well known case was the MRR2 pillars that cracked. 31 out of the 33 pillars needed repair costing million. Although it was clear that it was not caused by nature, the peoples money was used to repair. The inconvenience and traffic delays was causing million MR, but there was no explanation by the contractors, and not even an apology.

Back to the issue in Sarawak.. it seem that they are asking for more of the Federal Funds... remind me of the speech by our PM..." I screeched your back and your screech my back....how much Lu want??"

Tanjung Bin TNB Plants

Malakoff, the biggest IPP (independent power producer) with the net generating capacity of 5020MW was given the contract to construct another 1000MW coal power station at Tanjung Bin in Johor. The contract was quoted priced at RM6.5bil (Starbiz page 6 14 Aug 20120).

Currently, Malakoff operates six Power Generation Plants in Malaysia. They are:
1. Tanjung Bin at Johor - coal fired - 2,100MW
2. Port Dickson            - Gas Turbine - 440MW
3. Kapar in Selangor    - Coal, Oil and Gas
4. GB 3 Perak                                     - 640MW
5. Lumut Perak             - Gas Turbine  - 1303MW
6. PERAI                      - Gas Turbine  - 350MW

The project is scheduled to complete on 2016. Under the secret agreement with the government, Malakoff will be making the generating capability for Tenaga National for 25 years. It is unknown whether the purchase rate is lower or higher than the market value.

KL LRT GEORGE KENT AWAITS

It is reported in the star that the company George Kent is still awaiting the award of the LRT extension "tender".

The paper quoted that the chairman of the company is still awaiting the award of the Ampang LRT extension costing rm960mil. The tender was closed 16 Jun last year. The other bidders were:

- Invensys-Balfour Beatty Rail-Ingress consortium,
- Posco-Sojitz-Daewoo International-Thales group,
- Colas-CMC Engineering-Thales,
- Samsung-LG-Thales,
-SNC Lavalin-WW Engineering-Bombardier,
- Siemens-Scomi Engineering and
- Ansaldo-Emrail-Leighton.


About George Kent.

2007 - It was reported that George Kent pushes forward  banking on its infrastructure investments and manufacturing of water meters to drive future earnings.

GKM is the Malaysian’s oldest and largest manufacturer of water meters. Its current business is divided into manufacturing of meters and non-meter products, infrastructure contracts and investments as well as building services.

2011 - profit before tax rm26 million

white elephants ?

I cannot help but to agree with what is written by Mr Guna segaram in the star on july 2010. I happened to go the the KLIA airport last week to send someone for a flight in the afternoon around 4 pm. I noted that the check in counters were 20% utilized, coupled with the dim lightings of the airports, the place looked so gloomy.

So when Mr Segaram mentioned about the white elephants, then he was right, but may be it is worst, it is the dying white elephant.

Then the news about the MRT. For such a small city like KL, we had uglily odd way of designing our transport system. We had two systems of LRT, the Star and Putra. They were decided during the previous PM, Tun Mahathir, to be managed by separate companies. The logic of why this was done was a certain surprise for even a first year of students of transport economy. Probably the wisdom our ex PM would be able to explain it. However all of them were passed back to tax payers to pay.

I feel sorry for Malaysian..

The extract from the start..

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saturday July 24, 2010

Putting the cart before the horse
A QUESTION OF BUSINESS By P. GUNASEGARAM
p.guna@thestar.com.my


THE white elephant that we used to talk about for many years was the KL International Airport (KLIA), built at a reported cost of RM10bil and completed in 1998 at the height of the great Asian recession.

Its pristine, pretty halls and walkways remained empty for years and still are during certain times to this very day. In fact, the low-cost carrier terminal, across from it at the same landing facilities, is a veritable hive of activity compared to the main airport.

Now there are a slew of other projects already in the pipeline and being built which are likely to be ready soon but with no one to supply their services to. And their total cost will eclipse that of the KLIA several times over.

They include the RM30bil-plus double-tracking project (three times the airport cost and the largest single infrastructure project to date), the over RM7bil Bakun dam project in Sarawak, and the estimated RM9bil Pahang-Selangor water transfer project.

There are others but these alone amount to a heart-stopping RM46bil. In contrast, the recent subsidy cuts saved just RM750mil, less than 2% of this figure.

On top of that, we may be rushing into a major mass rapid transit (MRT) system for Kuala Lumpur which could eventually cost as much as RM50bil without first giving proper consideration to the infrastructure and throughput necessary to support such projects.

Add up all the various projects and we are talking about over a massive RM100bil at stake. We need to give proper thought as to how to handle these projects and indeed whether we need any of them in the first place.

