Thursday, June 16, 2011

10 questions for the Dewan sitting from 20th-29th June 2011


1)  Wong Kee Woan to ask the Chief Minister (Oral Answer) :
         On the matter of oil royalty
a)  Has the state government under the current CM ever requested the review of the oil and gas royalty with the petronas? If yes, when and how was the terms proposed? If no, why?

b)   Please state in detail the oil and gas revenues generated by Petronas in Sarawak and the royalty they pay to Sarawak from 2001 to 2010.

c)  Please also state who is in charge of monitoring the actual amount of oil and gas been explored from Sarawak? Is there any actual readings/logs to monitor the actual production? If yes, please produce the mechanism to this House. If No, why and how do we know there is no leakage in terms of oil royalty been paid to the state.
d)  Will the government set up a fund such as that being set up in the state of Terengganu (the Terengganu Investment Authority) to safeguard the interests of the people? How else can the government safeguard that Sarawak will have the necessary funds once the oil and gas reserves dries up?


2)  Wong Kee Woan to ask the Chief Minister (Oral Answer) :
George Chan, the President of the SUPP said on the 17th April 2011(The Star) “The rakyat want a transparent government.” So let’s see some transparency in this August House.
a)  Please state the number of timber licenses been issued from the year 2001 to 2011, the names of the companies and the actual acreage the timber concessions given to each of them.
b)  Please state the actual amount of royalty the above-mentioned (a) companies paid to the state government accordingly.
c)  Please highlight the companies that are controlled or owned by the family members of relatives of the ministers, assistant ministers and Aduns who served from 2001 to 2011.

3)  Wong Kee Woan to ask the Chief Minister (Oral Answer) :
Fair representation of the state civil service and statutory bodies
a)  Please provide a detail (percentile) of the civil servants employed by all the state government departments, local governments, Government linked Companies(GLC) and statutory bodies in terms of race and sex and nationality from the year 2001-2011.
b)  Please name the body/board/commission which is in charged of all recruitments of the state civil service,GLC and statutory bodies.
c)  Please tell the House the number of members of the State Public Commission who are in charged of the recruitment exercises and the racial, sex breakdown of the members of the all powerful Commission.

4) Wong Kee Woan to ask the Minister of Housing and Urban Development (Oral Answer) :
On the rising cost of houses and the number of medium-low cost housing in Sarawak
a)  How do the state government categories the low and medium cost houses in Sarawak? What is the ceiling price for the low cost house and the medium cost house in Sarawak?
b)  How many low cost houses have been constructed in Kuching, Sibu, Miri, Bintulu, Sarikei and Meradong for each respective year from 2001 to 2010?
c)  How much have the federal government allocated to the state government for the purpose of the construction of the low cost houses for each respective year from 2001 to 2011?
d)  What are the plans in place by the state government to make sure that the younger generations of Sarawakian would not become a “homeless” class in view of the rising cost of the houses in the state? How many low cost houses are government going to build for the next 5 years in Kuching, Sibu, Miri, Bintulu and Sarekei?
5) Wong Kee Woan to ask the Minister of Industries Development (Oral Answer) :
On Rantau Panjang ship building and industrial zone- On 1st March, 1997, Wong Soon Koh, then the Minister of Infrastructure Development, announced in Sibu that the State Government would allocate RM10 million to develop the infrastructure facilities of the shipbuilding site at Rantau Panjang.
a)  Since the setting up of the said Rantau Panjang shipbuilding and Industrial zone how much have been injected by the state government in infrastructure developments to the said zone.
b)  The government has implemented a low cost housing project at the said Zone with the construction of 500 units low cost house in 2008.When is the projected expected to be completed? Please supply the status of the said project and the infrastructures been put in place to make the project viable?
c)  Has the government planned to install the street lighting for the road (9 KM) accessing to the said special ship building zone? If yes, when would it be completed? If no, why?
      d) It was reported that a RM 10 million allocation by the state   government for infrastructure development for the said Rantau Panjang Industrial area. Is the report true? If yes, please give a detail break-down of the money spent. If no, why?
6)Wong Kee Woan to ask the Chief Minister and the Minister of Finance (Oral Answer) :
On development funds allocated by the government, the Chairman of the Sibu Municipal Council has on 12/05/2011said that since 3 of the SUPP candidates lost their seat in the recently concluded state election, Sibu has lost RM15 millions of fund.
a)  How much is the fund being channel to each constituency in Sibu and all the constituencies in Sarawak annually from 2006-2011?
b)  Has the state constituency of Bukit Assek being included in the funding grants from 2006-2011? If yes, please tell the House where did the fund channeled to and who were responsible to administer the funds? If no, why?
c)  Is the state government prepared to allocate grants for each constituency or is it only going to give to BN’s constituencies?
d)  Is the state government willing to emulate the Selangor state government’s formula whereby each constituency is allocated RM 500,000.00  regardless the ADUN is from the ruling or opposition party? If no, why?
7) Wong Kee Woan to ask the Chief Minister (Oral Answer) :
Flood mitigation plan for Sibu
a)  How much allocation has been granted by the Federal government for the said Sibu Flood Mitigation project?
b)  How much funds has actually been channeled down by the Federal government? Please update the status of the implementation works.
c)  Which company or companies have been awarded the said projects? Was the projects been approved or under implementation awarded based on open public tender system? If not, then by what criteria were the contractors been chosen?
d)  Did ADUN for Bawang Assan get the consent of the cabinet when he told the press that he will award part the flood mitigation plan to ADUN of Bukit Assek in August 2010? If yes, when? If no, what action would be taken against the ADUN of Bawang Assan for misleading the rakyat?

