KTAK Pahang Selangor Water Transfer Project Page
September 1, 2008 11:26 am
Pahang-Selangor Raw Water Transfer
Interstate Water Transfer To Meet Future Water Demand For Selangor And Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur
The Sarawak Dams: Multiple Follies
August 22, 2008 12:53 pm
Statement by Dr Kua Kia Soong, Director of SUARAM, 22 August 2008
The recent announcement that the Sarawak government intends to build 12 more dams in Sarawak apart from the ill-fated Bakun dam is cause for concern. It is a cause for grave concern. Malaysian tax payers, Malaysian forests and Malaysian indigenous peoples will again be the main victims of this misconceived plan.
Questions on Pahang-Selangor Water Transfer in Japanese Parliament
August 14, 2008 4:19 pm
Malaysia Pahang-Selangor Raw Water Transfer Project Questions (submitted on 4 Aug)
by Mr.Yukichi Maeda (House of Reps, Dem. Party of Japan)
and Answers by Min. of Foreign Affairs
Q1: This project is divided into multiple components including tunnel related construction, dam related construction, water intake weir related construction, and consulting services, and bidding is thought to be done individually for each component. What are the contents of each component?
A1: We believe this project includes each component as follows;
1.Tunnel related construction: Construction of water transfer tunnel (approximately 45 km)
2.Dam related construction: Construction of a dam (active storage capacity is 136 million cubic meters)
3.Water intake weir related construction: Construction of a concrete water gate weir (5 meter height)
4.Consulting services: Detail design for dam and water intake weir related construction, procurement control support, execution management, environmental management planning support, etc.
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Friends of the Earth Japan on Pahang-Selangor Water Transfer
August 14, 2008 3:57 pm
Call for Stop loan disbursement by JBIC to Pahang-Selangor Raw Water Transfer Project
August 13, 2008Friends of the Earth JapanTokyo - There are increasing voices that Japan should reconsider its largest scale ODA (Official Development Assistance) to Malaysia’s Pahang-Selangor Raw Water Transfer Project.
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Suhakam expands into indigenous rights & dam displacement issues
August 12, 2008 4:47 pm
Suhakam to organise dialogue on 12 dams
The Star Online. 12 August 12 2008KUCHING: The Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (Suhakam) will bring various stakeholders together in a dialogue session next month to discuss the proposed construction of 12 hydroelectric dams in Sarawak.
Commissioner Dr Denison Jayasooria said the dialogue would provide an opportunity for government agencies and relevant parties to openly discuss the projects and their implications. State agencies, federal ministries, consultants and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) representing the affected communities would be invited to participate in the dialogue.
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