10 % Untuk SABAH. Takkan Ada Henti.

Petroliam Nasional Bhd (Petronas) has agree to give the Sabah state government a 10% stake in Liquefied Natural Gas Sdn Bhd 9 (LNG 9) in Bintulu, Sarawak.

Sabah Chief Minister, Datuk Seri Musa Aman, said as announced in Sabah’s State Assembly sitting in July, Petronas had then in principle agreed to give Sabah a 5% stake in the LNG operation but the state had said it would push for a 10%.

“I am pleased to announce today that Petronas has agreed to give Sabah greater participation by increasing our stake to 10%,” he said in a statement on Wednesday.

Musa, who is also state finance minister, said the offer was the result of several negotiations between the state government and Petronas.

He said the state government was committed to developing Sabah’s oil and gas industry, clearly demonstrated by high-impact projects such as the Sipitang Oil and Gas Industrial, that also housed, among others, the RM4.5bil Sabah Ammonia Urea Plant Project, Sipitang.

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Musa Aman nampaknya terpaksa tunduk juga kepada demand pembangkang di Sabah. Mula-mula minta 10 %. Selepas kena tekan lagi nanti, naik berapa persen lagi?

Minyak dan Gas ini bukan pelaburan perniagaan yang murah. Yang orang tahu, nak cukai lebih tinggi. Nak hak lebih tinggi. Nak persen lebih tinggi. Tapi kena juga tahu PETRONAS itu hak negara. ”National resources” (tak payah nak main sentimen kenegerian sangat boleh tak?)

PETRONAS berhadapan masalah decling production ada orang ambil tahu? PETRONAS terpaksa berdepan dengan risiko pelaburan di Sudan ada orang ambil tahu?

Balik-balik, Ketua Menteri cakap tentang kenaikan dividen dan hak milik. Come on lah. Grow up.

RM28b dividen yang dibayar kepada kerajaan itulah menjadi asas kepada pembangunan di Malaysia.

Kalau Musa Aman juga jadi seperti Jeffrey Kitingan, UPKO dan beberapa lagi kumpulan kecil yang melampau, rasanya PETRONAS tidak akan mampu bertahan lama.

Di Sabah masalahnya bukan tidak ada duit. Tetapi terlalu sangat dibolot oleh kumpulan ahli politik yang tamak haloba.