Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak must explain the public benefit of the RM7.07 billion 60-year concession to Kumpulan Europlus Bhd(Europlus) for constructing a 316 km highway from Banting to Taiping and whether the RM 2.24 billion soft loans, 3% interest subsidies for commercial loans for 22 years and RM 980 million grant for land acquisition cost is in the public interest. Europlus had announced that it had received an approval letter to construct the 316 km highway from the Public Private Partnership unit of the Prime Minister\u2019s Department.<\/p>\n
DAP is curious why the Federal government had still not make any announcement on such an important highway concession which violates the basic principles of public accountability and transparency. Before the government signs this agreement with Europlus, the Prime Minister must ensure that the following 7 questions why Europlus was given such a good deal are fully answered.<\/p>\n
1. Was there an open tender, and if no why not. If yes, who were the other parties and why were their bids rejected?
\n2. Why was Europlus chosen when they have no proven track record in build-operate-transfer(BOT) of highway concession and its principal owners have a troubled history of problematic housing development projects?
\n3. How can the government grant such a long concession period of 60 years, which is the longest in Malaysian history, second only to Malaysia\u2019s 100 year agreement to supply water to Singapore in the 1960s?
\n4. What was the rationale of granting a soft loan of RM2.24 billion from 2013 at 4% interest and also offer an interest subsidy of 3% from commercial loans for 22 years? Both interest subsidies which may cost the Federal government RM4 billion assuming a principal loan of RM6 billion.
\n5. Why should the government pay RM980 million for land acquisition cost if this is a privatised project?
\n6. Why is the cost for the 316 km highway at RM7.07 billion or RM22.3 million per km more than double the cost of building a similar highway in India at RM10 million per km?
\n7. If this newest toll concession is the alternative to the already congested North South Highway, why stop at Taiping? Why is the Europlus concession not extended to Penang which is even more heavily congested? This is unfair not just to Penangites but also Kedahans.<\/p>\n
For the Prime Minister\u2019s Department to grant a 60 year concession period means, that generations of Malaysian will be compelled to pay toll, from me to my great grand-children. This is unacceptable and giving such a long concession only benefits the few, allowing the toll operators to earn mega profits of Pharaonic proportions at the expense of 28 million ordinary Malaysians.<\/p>\n
Malaysians can no longer tolerate another North-South Expressway(NSE) scandal, where the toll operator is given a 50 year concession period until 2038 even though they have reaped profits many times over their investment outlay. The NSE costs RM6 billion to build and as at 31.12.2010, the toll operator has already received RM24.3 billion, landing a cool RM18.3 billion in profits. <\/p>\n
Why should the NSE operator be allowed to continue to collect till 2038 and hike up toll rates when they have earned such massive and Pharonic-like profits of RM18.3 billion, 3 times the construction cost? Enough is enough! That is why PR is pressing for the abolition of tolls on the NSE in view of the pharonic like profits earned by the toll operator.<\/p>\n
Is the RM7.07 billion Europlus highway concession deal another scandal in the making? Malaysians do not want another NSE scandal. The Prime Minister must fully answer the 7 questions to ensure that public benefit is assured and public interest is protected in this Europlus RM7.07 billion 60-year concession deal.<\/p>\n
Lim Guan Eng<\/p>\n
—-BM Translation —-<\/p>\n
Kenyataan Akhbar oleh Setiausaha Agung DAP dan Ketua Menteri Pulau Pinang Lim Guan Eng di Kuala Lumpur pada 29.1.2012<\/p>\n
