SIRI KENALI MEREKA 3 : KEMELUT AIR DI SELANGOR

SPLASH shareholders comprise Gamuda Berhad (40%), The Sweet Water Alliance (30%) and the Selangor Government’s investment arm, Kumpulan Darul Ehsan Berhad-KDEB (30%). With combined capabilities and expertise, each being well-known names in their own fields and possessing individual strengths, SPLASH has the competitive edge in the water industry.

The Sungai Selangor Dam (SSD) and the Sungai Tinggi Dam (STD) are regulating dams located respectively at the riverheads of Sungai Selangor and Sungai Buloh, major tributaries of Sungai Selangor.

SPLASH is tasked to efficiently manage and regulate the water releases from these two dams to enable sustainable storage and to ensure sufficient quantity of raw water in the river to meet the water treatment plants’ requirements and other functional needs.

With the existence of these regulating dams, during rainy season the rain water would be collected and stored in the dams’ reservoirs instead of wastefully flow to the sea. During dry season, the stored water will be released into Sungai Selangor to augment the flow of the river hence preserve the ecosystem of the river.

1. SOKONG JANGAN TAK SOKONG AMBIL ALIH AIR


2. POLITIK AIR MENEMUI JALAN BUNTU

3. Ulasan Umno-reform isu AIR: Setuju Air Naik

Setuju Air Naik

Jawatankuasa Penaja Persatuan Pengguna - Pengguna Air Prihatin Selangor dan Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur dilaporkan mengadakan satu demonstrasi di hadapan pejabat MTUC sebelum menyerahkan memorandum membantah tindakan MTUC dan CAWP menghantar memorandum "membantah penswastaan air dan peningkatan tarif air Selangor, Kuala Lumpur dan Putra Jaya" kepada Perdana Menteri Malaysia.

Inilah kali pertama dalam siri tamaddun manusia ada sekumpulan orang yang mengaku mewakili pengguna - pengguna Air menyokong SYABAS - sehingga sanggup melaung - laungkan Hidup Syabas - Hidup Syabas seakan merayu kepada SYABAS supaya menaikkan tarif air.

Pengerusi Penaja Persatuan tersebut adalah Dato Muhammad Azaham bin Abdul Wahab menyerahkan memorandum kepada MTUC kononnya berasa hati dan kecewa dengan Memorandum MTUC dan CAWP membantah penswastaan air dan penaikan tarif air yang dihantar kepada Perdana Menteri Malaysia.

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS

YBhg. Tan Sri Rozali Ismail
Executive Chairman


YBhg. Dato' Ruslan Hassan
Chief Executive Officer

YBhg. Dato' Ir. Lee Miang Koi
Chief Operating Officer


YBhg. Dato' Haji Abd Karim Munisar
Non-Executive Director

Cik Noorusa'adah Othman
Non-Executive Director


YBhg. Tan Sri Dr. Wan Abdul Aziz Wan Abdullah
Non-Executive Director

YBhg. Dato' Syed Danial Syed Ariffin
Non-Executive Director


Madam Thein Kwee Sim
Executive Director, Finance

Encik Abdul Karim Endut
Alternate Director to YBhg. Dato' Haji Abd Karim Munisar


YBhg Dato' Noriyah Ahmad
Non-Executive Director

Encik Asri Hamidin@Hamidon
Alternate Director to YBhg. Tan Sri Dr. Wan Abdul Aziz Wan Abdullah

ORGANISATIONAL CHART

SENIOR MANAGEMENT IN SYABAS



Tuan Haji Muhamad Darif Haji Idris, aged 54, Malaysian

Senior General Manager, Operation and Maintenance Division


Ismail Rusmin, aged 39, Malaysian

Senior General Manager, District Division



Mohamad Isa Mohd Yassin, aged 50, Malaysian

Special Assistant To Executive Chairman/ Senior General Manager Bumiputera Entrepreneur Participation & Development & Special Task Department Executive Chairman Office