It is too late for that as far as the double-tracking project is concerned because the ball has been set rolling. Already, there is enormous wastage, with expensive infrastructure lying idle three years after completion.

According to reports, the KL-Ipoh sector, costing RM6bil, was ready in 2007 but the maiden electric service will start only this year, three years later. But what KTM Bhd is talking about is merely cutting travel time between KL and Ipoh to two hours from over three hours.

Where are the plans for all that cargo that KTM will move by making use of the expensive double-tracking project and the explosion in the number of people who would use the service? Already three years have been wasted for the KL-Ipoh sector.

The entire project is supposed to be completed in two years but we don’t have any idea how this super expensive RM30bil project is going to revolutionise rail transport in the country.

Critics had already pointed out long ago that KTM’s infinitesimal revenue of a mere RM400mil when the project was proposed a few years ago will have to increase many times before it becomes financially viable and that neither the current passenger nor freight throughput warrants such expenditure.

For instance, 8% of RM30bil, the absolute minimum return one should be talking about, is RM2.4bil! KTM’s revenue – not profit, it is making losses – is just one-sixth of that. Under such circumstances it is unacceptable that there is a three-year delay to start the KL-Ipoh service using the spanking new double tracks and electrified system.

Already, the odds are stacked against the double-tracking project being viable by any measurement considering the expense. That will only be exacerbated if proper steps are not taken to utilise the huge capacity – theoretically almost limitless as trains can continue travelling in both directions all the time – which is coming on stream.

As with a lot of infrastructure planning, the double-tracking suffers notoriously because enough effort has not been put into maximising the use of existing facilities before embarking on this massive, premature expansion.

Across the South China Sea, another gargantuan problem is coming up as the Bakun dam is readied to start producing power. This can produce power up to 2400 MW, far in excess of Sarawak’s requirements. In the absence of the undersea cable project to bring the power to the peninsula, there is no one to take the power up when it comes.

Right now, there is no one to take the power. The aluminium smelters are not up (one wonders whether that is the right industry to have but that’s another story) and the federally owned dam is yet to sign a pact to sell power to the Sarawak electric utility.

If you include all costs, including that of delays, etc., the damage might well be over RM10bil instead of the RM7bil now being touted as the figure. What happens if the aluminium plants don’t take off?

And then there is the Pahang-Selangor water transfer project where tunnelling works have already started even before the acquisition and approval of land to build the water treatment plant. What happens if the treatment plant is never built?

We should not make the same mistakes with the proposed MRT project, which is being heavily pushed by the Gamuda-MMC consortium that is eyeing the tunnelling works of some RM12bil. There is no hurry. Take the time to study it. Maximise the existing light rail transit, bus and feeder systems before going for an expensive MRT system. There are many different ways of skinning a cat.

Ditto for other projects.

Before we start building expensive carts, we must absolutely make sure that there are horses to pull them, and goods and people to transport. Otherwise, those bright, shiny conveyances will look nice for a while but will fade and discolour with disuse and neglect.

How long will it take before we know how to manage large projects carefully and stop this unnecessary drain on the country’s precious resources? Imagine what we can be doing with all the money saved.

● Managing editor P. Gunasegaram can only express shock, awe, dismay and disgust at the way we manage some of our large projects.

MRT Construction Packages

The English daily carried the news that two more of the MRT construction packages to be announced. I think the announcement is nicely time to coincide with the coming general election, as the benefits are numerous.

So far, only 2 of the packages were announced. They were:

V5 - awarded to IJM construction with the estimated value of rm947mil.

V6 - awarded to Ahmad Zaki with the value of rm764m

The next two to be announced are:

- V1 - Sungai Buluh to Kota Damansara. The segment is considered a Bumi section with 8 qualified companies eyeing the job.

- V4 - Section 16 Petaling Jaya to Semantan. This is an open sectors, that mean, the any companies can bet for the contract. There are 11 companies qualified to compete for the work.

There are a total of 8 packages with average value of rm500mil, making the MRT the largest project in Malaysia.

The project saw the creation of a new entity called PDP, the project delivery partner. The term of reference is not clear and it is a foreign concept unfamiliar to the developed nations. The earlier government projects were widely criticized, as experienced by the submarine project which involved a commission of rm500million paid to a company associated with high ranking person.

Illegal Sand Mine

Since the last election in 2008 when the opposition took over Selangor, the story of sand mine were in the paper far to often. It did appear that the problem started when the opposition took over the state. Other states like Pahang and Negeri Sembilan came clean.

