Water Treatment Langat 2 on the Way

It is nice to read the news about the progress of the negotiation on the water issues in Selangor.

theStar 27 Feb 2014

The Langat Plant is expected to cost around RM8.65bil. It is part of the Pahang- Selangor deal to transfer about 1130 million liters of water per day.

These are the points of the deal...

Federal Government Commitment
- rm2bil for Selangor to update the facilities.
- Facilitate the takeover of the concessionare of water companies.
- Federal will take over the water asset valued as RM7.68bil. 

KLIA 2 Uncertain Opening Date

The  opening of the Low Cost Terminal (LCT) remains uncertain. I cannot recall how many times it has been postponed.  As reported in theStar on 6 Feb 2014,   the operator, MAHB, has not received CCC ( completion and compliance certificate) from UEM - Bina Puri  for the terminal buildings. KLIA 2 had missed the deadlines since sept 2011. The last  one was Apr 30 and now May 2.

In the Star on 5 Mac, the scheduled completion dates are as follows:

1. Sept 2011 -- delayed
2. April 2012 -- delayed
3. Oct 2012  -- delayed
4. May 2013 -- delayed
5. Jun 2013 -- delayed
6. May 2, 2014 -- questionable.

I took pity of the Malaysian Airport Sdn Bhd, the operator of the airport, as the blame seemed to be focused on them, when we know that the majority of the decision were with the country's leaders. Just ask some simple questions, who control the fund, and who is selected the contractors.

Here are some of the causes that can delay the May 2014 opening...
- 65% of the buildings are not in compliance to the safety requirements. Whilst it can be argued that the local authorities can be pressured to enable compliance to the target date, we do not want the happenings of the Terrengganu Stadium to be repeated in KJIA2.

- Sewerage  pipe is cracking.
- 5-10% of the road and drainage systems require repairs

The contractor UEM- Bina Puri failed to obtain the Certificate of Completion and Compliance from the authorities on the promised date of 31 Jan 2014. The excuse quoted were... "unexpected issues"