Tuan Haji Mohd Suhaimi Rafie, aged 53, Malaysian

Senior General Manager, Information & Communication Technology



Tuan Haji Abd Rashid Abd Satar, aged 49, Malaysian

Senior General Manager, Petaling District Office



Haji Sonari Solor, aged 53, Malaysian
General Manager, Internal Audit



Ir Nasir Ismail, aged 46, Malaysian
General Manager, Contract & Procurement



Adelina Iskandar, aged 48, Malaysian
General Manager, Customer Service



Madam Chong Poh Leng, aged 39, Malaysian
General Manager, Finance & Account



Nik Aliena Salwanee Nik Mohamed, aged 46, Malaysian
General Manager, Legal & Enforcement Division



Albert Loh Thiam Hock, aged 55, Malaysian

General Manager, Non-Revenue Water
locally and overseas.


Mohd Yaman Mohd Zin, aged 54, Malaysian

General Manager, Gombak District Office




Shahruddin Ab Rahman, aged 45, Malaysian

General Manager, Billing and Recovery Department



Ir. Marzuki Hashim, aged 47, Malaysian

General Manager, Chief Operating Officer Office



Haji Yusof Saroji, aged 43, Malaysian

General Manager, Operation and Maintenance



Tuan Haji Ariff Ibrahim, aged 48, Malaysian

General Manager, Hulu Langat District Office



Hayati Ab Wahab

General Manager, Kuala Lumpur District Office


Ahmad Suhaidin Ismail, aged 48, Malaysian

General Manager, Klang District Office

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Khir Toyo patut malu bercakap isu air Selangor

SHAH ALAM, 2 Ogos: Kerajaan Pusat bukan sahaja gagal membantu rakyat Selangor mendapatkan kemudahan air yang murah malah gagal mengambil tindakan ke atas Dr Mohd Khir Toyo yang telah memberi konsesi secara cuai kepada syarikat kroni.

Setiausaha Politik Kepada Menteri Besar Selangor, Faekah Husin berkata, Kerajaan Persekutuan harus ingat kemelut air di negeri ini bermula apabila Syarikat Bekalan Air Selangor (Syabas) dibenarkan menaikkan tarif air tanpa mengambil kira beban tanggungan rakyat yang masih merangkak di dalam kemelut ekonomi global.

Katanya, kerajaan BN yang dipimpin oleh Khir telah menandatangani perjanjian konsesi air dengan Syabas di mana syarikat itu dibenarkan menaikkan tarif sehingga 37% pada 2009, 25% (2012), 20% (2015), 10% (2018) dan 5% (2021).

“Dr Khir sepatutnya merasa malu untuk bercakap soal kepentingan rakyat Selangor dalam apa-apa topik sekalipun, baik air mahupun pasir kerana kecuaiannya telah menghalang hak rakyat Negeri Selangor daripada mendapatkan perkhidmatan air yang terbaik,” ujarnya dalam satu kenyataan.

Akibatnya, kata beliau Kerajaan Pakatan Rakyat hari ini terpaksa berhadapan dengan syarikat konsesi yang tamak dan berani menuntut jumlah yang terlampau jika kerajaan negeri mahu mengambilalih pengurusan air Selangor yang bertujuan untuk memberi perkhidmatan air yang baik dengan harga yang berpatutan kepada rakyat.

Begitupun, katanya kerajaan negeri sentiasa merai pandangan pelbagai pihak berkaitan pentadbiran dan dasar-dasar termasuk dasar pemberian diskaun, insentif dan sebagainya.

“Apa yang penting bagi kerajaan ialah akhirnya rakyat Selangor yang layak, dapat menikmati hasil dari dasar dan ketetapan tersebut. Ini tidak terkecuali di dalam mencari jalan terbaik mengenai permasalah air di negeri ini,” katanya.

Jelasnya, takyat Selangor berhak untuk mengetahui cerita sebenar dan bagaimana Dr Khir seharusnya dihalang dari segi moral untuk memberi pandangan terutama dalam hal tatacara mentadbir negeri ini.

