{"id":18251,"date":"2020-12-23T15:08:42","date_gmt":"2020-12-23T07:08:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/?p=18251"},"modified":"2020-12-23T16:39:26","modified_gmt":"2020-12-23T08:39:26","slug":"sabah-govt-must-respect-communities-right-to-reject-kaiduan-papar-dam-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/sabah-govt-must-respect-communities-right-to-reject-kaiduan-papar-dam-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Sabah Govt must respect communities\u2019 right to reject Kaiduan\/Papar dam project"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Press Statement by ADUN for Kapayan, Jannie Lasimbang on 21 December 2020:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/D043C698-664D-4B54-827F-B970F51CB34E-1024x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18265\" width=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/D043C698-664D-4B54-827F-B970F51CB34E-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/D043C698-664D-4B54-827F-B970F51CB34E-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/D043C698-664D-4B54-827F-B970F51CB34E-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/D043C698-664D-4B54-827F-B970F51CB34E-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/D043C698-664D-4B54-827F-B970F51CB34E-90x90.jpeg 90w, https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/D043C698-664D-4B54-827F-B970F51CB34E-465x465.jpeg 465w, https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/D043C698-664D-4B54-827F-B970F51CB34E-960x960.jpeg 960w, https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/D043C698-664D-4B54-827F-B970F51CB34E.jpeg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">Reiterating call to respect rights of communities to say NO<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The Sabah State Assembly was surprised today when Assistant Minister of Public Works revealed that the GRS government will revive the Kaiduan\/Papar dam project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;When I asked further regarding details of any cabinet decision on the dam, Assistant Minister Limus Jury, was evasive but he revealed that the environvent and social impact assessments would be carried out by the Institute For Development Studies and University Malaysia Sabah&#8221; Jannie said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I reiterate my consistent stand on the rights of affected communities to reject a project that will affect them adversely&#8221; Jannie added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n&nbsp;\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/A87E7FFE-3CD5-4A13-BCC2-53A06C7B258E-1024x907.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18257\" width=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/A87E7FFE-3CD5-4A13-BCC2-53A06C7B258E-1024x907.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/A87E7FFE-3CD5-4A13-BCC2-53A06C7B258E-300x266.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/A87E7FFE-3CD5-4A13-BCC2-53A06C7B258E-768x681.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/A87E7FFE-3CD5-4A13-BCC2-53A06C7B258E-465x412.jpeg 465w, https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/A87E7FFE-3CD5-4A13-BCC2-53A06C7B258E-960x851.jpeg 960w, https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/A87E7FFE-3CD5-4A13-BCC2-53A06C7B258E.jpeg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption><em>ADUN for Kapayan, Puan Jannie Lasimbang.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n&nbsp;\n\n\n\n<p>Several water supply alternatives to the dam have been raised by experts over the years that are yet to be given due consideration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr Felix Tongkul, a former UMS lecturer and expert on water catchments, has elaborated on sustainable water reservoirs, while an expert from Green Empowerment has recommended grey water recycling and rain-water harvesting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n&nbsp;\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/41F25E98-7132-4E4A-83EB-A97FC41301BF-1024x1011.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18259\" width=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/41F25E98-7132-4E4A-83EB-A97FC41301BF-1024x1011.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/41F25E98-7132-4E4A-83EB-A97FC41301BF-300x296.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/41F25E98-7132-4E4A-83EB-A97FC41301BF-768x758.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/41F25E98-7132-4E4A-83EB-A97FC41301BF-90x90.jpeg 90w, https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/41F25E98-7132-4E4A-83EB-A97FC41301BF-465x459.jpeg 465w, https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/41F25E98-7132-4E4A-83EB-A97FC41301BF-960x948.jpeg 960w, https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/41F25E98-7132-4E4A-83EB-A97FC41301BF.jpeg 1114w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption><em>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freemalaysiatoday.com\/category\/nation\/2020\/12\/22\/kaiduan-dam-will-continue-says-sabah-assistant-minister\/\">FMT article<\/a> screenshot on the GRS government\u2019s decision.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n&nbsp;\n\n\n\n<p>The GRS government should fulfil its promise to advance technologically, and adopt projects that protects our greatest assets: our lands, forests and rivers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jannie Lasimbang,<br>ADUN for Kapayan.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Press Statement by ADUN for Kapayan, Jannie Lasimbang on 21 December 2020: Reiterating call to respect rights of communities to say NO The Sabah State Assembly was surprised today when Assistant Minister of Public Works revealed that the GRS government will revive the Kaiduan\/Papar dam project. &#8220;When I asked further regarding details of any cabinet [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":18265,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[260,274],"tags":[509,1265,1267,1268,642,1266,306,1263,1264],"class_list":["post-18251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current","category-national","tag-constituency","tag-constituents","tag-grs-government","tag-grs-sabah-government","tag-jannie-lasimbang","tag-right-to-say-no","tag-sabah","tag-sabah-dun","tag-sabah-state-legislative-assembly"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18251","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18251"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18251\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18267,"href":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18251\/revisions\/18267"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18265"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.therocket.com.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}