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KOTA KINABALU: The Federal Government wants the Trans-Sabah pipeline project to be completed or to take steps to recover the RM3.5bil already paid.
Energy, Technology, Science, Climate Change and Environment Minister Yeo Bee Yin (pic) said that although 88% of the total cost of RM4.06bil was paid for the project, no gas pipeline was laid.
Up to now, only 11.4% of
The pipeline project would have been hidden in the "red files" discovered by the Pakatan Harapan government after its replacement of Barisan Nasional.
She said the Ministry of Finance (MOF) had already taken action against government-affiliated companies that were 100% owned by the Ministry of Finance before with all management replaced by new appointments.
"What will happen to this RM3.5bil is still under discussion and there are two options – we get the project done or get the money back," she t The project involved laying some 662 km of pipelines between the Kimanis gas terminal on the west coast of Sabah and the coastal towns of Sandakan and Tawau on the east coast.
Yeo said that there have been no updates on the RM3.5bil for the moment, but the government will make it public when he finds out what happened to him.
She explained that the non-completion of the gas pipeline project was a She added that it was necessary to improve the network so that the west coast of Sabah can meet the electricity needs of the regions of the east coast of the state
. The immediate needs in the next three to five years are to strengthen the network so that additional electricity from the west coast can be shared with the east coast as we look for other alternatives to increase the electricity supply. offer on the east coast. 19659002] She noted that the Fe The Danish government will spend RM840 million to undertake the upgrade of six power grid projects to improve the East-West network.
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