Oleh itu, ujarnya kerajaan negeri menggesa agar mendeklasifikasikan dokumen perjanjian air dan segala laporan audit yang berkaitan agar rakyat tahu perkara yang sebenar.

“Kerajaan Persekutuan harus melihat perkara ini dengan serius apabila membincangkannya di dalam mesyuarat kabinet Rabu ini,” ujarnya.

Justeru, tegasnya, kerajaan negeri juga langsung tidak gentar dengan ugutan saman mahkamah RM1 bilion yang dilakukan oleh Syabas walaupun mereka mendapat sokongan Kerajaan Pusat.

Sebaliknya, kata beliau kerajaan negeri sentiasa membuka pilihan untuk mengambil tindakan mahkamah ke atas Syabas di atas kegagalannya memenuhi perjanjian konsesi dengan penuh tanggungjawab yang telah mengakibatkan kerugian tidak kurang dari RM8 billion.

Kerajaan negeri, ujarnya lagi akan terus mengambil langkah-langkah wajar untuk memberi kefahaman kepada rakyat Selangor bagaimana kerajaan terdahulu telah menganiaya rakyat melalui pemberian konsesi kepada syarikat kroni.

“Kita yakin rakyat Selangor menyokong penuh usaha kerajaan negeri mempertahankan hak air ini dan sentiasa mendoakan kejayaan kita,” ujarnya lagi.


politik air bersih yang sangat kotor

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FAKTA isu air Selangor

1. Persatuan-persatuan Pengguna Prihatin Air Selangor, Wilayah Persekutuan dan Putrajaya didalangi orang yang sama dengan orang yang berada di dalam Persatuan Air Selangor yang mana presiden atau pengerusi persatuan itu merupakan Tan Sri Rozali yang merupakan juga pengerusi kepada syarikat Syabas dan Puncak Niaga.

2. Dato’ Muhammad Azaham ialah Timbalan Presiden Persatuan Air Selangor yang dipengerusi oleh Pengerusi Eksekutif Puncak Niaga.

3. Jabatan Audit Negara telah mendedahkan bahawa Puncak Niaga dan Syabas tidak mematuhi beberapa aspek perjanjian konsesi AIR.


Tindakan Syabas, Puncak Niaga Berselindung Di sebalik Persatuan Dibidas

Syarikat Bekalan Air Selangor (Syabas) dan Puncak Niaga berselindung di sebalik Persatuan-persatuan Pengguna Prihatin Air Selangor, Wilayah Persekutuan dan Putrajaya yang kononnya memperjuangkan hak-hak pengguna di negeri Selangor.

Demikian dinyatakan Setiausaha Politik Menteri Besar Selangor, Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad.

Menurutnya, persatuan itu diwujudkan untuk menjaga kepentingan syarikat-syarikat konsesi air Selangor yang mana pengerusi penajanya adalah Dato’ Muhammad Azaham Abdul Wahab.

Dato’ Muhammad Azaham juga merupakan Timbalan Presiden Persatuan Air Selangor yang dipengerusi oleh Pengerusi Eksekutif Puncak Niaga, Tan Sri Rozali Ismail.

“Ia tidak mengejutkan saya kerana persatuan ini didalangi orang yang sama dengan orang yang berada di dalam Persatuan Air Selangor yang mana presiden atau pengerusi persatuan itu merupakan Tan Sri Rozali yang merupakan pengerusi kepada syarikat Syabas dan Puncak Niaga.

“Jadi tidak terkejutlah bila kita melihat bagaimana menerusi Dato’ Muhammad Azaham, Persatuan Pengguna Prihatin Air Selangor, Wilayah Persekutuan dan Putrajaya menjadi perkakas kepada Syabas dan Puncak Niaga untuk mempertahankan kepentingan komersial mereka,” katanya menambah ianya jelas menunjukkan bukan kerajaan negeri yang menipu rakyat sebaliknya syarikat konsesi sendiri yang mempertahankan agar industri air terus dikendalikan oleh mereka.