Perdana Menteri Harus Menjelaskan Sama Ada Konsesi 60 Tahun Berjumlah RM7.07 Bilion Yang Dianugerahkan Kepada Europlus Untuk Pembinaan Lebuhraya Banting-Taiping Sepanjang 316km Yang Melibatkan Pinjaman Mudah RM2.24 Bilion, Subsidi Faedah 3% Untuk 22 Tahun Dan Geran Sebanyak RM980 Juta Untuk Pengambilan Tanah Adalah Selaras Dengan Kepentingan Awam.<\/p>\n <\/strong>Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak harus menjelaskan sama ada konsesi 60 tahun berjumlah RM7.07 bilion yang dianugerahkan kepada Kumpulan Europlus Bhd (Europlus) untuk pembinaan lebuhraya Banting-Taiping sepanjang 316km yang melibatkan pinjaman mudah RM2.24 bilion, subsidi faedah 3% untuk 22 tahun dan geran sebanyak RM980 juta untuk pengambilan tanah adalah selaras dengan kepentingan awam.<\/p>\n Europlus mengumumkan telah menerima surat kelulusan untuk membina lebuhraya 316km daripada Unit Kerjasama Awam Swasta Jabatan Perdana Menteri.<\/p>\n DAP berasa curiga kenapa Kerajaan Persekutuan belum lagi membuat pengumuman mengenai konsesi lebuhraya yang jelas melanggar prinsip asas ketelusan dan kebertanggungjawab awam. Sebelum Kerajaan menandatangani perjanjian dengan Europlus, Perdana Menteri hendaklah memastikan bahawa 7 soalan berikut dijawab:<\/p>\n 1. Adakah tender terbuka dijalankan untuk perjanjian ini, dan jika tidak, kenapa? Jika ya, siapa lagi yang menyertai dan kenapa mereka tidak dipilih? Konsesi 60 tahun yang dianugerahkan oleh Jabatan Perdana Menteri ini bermakna bahawa beberapa generasi rakyat Malaysia akan terpaksa membayar tol dari generasi saya hingga ke cucu-cicit saya. Ini langsung tidak boleh diterima kerana tempoh konsesi yang begitu lama ini hanya menguntungkan segelintir kroni syarikat pengendali tol yang akan mengaut keuntungan maha-Firaun manakala yang ruginya 28 juta rakyat Malaysia.<\/p>\n Rakyat Malaysia tidak boleh menerima lagi satu skandal umpama Lebuhraya Utara-Selatan (NSE), di mana pengendali tol diberi tempoh konsesi 50 tahun sehingga 2038 walaupun mereka sudah mengaut keuntungan berkali-kali ganda lebih daripada pelaburan asal. Kos pembinaan NSE adalah RM6 bilion dan setakat 31.12.2010, pengendali tol sudah pun menerima RM24.3 bilion, iaitu keuntungan sebanyak RM18.3 bilion.<\/p>\n Kenapa pengendali NSE dibenarkan mengutip tol sehingga 2038 serta menaikkan kadar tol apabila mereka sudah mengaut keuntungan yang maha-Firaun, iaitu RM18.3 bilion ataupun 3 kali ganda kos pembinaan? Cukup-cukuplah! Kerana itulah PR menekankan pemansuhan tol NSE.<\/p>\n Adakah konsesi lebuhraya RM7.07 kepada Europlus ini permulaan lagi satu skandal? Rakyat Malaysia tidak mahu pengulangan skandal NSE. 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\n2. Kenapa Europlus dipilih, sedangkan mereka tidak mempunyai rekod prestasi yang terbukti dalam bina-kendali-pindah (BOT) sektor lebuhraya, dan pemilik utamanya mempunyai sejarah permasalahan dalam projek perumahan?
\n3. Bagaimanakah Kerajaan boleh memberi tempoh konsesi selama 60 tahun, iaitu yang terpanjang dalam sejarah Malaysia dan kedua hanya kepada perjanjian pembekalan air selama 100 tahun kepada Singapura yang telah dimeterai pada tahun 1960an?
\n4. Apakah rasional untuk penganugerahan pinjaman mudah sebanyak RM2.24 bilion dari tahun 2013 pada kadar faedah 4% serta subsidi faedah 3% untuk pinjaman komersial selama 22 tahun? Kedua-dua subsidi ini berjumlah RM4 bilion jika prinsipal pinjaman adalah RM6 bilion.
\n5. Kenapa perlu Kerajaan membayar RM980 untuk pengambilan tanah sedangkan ini projek swasta?
\n6. Kenapa kos lebuhraya 316km ini yang berjumlah RM7.07 bilion atau RM22.3 juta setiap km adalah dua kali ganda kos pembinaan lebuhraya yang sama di India dengan kos RM10 juta setiap km?
\n7. Jika konsesi tol terbaru ini adalah alternatif kepada Lebuhraya Utara-Selatan yang sesak, kenapa berhenti di Taiping? Kenapa konsesi Europlus tidak dilanjutkan kepada Pulau Pinang yang mengalami kesesakan yang lebih teruk? Ini tidak adil untuk rakyat Pulau Pinang dan juga Kedah.<\/p>\n
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