Blockade set up by anti-Baram dam protesters has been dismantled

BARAM, Oct 21, 2014: A year old blockade set up by the indigenous communities in an attempt to stop the construction of the proposed Baram dam was dismantled this morning by the police, Forest Department officers and the loggers.

Chong: Why wait for royalties when SESCo can afford to reduce electricity tariffs?

KUCHING, Oct 21, 2014: Sarawak DAP chairman Chong Chieng Jen stressed today there is no need for the State government to wait for the increase in the oil and gas royalties from Petronas before it can reduce electricity tariffs.

"SESCo (Syarikat Sesco Berhad) can afford the reduction of electricity tariffs," he said in a statement when commenting on a pledge by Chief Minister Adenan Satem that the State government would reduce water and electricity tariffs if it succeeded in getting Petronas to raise the oil and gas royalties for Sarawak.