Nik Nazmi berkata demikian kepada TV Selangor ketika mengulas kenyataan Persatuan-persatuan Pengguna prihatin Air Selangor, Wilayah Persekutuan dan Putrajaya yang mendakwa risalah yang disebarkan kerajaan Selangor tidak tepat dan berbau fitnah.

Beliau yang menyanggah tuduhan itu berkata maklumat dalam risalah yang disebarkan kerajaan negeri itu berdasarkan fakta yang betul.

Menurutnya, jika benar persatuan itu prihatin terhadap kebajikan penduduk di Selangor mereka sepatutnya menjawab tentang isu-isu yang telah dibangkitkan oleh Jabatan Audit Negara tentang bagaimana Puncak Niaga dan Syabas tidak mematuhi beberapa aspek perjanjian konsesi dan mereka juga seharusnya menjelaskan adakah persatuan mereka menyokong gaji sehingga RM5 juta setahun yang diterima pengerusi Syabas, Tan Sri Rozali.

“Ini sepatutnya menjadi perkara atau isu yang perlu dibangkitkan oleh persatuan pengguna prihatin kalau mereka benar-benar mewakili rakyat Selangor yang mahukan perkhidmatan air yang baik, berkualiti dan memastikan kebajikan rakyat terpelihara,” katanya.

Menurut Nik Nazmi lagi, kerajaan negeri juga akan terus berusaha mengambil alih pengurusan air yang dikendalikan Puncak Niaga, Syabas, Syarikat Pengeluaran Air Selangor Holdings Berhad (Splash) dan Konsortium ABASS Sdn Bhd (Abass) bagi memastikan kadar tarif air diturunkan manakala pemberian bekalan air percuma 20 meter padu dapat diteruskan bagi faedah rakyat.

Katanya, kerajaan negeri akan meneruskan usaha termasuk mengambil tindakan undang-undang bagi memastikan hak pengguna dilindungi dan tiada kenaikan air dilakukan.

“Kita sudah melantik pihak peguam dan kita juga sedang mengkaji tindakan di mahkamah dan pada masa yang sama kita mahu rakyat faham tentang isu yang mendepani kita kerana sebarang perubahan termasuk tarif dari segi kenaikan air dan sebagainya perlu mendapat persetujuan kerajaan negeri tapi kita lihat bagaimana kerajaan persekutuan membelakangi kerajaan negeri dalam banyak perkara,” katanya.

MURIZA ABDUL HAMID/SELANGORKINIONLINE


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RAKYAT YANG PUNYA KAWASAN TADAHAN AIR, EMPANGAN DAN KOLAM TETAPI

YANG UNTUNG DAN DIKIRA PANDAI BERNIAGA IALAH PUNCAK NIAGA. SIAPA YANG

PUNYA KERJA DAN IDEA?

The ‘politics’ of water


Both the Federal and Selangor governments are currently interlocked in negotiations with water concession companies in the state. The aim, both say, is to ease the burden on the public due to escalating water tariffs as stipulated in concession agreements signed in 1994.

For the federal government, this is part of its efforts to restructure the water industry under the Water Services Industry Act 2006 where licences will be given either to the state government or concession companies to manage the utility.

However, their approaches are different. For the state, the main aim is to buy out the companies involved – Syarikat Bekalan Air Selangor (Syabas), Puncak Niaga Sdn Bhd (PN), Syarikat Pengeluar Air Sungai Selangor Sdn Bhd (Splash) and Konsortium Abass Sdn Bhd (Abass) – so that it can pull the plug on excesses which have bled the companies, and with that, reduce water tariffs by 10% instead of allowing the scheduled hike of 31% to kick in after March 31.

The federal government, on the other hand, is wary of the state’s ability and resources to manage the utility and reduce tariffs. The federal government said if its takeover of water management through the Ministry of Finance Incorporated’s Pengurusan Aset Air Bhd (PAAB) goes ahead, the hike will be lower than 31%.

