January 25, 2023
Can I get a work permit for Sarawak, please?
Dateline 2022-10-25, Malay Mail:
Tan Sri Abang Johari Openg today said the Sarawak government is focused on using its power exports to make the state into the centre of renewable energy for South-east Asia.
He said that as Malaysia’s largest renewable energy provider, Sarawak can play a key role in accelerating the region’s energy transition by sharing its resources with its neighbours.
“Sarawak’s Growth Agenda supports a resilient and sustainable energy future for a common regional prosperity,” he said in his address at a forum held in conjunction with the Singapore International Week 2022.
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November 3, 2022
Your votes count.
Dateline 2022-08-13, Malay Mail:
Sarawak needs more chemical engineers to support the state’s petrochemical industry, said Sarawak Premier Tan Sri Abang Johari Openg.
He said expertise in the field would be needed for Sarawak especially with two proposed petrochemical investments in Bintulu.
“There are two proposed investments (coming into Sarawak) with each valued at US$6 billion on the separation of gas which is a complicated process.
“Therefore with these investments coming in, we need a lot of chemical engineers in Sarawak,” he said in his speech at the Sarawak Branch Institution of Engineers (IEM) annual dinner here, last night.
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July 8, 2022
Ah, another 1MDB, which used to be a Terengganu sovereign fund. Book those URLs now, ladies.
Dateline 2022-05-13, The Edge:
Sarawak will engage seriously with Norway in an earnest effort towards the successful formation and management of its own sovereign wealth fund, Sarawak Premier Tan Sri Abang Johari Tun Openg said.
Given the widely acclaimed success of Norway’s sovereign wealth fund that had been managed with the highest standard of governance since its inception in 1996, it is a standard Sarawak needs to benchmark on, he pointed out.
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June 16, 2022
Dateline 2022-05-09, Malay Mail:
Sarawak Premier Tan Sri Abang Johari Openg has described the state as a rising tiger in the renewable energy arena and is opening its frontiers to help traditional industries become more sustainable.
With hydrogen being one of the sectors that it intended to develop, he said the State Government had specifically highlighted renewable energy as a cornerstone to it
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February 15, 2022
Dateline 2021-12-11, Malaysian Reserve:
Petroliam Nasional Bhd (Petronas) has inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Petroleum Sarawak Bhd (Petros) to gradually increase natural gas supply to Sarawak to up to 1,200 million standard cubic feet per day (mmscf/d) by 2030.
Sarawak Chief Minister Tan Sri Abang Johari Tun Openg said the MoU would realise firm progress towards Sarawak Gas Roadmap (SGR), a 10-year plan designed for the full potential of the state’s abundant gas resources under the Sarawak Vision 2030.
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April 4, 2020
Kejap, JX Nippon recent set up an office in Miri?
Dateline 2020-02-04, Borneo Post:
Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg is optimistic that the oil and gas (O&G) industry in the state, particularly Miri as the O&G hub, will thrive and help boost the state’s economy.
In referring to the setting up of a new office by a Japanese company JX Nippon Oil and Gas Exploration (Malaysia) in Miri recently, Abang Johari said that it is a good sign as it shows that the oil and gas industry players are slowly coming back to Miri.
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March 13, 2020
Dateline 2020-01-13, Malay Mail:
The state government has issued a permit to state-owned Petroleum Sarawak Berhad (Petros) to undertake oil and gas exploration on-shore in the Miri and Limbang Divisions, Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Openg said today.
He said the permit was issued in accordance with the Sarawak Land Code and the Federal Constitution.
“Oil and gas resources belong to Sarawak. It is our right to explore these resources,” he said at the launch of the “Sarawakku Sayang” programme here.
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February 29, 2020
Dateline 2020-12-24, Malay Mail:
Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Openg today said that Petroleum Sarawak Berhad (Petros) will soon be tasked with managing a domestic gas business that is now placed under the Petroliam Nasional Berhad (Petronas).
He said Petros, apart from being vested with the regulatory power over state’s oil and gas resources by the Oil Mining Ordinance 1958, is to ensure the state’s participation in the upstream and downstream activities of the oil and gas industry.
“The next few years will see more involvement of Petros as more investments are expected in the oil and gas and petrochemical industries in the state,” he said in his Christmas Eve’s message.
The chief minister also stressed that the state will continue to introduce new revenue streams to fund its development programmes.
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February 15, 2020
How do you officially rubbish something? Do you issue a memo?
Dateline 2019-12-16, FMT:
The chief minister’s office today said the purchase of stakes in Petronas is not among the issues discussed by the steering committee on Malaysia Agreement 1963 (MA63).
It said details concerning oil and gas are only deliberated in special discussions between the prime minister and the Sarawak and Sabah chief ministers.
The office rubbished a claim by Sarawak DAP chairman Chong Chieng Jen that Chief Minister Abang Johari Openg had agreed in principle to purchase a stake in Petronas during an MA63 steering committee meeting.
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February 12, 2020
Dateline 2019-12-14, Malay Mail:
The state government does not intend to buy a stake in Petroliam Nasional Berhad (Petronas), Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari said today, in response to a recent offer by Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad to sell stakes in the company to Sarawak and Sabah.
“What is the point for us to buy the stakes?” he asked at the launch of a Blueprint for development programme here this evening.
He said it will be pointless for Sarawak to buy stakes even if Petronas were to give two or three per cent as the state government will not have a say in how Petronas should be managed.
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