However, many Malaysian took news with a pinch of salt. Since the public do not have the privy to the government activities and the opposition states are not given a fair access to mass media, many of the people just turned blind eyes, until the newpaper published the story on 3 apr 2012 about an illegal mine had been operating for 14 years.

What was more shocking was the news about high ranking officer was quoted as receiving monthly allowance. A drawing included showed that a police station about 1 km away.

For the benefit of new readers, Malaysia practices a federal and state power sharing, where the majority of power lies at Federal level. The power to arrest lies with federal officers.

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Batu Berendam Airport Projects

The local starnews published the big plans for Batu Berendam Airport in Malacca. Due to its close proximity to Kuala Lumpur, the airport lost its luster when the highway connecting the two cities was built. It did not make any economic sense to take a flight, as the total time, inclusive of the travel to the airports and the waiting time, it would be faster to drive.

However the Malacca chief minister has different idea. He wanted to make it to Asia Pacific regional hub, whatever, his intent was, he is putting Malacca airport in direct competition with KLIA.

The minister was counting the maiden flight by Sky Aviation from Malacca to Tanjung Pinang in Indonesia.

Malacca tried very hard to promote itself. These are some the costly efforts...

a. A Dato title was awarded to a Bollywood film star. When asked, the reason given was, he will help to promote tourism to Malacca.

b. A monorail was launched by the chief minister to commemorate the self declaration of Malacca as a developed state. The monorail because an instant headlines with numerous breakdowns. Tourist from UK were given a free lesson on rope climbing when there were rescued,

Batu Berendam may well be another site for MRO or repair center for aircrafts. It depend so much of the top management of the state.

Flood mitigation projects

Flood is probably the only natural disaster in Malaysia. The country is not facing the drought or tornado. So it is natural that efforts are being made to mitigate the effects of the flood.

In the latest global seminar, Aware 2012, the minister announced the plan to implement rm880mil government projects relating to flood mitigation in the country. So far 32 projects are under way, but no details was given by him. Flood hazards maps are being prepared for the following locations:

- Muar

- Kulai

- Kinta

- Selangor

- Muda

- Other area in Kedah

- Pahang

It is noticeable the absence of Kelantan and Terengganu. We know that these two states are more prone to flooding, probably, to give the benefits of the doubt, they are included in the rm880mil project.

The minister also announced that the disaster and its risk elements are the key components in the integrated water resources management. He admitted that in the implementation of the policy ... "in the past has led to fragmented structures and uncoordinated development of management of water". Probably he is taking the challenge and the blame in the same breadth.

What surprise me is the issue of availability of clean and affordable drinking water was not a matter of concern.

KL MRT Project Start

The Kuala Lumpur MRT project is one of the mega project consuming billion of ringgit. It is divided into different phases and awarded to multiple contractors. It is not known how the award process, whether is a closed tender, on appointment based on specific criteria or open tender. However I personally have not sighted any invitation to offer in the main newspaper.

One of the lucky company AZRB will be starting by this month the viaduct project stretching from Plaza Phoenix to Bandar Tun Razak. This is the sector V6, awarded to Ahmad Zaki Resources, a contract value of RM764.9 mil. It is schedule to be completed by Jun 2016.It will be using the elevated structure along the Cheras-Kajang highway, a distant of about 5.24km.

The project delivery partner is MMC Gamuda. This is a new term, created by the government after in case of consultancy fees paid the a company amounting to about rm500mil for the purchase of the 2 submarines from a French company.

The segment V5 is awarded to IJM, valued at rm974mil to be completed in 43 months. The work involved the construction of viaduct and related works from Maluri to Plaza Pheonix, covering a distant of 5.4 km.

It will for sure a project that will make some people richer.

Alor Gajah Sentral Terminal Collapsed

The ceiling of the newly completed alor gajah sentral terminal collapsed yesterday causing passengers and workers fleeing the building. The actual cause is still unknown, and it is likely remain hidden from the knowledge of the public.

The paper quoted the situation of strong wind and the blocked pipes to be the reasons. It does seem odd as the basic construction should be designed to withstand a reasonable gush of wing. The case of the pipes were blocked by dead pigeons is not relevant as it is unlikely to impose additional load on the ceiling.

Collapse building is quite common in Malaysia, where these buildings are likely of the government projects. We we shocked by the collapse stadium in Trengganu which had rendered million ringgit investment unusable until today.

A Brief History of Failures

A quick glance at the history of our initiatives had shown our unacceptable statistics of failures. When we were excitingly busy celebrating our small and minute successes, our small neighbor at our southern tip was quietly but strategically planned and implemented the stream of activities to make it the only "first world nation" in the region.