However, there is growing agitation among the public over the frequent hikes of everything from water to toll rates which have been blamed on lopsided deals struck with concessionaires.

This issue was raised by parliamentarians on both sides of the divide last week following the scheduled toll hikes which have since been postponed.

The concern over postponements is that the public will still have to bear the cost of penalties to the concession companies. The only difference is that it is paid via their taxes and not at the toll booth or in water bills.

Just two weeks ago, Kinabatangan MP Bung Mokthar Radin, in invoking the details of the declassified toll concession agreements, questioned the competence and interest of government lawyers for signing agreements that are clearly skewed towards concessionaires – and suggested that parliamentarians be allowed to give their input on these matters in future.

However, unlike the declassified toll agreements, the lid is still shut where Selangor’s water concession agreement, signed between the state, federal government and Syabas, is concerned. An application for judicial review to declassify the concession agreement by the Coalition Against Water Privatisation in Malaysia is still pending in court.

In addition, the excesses of the four concession companies, in particular the high annual allowance of RM5.1 million paid to Syabas and Puncak Niaga executive chairman Tan Sri Rozali Ismail, the monthly RM700,000 management fees Syabas pays to its parent company Puncak Niaga and Rozali’s close ties with Umno leaders have also come under scrutiny.

Questions have been raised over the prudence of returning the concession or licence to the concessionaires, despite the fact that they have raked up a collective debt of almost RM6 billion. Also, audit reports have shown that Syabas, in particular, had breached several terms in the concession agreement.

As far as the state’s water review panel, which has gone through the books is concerned, PAAB taking over constitutes a bailout of the bleeding companies which are calling on the federal government to lick their wounds.

In general terms, if PAAB takes over, people living in Selangor will probably face hikes at a lower rate than the initial scheduled hikes up to 2035 but the bigger picture will show that the cost of the lower hikes are to be borne by all Malaysian taxpayers.

In a letter dated Feb 19, 2009 from Puncak Niaga Sdn Bhd to the National Water Commission Malaysia (Span), among the terms proposed is for PAAB to take over its RM2 billion of loans and liabilities, that PAAB is to absorb all costs in relation to workers affected by the migration for concession to licensing and that the interests of shareholders and bond holders will be taken care of.

The state has therefore asked Energy, Water and Communication Minister Datuk Shaziman Abu Mansor to invoke his powers under the Water Services Industries Act to back the state’s efforts to buy over water assets of the four companies in the interest of protecting consumers from further hikes. Under the provisions of the Act, the minister’s decision on the matter cannot be challenged, appealed against, reviewed, quashed or questioned in any court.

However, this is a double-edged sword because the federal government has raised doubts that the state’s resources are enough to afford the promised tariff reductions. Shaziman last week said the state would have to compensate the concession companies some RM38 million a month to reduce the tariffs.

He also questioned the price offered to the concessionaires by the state which was way below what the concessionaire pay the bond holders.

"If the price offered is way lower than what the concessionaire pays the bond holders, I don’t think it will go through," Shaziman said.

"If we are going to the capital market to raise bonds, we cannot allow the confidence of the bond-holders to be jeopardised; otherwise, our plan of raising cheaper bonds will not go through.

Selangor Water Review Panel member Tony Pua, however, said the companies have excessively leveraged their assets.

"They have taken more loans and bonds than necessary to operate these entities and then, after facing problems paying these loans, expect the state to rescue them.

"Our philosophy is that we will pay a reasonable return on invested capital," he said.

"They knew of the takeover following the implementation of the Water Services Industry Act and refunded all the cash to the shareholders and left the bonds as they are; so if you are looking at invested capital they have taken all their invested capital back and expect whoever comes in to pay their bonds. This is very unfair.

"We need to take away the returns taken, and if after that they find they do not have enough to pay their bonds, then the shareholders would have to be responsible, because the state is not responsible for a bailout. The state is here to pay a reasonable price," added Pua.

Maria J.Dass / SUN2SURF

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