8) Wong Kee Woan to ask the Minster of Land Development (Oral Answer) :
On landed properties without leases/titles
a)  How many houses are there in Kuching, Sibu, Miri, Bintulu, Sarikei and Limbang which have Occupation Permit and have been owners’ occupied for more than 2 years but without land title or lease?
b)  Why are there so many residential houses and shop houses where the house buyers are stuck in the situation of  (a) above-mentioned? What are the causes of this non-issuance of title? What steps if any is the government taking to make sure that these poor home owners will be given title eventually before the government’s 5 years term expires?
c)  How is the state government going to protect the house buyers in Sarawak whereby the developers are allowed to sell houses even before the construction has started? Is the government willing to solve all the woes of these poor house buyers by taking action against those developers who have failed their duties in obtaining the title from the Land & Survey department?
d)  Is the state government ready to introduce the model of the West Malaysia whereby only completed house with ready titles are allowed to be sold?

9) Wong Kee Woan to ask the Minister of Housing and Urban Development (Oral Answer) :
The Sibu Municipal Council (SMC) has on the 25th announced that the Ministry has granted the exclusive right to Sar-Alam Indah Sdn. Bhd. to undertake, maintain, manage and operate the Sibu sludge within SMC area of jurisdiction with immediate effect. The Minister of Environment and Public Health said: “The project is not under my ministry but Housing and Urban Development.” (Borneo Post, 27th May 2011)
a)  Who are the shareholders of the Sar-Alam Indah sdn. Bhd.? Please list out the breakdown of the share capital and the shareholding of the company as per Form 24 and Form 49 of the Company Acts. Are any of the shareholders and Directors related to any of the member of this House?
b)  Was there an open tender being called for the project? If yes, please list out when and where it has been called for?
c)  What did Sar-Alam Indah Sdn. Bhd. do exactly apart from collecting the rates from the Public? What infrastructures do they provide to enable the government to grant them the exclusive rights?
d)  Please list out the exact terms that the state government entered into agreement with them. Is the government going to display the whole agreement to show transparency? If no, please state the reasons.
e)  In view of the roar and public discontent that the whole thing has created, is the government willing to put on hold the implementation and call for another open tender to protect the interests of the people of Sibu?
f)    Apart from Sibu, please tell the House what similar plans are there to grant exclusive rights of the sludge treatment and operations for Miri, Bintulu, Kuching and Sarikei?

10) Wong Kee Woan to ask the Chief Minister (Oral Answer) :
On Chinese Independent Schools and missionary schools
a)  Is the government willing to support the Independent Chinese Schools and Missionary Schools in Sarawak systematically by allocating a budget for them in the state annual budget? If yes, when and how the governments intend to assist them? If no, why?
b)  Where is the 2000 hectares of land that the government has promised to the Association of Chinese Independent Schools as announced in the media? Please provide the details of the whereabouts of the land?
c)  Would the government consider allocating the 2000 hectares of land from different divisions of the state instead of allocating the land in the interior of Sarawak such as the division of Kapit that announced by the media?
d)  Please state the grant and allocation by the state government to the Independent Chinese Schools and Missionary Schools from 2001-2011.
e)  Is the state government willing to recognise the Unified Examination Certificate (UEC)? If yes, please state when and how? If no, why?

Yang benar,



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       ADUN for N. 48 Pelawan
       YB Wong Kee Woan

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