Syukur ke hadrat Allah kerana hari ini DS Najib telah umum kan di Parlimen bahawa Kelantan akan terimo duit ehsan 'royalti minyak'. Lagu mano pun dia nok bayar ambo tak kisah asal sajo bendo tu ado menafaat kepada kita puok-puok kelate.
Jumlah belum tahu lagi, tapi hok konpom duit tu akee boleh mulai tahun depee 2010. Ambo harap kerajaee Pusat akan salur duit ini ke saloree hok betul benar. jange dok bui ke ore hok ado kepentingan nanti apo hok kerajee pusat hasrat kan perlutidak akan tercapai!!
Sebagai ore kelate, ambo sangat berbesar hati dan ucap berbanyak terima kasih kalau itu hok ore kelate boleh. Dan ambo harap pasukan bola kelate akan bermain lebi semangat lepas dengar berita baik ni!!!
Parliament: Compassionate payment for Kelantan for its oil
By YENG AI CHUN
KUALA LUMPUR: The Federal Government will pay a compassionate fund (wang ehsan) to Kelantan for oil extracted from the state’s waters, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak told the Dewan Rakyat on Wednesday.
He said the payment, which would be in the form of development programmes for the state and its poor, would begin next year.
“The allotment of wang ehsan to Kelantan would take into consideration the production and sale of petroleum from the Bumi Selatan field.
“The allotment would be channeled after a detailed report about the sum of gas produced and the procedure is finalised.
“The first allocation of wang ehsan for Kelantan is expected in 2010,” he said during the question and answer session.
Salahuddin Ayub (PAS-Kubang Kerian) had asked Najib when Petronas Bhd would pay the oil royalty claims by the Kelantan state government.
Najib said in order for the allocation to be beneficial to all Kelantanese, the money would be channeled in the form of programmes for development and to combat poverty.
“The projects would be carried out by the Federal Government after negotiating with the state government.
“This decision reflects the Federal Government’s commitment to ensuring that people from all walks of life enjoy the benefits of the country’s development,” he said.
Najib claimed that from a legal aspect, states such as Terengganu and Kelantan are only entitled to oil royalties if the petroleum is drilled from its waters.
“The offshore oil operations in their waters are defined as an area not more than three nautical miles, which is measured starting from the low watermark or the shoreline of the state.
“Currently, there is no oil production in the waters of Kelantan or Terengganu. Because of that, from the legal standpoint, Kelantan does not have a right to demand oil royalties, the same as Terengganu,” he said.
He stated that even though the law is clear, the Federal Government has allocated wang ehsan to Terengganu by taking into consideration the production of petroleum located off its waters.
“Because of that, Kelantan deserves the same consideration if there are offshore oil activities outside the boundaries of its waters,” he said.
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/11/4/nation/20091104104033&sec=nation
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