{"id":21089,"date":"2018-03-07T17:00:17","date_gmt":"2018-03-07T09:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/?p=21089"},"modified":"2018-03-07T21:05:05","modified_gmt":"2018-03-07T13:05:05","slug":"cm-pm-agreed-to-return-power-eroded-over-the-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/?p=21089","title":{"rendered":"CM: PM agreed to return power eroded over the years."},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Chief Minister, Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg announced that Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak has agreed to return the power back to the state that has eroded over the years.<\/div>\n<div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>Speaking \u200bat the launching of Petros held at a leading hotel here last night\u200b, Abang Jo said \u200bby July, the State will resume full regulatory authroity over its oil and gas upstram and downstream industry.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>He\u00a0\u200badded that\u00a0the state will be able to exploit its natural resources of oil and gas under the State List as per the Ninth Schedule of the Federal Constitution.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cThe formation of Petroleum Sarawak Berhad (Petros) and the exercising of the constitutional rights under Item 2(c) of the State List and 8(j) of the Federal List as provided in the Ninth Schedule of the Federal Constitution is the outcome of the discussion on devolution of power between the state and federal government.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Thanking PM, Abang Jo said\u00a0persons and companies involved in the oil and gas industry in the state must henceforth have the necessary licences, permits, leases and approvals required under either the state\u2019s Oil Mining Ordinance or the Gas Distribution Ordinance.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\u200bHe said\u00a0that the enforcement of state laws will not jeopardise the interests or investments of Petronas and other companies already involved in the oil and gas industry in Sarawak\u00a0and\u200b\u00a0their business and operational activities must be aligned with our laws and regulations.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Petros\u00a0was\u00a0spearhead\u00a0by the CM and he pointed out that the\u00a0state will delegate the oil and gas regulatory and supervisory authority to Petros for it to play its role effectively, he added.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Petros must build on its strategic presence in Sarawak in order to grow and to deliver sustainable economic benefits via its business model, while at the same time safeguarding the interests of our state and its resources\u00a0and\u00a0required to seek guidance from the state government for broad policy direction in the execution of its strategic roles and responsibilities.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/unnamed-3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-21090\" alt=\"unnamed (3)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/unnamed-3-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/unnamed-3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/unnamed-3.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/unnamed.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-21091\" alt=\"unnamed\" src=\"http:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/unnamed-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/unnamed-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/unnamed.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chief Minister, Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg announced that Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak has agreed to return the power back to the state that has eroded over the years. Speaking \u200bat the launching of Petros held at a leading hotel here last night\u200b, Abang Jo said \u200bby July, the State will resume full regulatory authroity over its oil and gas upstram and downstream industry. He\u00a0\u200badded that\u00a0the state will be able to exploit its natural resources of oil and gas under the State List as per the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/?p=21089\" class=\"read-more\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21090,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21089"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21089"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21089\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21092,"href":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21089\/revisions\/21092"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/21090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}