1. I still remember the days in 1960, when the "Bahasa Kebangsaan" initiative was carries out. Thousands of school children were marching, including me, thoughout the nation singing the song, "Gunakan lah Bahasa kebangsaan kita... ".

Now, 50 years down the road, the song has hardly been played in the radio, the nation is more confused, the voices of oppositions are louder. We, as a nation are unsure how to resolve the issue of "Teaching of Science and Maths" . That itself speaks of our standard and capability.

2. In the 80, we had the Muhibbah initiatives. The government was spending millions on $$ to promote the community integration. Many people are wondering about the results. The integration has to lead by the stronger community. We are operating in ethnic barriers.

3. In the 90s, we had the " sistem payung". Someone had quoted, "I am going to create 10 bumi millionaires who are going to create 10 millionaires each" Now the 10 millionaires created are still millionaires, however there is no trace of the 2nd generation of millionaires. What is known, the government had been spending many millions of $$, enough to fund the 100 millionaires that was planned. The out of courts settlements in MAS cases are beyond expectation of discern public.

4. In 2000, we had the MSC, we still have it, in its name but not in the functions. We were the proud members of the citizen, that were witnessing an event that will propel the nation to the global era.

Seven flagships were launched, ref http://www.nitc.my/index.cfm?&menuid=28. Surprisingly, the nitc web had changed the agenda ... quoting 4 flagships were launched which were ... then in another sentence, 3 more were also launched.

5. In 2010 we had the 1 Malaysia and the ETP. If we were to ask about the concept of 1 malaysia, many will give conflicting views. Please do not have the wrong idea that the master craftmen are confused. They know what they are doing, and it is one of the tested and proven way of mindset engineering.

The above are talking about a nation. However I had seen and even involved at a lower level of significant, in organisations and even smaller companies which are mapped against the nations' course. One thing was obvious, they share the same frame of minds, they are politicians and have or had higher inclination to stage performance. My thought of stage performers, they have to twiddle themselves to 150% level for that the short interval of time, mainly for interim performance, but the reality is obviously the opposite. That remind me of the late Whitney Houston.

collapse stadium - more problems

The rm292 million stadium was completed ready for the Malaysian Games in 2008. The Terrengganu leadership under the Barisan National was happy. Then the disaster struck, a major portion of the roof collapsed. There was report that it was still under warranty. However the real situation is unknown to the majority of the population.

In Malaysia, the awards of the major government tenders are normally done in a closed situation. There is no open tender and only selected companies are invited. The companies may have a close relationship with the leaders. It is unfortunate for the country to have slipped down further in the transparency index, an international attempts to measure the corruptions in countries worldwide.

It is reported that more problems cropped in due to thief. An estimate of rm50 millions of wiring and electrical equipment were reported stolen.

When the newspaper went to investigate, the stadium was in sorry state. Almost all the facilities were damaged. The untra modern bowling alley was broken into. The control room with the expensive equipment was not spared, it look like a war zone.

The official of the stadium played the blaming game when they told that police was informed. The wonder why they cannot get guards to look after the place. Building a fence to protect the stadium was better, even if it can no longer be used for sport events, it can be viewed as a monuments of failure.

Incidently Terrengganu is a very rich state, with the royalty of the oil and gas, the royalty was withdrawn when the opposition took over the state. Some people may have different views on fairness and what is right and wrong

Sabah gas

A new project is in process for petronas for the Sabah gas. Project cost is expected to be rm2bil located at Lahat Datu Sabah. The produce of the project is 200MW of electricity. It will have to main components, the power plant to generate the electricity and the LNG terminal.

We do hope they still remember the bakun dam which was intended to produce 2400 MW of power. A few years ago, the country was very concern about who will be consuming the excess power. There was even talk making the distribution connection to west Malaysia.

It does seem odd that TNB has a standby plant in Langkawi. The shortage of electricity in Sabah is so critical that the dismantling efforts has already started to move the 70MW plants to Sabah. The job is scheduled to complete by July 2012.

Consultants had already been appointed and the initial EIA environmental effect assessment has already started.

Commenting on the Sabah gas project, it is not a good practice to have a long transmission line. The 300 km line is too long as it will be subjected to frequent breakdown due to the lightnings strike and falling trees. If this happen, the whole area will be blackout.

People is baffled by the issue of IPP, or independent power producer, when the government owned TNB had to buy the power at higher cost than the market price. The government insists that this matter is an official secret of the country and suppose to protect the interest of the country. Many feel that this is a business contract, and the official secret acts is used as a matter of convenience to protect other that the country.