Wednesday, May 28, 2008

WEDNESDAY-28TH MAY 2008- DAP WON'T SUPPORT POWER PLANT

DAP won’t support power plant

SANDAKAN:

Sandakan DAP will not support the proposed 300kw coal-fired power plant to be built in Sandakan unless Sabah Electricity Sdn Bhd ( SESB) can come up with a detailed and comprehensive report to alleviate the public fears as to how well the toxic wastes are to be dealt with and the type of technology being adopted. DAP Sandakan Coordinator and Sabah DAP Chief for Industrial Development Bureau, Anthony Teo, said the proposed plant would burn a massive amount of about one million tones of black coal annually and would produce 300,000 tons of toxic wastes. “The plant is said to have a life span of 75 years. Therefore, it will produce a mountain of 22.5 million tons of toxic wastes,” he said.