Dateline 2011-11-21:
The winds of change are bringing greater development to the Lun Bawang, one of Sarawak’s minority ethnic communities, thanks to the 512km Sabah-Sarawak Gas Pipeline project now underway.
The US$500-million project, which spans Malaysia’s two largest states by passing through this remote enclave, will pipe natural gas from the Sabah Oil and Gas Terminal (SOGT) in Kimanis to the Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) complex in Bintulu.
Alfred Padan, a Lun Bawang community leader, told Bernama of his role in persuading local communities to assist in implementing Malaysia’s largest gas pipeline project undertaken by Petronas, the national oil corporation.
“Initially, the locals were not informed about the objectives of the project and some were opposed to it. But we were soon able to dispel talk that the project would bring more hardship than benefits.
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Wata - Malaysian Oil and Gas Engineer 