Billions Of Ringgit Demanded For Fighting The Haze. Can We Trust The Indons?
Four countries, affected by the recent haze originating from Indonesia, have pledged to contribute RM180,000 each to the ASEAN Haze Fund.
Natural Resource and Environment Minister Datuk Seri Azmi Khalid said they were Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore and Brunei.
He said they made the pledge to contribute to the fund at the two-day Asean Environmental Ministers' Meeting in Manila, the Philippines, that started from last Nov 9.
"At the meeting, the four countries agreed to contribute to the fund to finance the technical works to fight the haze," he told reporters at the the Padang Besar constituency's Aidilfitri gathering, here Sunday.
He said Indonesia, which had proposed a total of RM22.8 billion expenditure to fight the haze, was willing to come up with half of the amount, while the remaining would be forked out by other haze-affected countries and from the fund.
All the Asean ministers, particularly those from nations that were affected by the haze, had agreed to hold a meeting every three months to discuss the haze issue, he said.
The countries that were affected by the haze had also agreed to adopt an area each in Sumatera and Kalimantan to make planning and implementation of works easier, he said. (BERNAMA)
**** Frankly I can't figure out these numbers. Rm 180,000 won't even buy you a terrace house and yet that is the amount that each nation is paying towards the haze fund! Jakarta on the other hand has asked for about RM11.4 billion from its neighbours. How can these two figures be reconciled? Are we actually going to cough up a couple of billion bucks as our share or are we going to curtail our generosity and stick to terrace house level payments?
We must remember that in many ways Indonesia is a country which sorely lacks accountability (not that we are much better!) and handing over billions of ringgit which may turn up in Swiss Banks rather than any haze-fighting venture is as risky as the haze itself. Still if that is the price we have to pay for the long term health of our citizens we have hardly a choice but to pay up, or is there? Any bright spark out there who has a solution to this sticky problem?
Natural Resource and Environment Minister Datuk Seri Azmi Khalid said they were Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore and Brunei.
He said they made the pledge to contribute to the fund at the two-day Asean Environmental Ministers' Meeting in Manila, the Philippines, that started from last Nov 9.
"At the meeting, the four countries agreed to contribute to the fund to finance the technical works to fight the haze," he told reporters at the the Padang Besar constituency's Aidilfitri gathering, here Sunday.
He said Indonesia, which had proposed a total of RM22.8 billion expenditure to fight the haze, was willing to come up with half of the amount, while the remaining would be forked out by other haze-affected countries and from the fund.
All the Asean ministers, particularly those from nations that were affected by the haze, had agreed to hold a meeting every three months to discuss the haze issue, he said.
The countries that were affected by the haze had also agreed to adopt an area each in Sumatera and Kalimantan to make planning and implementation of works easier, he said. (BERNAMA)
**** Frankly I can't figure out these numbers. Rm 180,000 won't even buy you a terrace house and yet that is the amount that each nation is paying towards the haze fund! Jakarta on the other hand has asked for about RM11.4 billion from its neighbours. How can these two figures be reconciled? Are we actually going to cough up a couple of billion bucks as our share or are we going to curtail our generosity and stick to terrace house level payments?
We must remember that in many ways Indonesia is a country which sorely lacks accountability (not that we are much better!) and handing over billions of ringgit which may turn up in Swiss Banks rather than any haze-fighting venture is as risky as the haze itself. Still if that is the price we have to pay for the long term health of our citizens we have hardly a choice but to pay up, or is there? Any bright spark out there who has a solution to this sticky problem?
Labels: Haze Issues
posted by The Malaysian. at 11/13/2006 02:45:00 PM
2 Comments:
what happen to singapore plea to the UN, no response ? or shot down by asia ? before any country start disbursing money to indonesia, please remember where all those billions when for the tsunami victims.
I'd pay it bud.
I hear what you're sayin about the Swiss Bank accounts.
If it doesn't work, well there's always this way... ;)....
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Martin Luther King died for his love! Kennedy died talking about
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Change must come
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Change must come
Mao Tse Tung said
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Change must come thru the barrel of a gun
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