林冠英：槟水费涨3倍 恳求州政府给回扣1年
槟城前首席部长林冠英与现任首席部长曹观友，昨日（5月30日）在槟州议会上为调涨水费一事正面交锋。
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00:00 Where I received a lot of complaints,
00:03 I didn't dare to go to the restaurants I always visit to eat.
00:08 Who is to guarantee next year they won't complain?
00:11 But here, we all admit the need to raise the water tariff,
00:21 which is an issue among the people.
00:23 Where I received a lot of complaints,
00:27 I didn't dare to go to the restaurants I always visit to eat.
00:32 Because they were so angry.
00:34 The water tariff has been raised three times.
00:36 It's not my intention to face all these dissatisfying feelings.
00:42 Can I appeal to my colleague, the Prime Minister,
00:46 to raise the water tariff, but can you give a little relief?
00:51 If possible, as proposed by the Government of Malaysia,
00:55 give a 20 cents rebate, only for a year,
01:00 so that the people can prepare,
01:03 prepare for the sale,
01:04 and get used to the regime of increasing the water tariff,
01:09 which means paying a higher water tariff.
01:14 After a year, we have to do it as it is.
01:20 I appeal to the Prime Minister,
01:23 this will reduce the dissatisfying feeling among the people.
01:28 Just for a year, give a 20 cents rebate,
01:33 as proposed by the Government of Malaysia.
01:37 I appeal to the Prime Minister to consider this matter.
01:44 The Water Tariff Commission also appealed.
01:46 Sorry, I saw this case.
01:48 Okay.
01:49 The Black Water Commission also appealed to the Prime Minister.
01:51 Thank you.
01:52 Thank you.
01:54 Support.
01:54 Others, please sit down.
01:56 Others, please sit down.
01:58 Who is to guarantee next year they won't complain?
02:02 This is just my appeal.
02:07 This is an appeal.
02:10 We are not talking about the Procedure and Court.
02:13 This is just an appeal.
02:15 I need to refer to the legal counsel,
02:18 whether I have the power or not.
02:20 This is a tariff that has been approved by SPAN.
02:26 But I think it can be done,
02:28 because the State of Perak has given a rebate.
02:30 Because it did not agree,
02:32 after that, it was approved.
02:34 No, I think we can apply to SPAN.
02:36 No, no, they...
02:38 We have done that before.
02:40 For water conservation surcharge,
02:42 I hope the legal counsel
02:44 can refer back to the Suranjaya
02:46 State Water Conservation Authority.
02:50 And the legal counsel is Charles Santiago.
02:52 I think it won't be a problem,
02:54 because we have done it
02:56 during the water conservation surcharge.
03:00 Since the PBA was incorporated,
03:04 25 years,
03:06 every day we give a rebate.
03:10 Because the water is sold
03:12 at the cost of export.
03:16 For example,
03:18 how much tariff
03:20 or rebate do we give to the users?
03:24 In 2019,
03:26 Rp 133 million.
03:30 Because we have a lower job
03:32 than the production cost.
03:34 We can do this
03:36 because we are
03:38 a shareholder of 55%.
03:44 PDC 10%.
03:46 So there is 65%.
03:48 We are a majority shareholder
03:50 and there is a golden share
03:52 to determine the PBA fund.
03:56 Imagine one day
03:58 we don't become a majority shareholder,
04:02 who will be there to support us?
04:06 Who will give us
04:10 such a subsidy?
04:12 I don't think so.
04:14 [Music]