http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2006/7/28/nation/14977448&sec=nation
looks like the clubhouse is not going ahead FOR NOW
looks like the clubhouse is not going ahead FOR NOW
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Clubhouse project halted
By RUBEN SARIO
KOTA KINABALU: Work on the controversial RM4.5mil clubhouse project on Pulau Sipadan has stopped for now.
Sabah Chief Minister Datuk Musa Aman told this to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi during a 20-minute meeting at Parliament House in Kuala Lumpur.
“The Prime Minister was happy and had accepted my explanation,” Musa said in a statement read out by the chief minister’s department press secretary Afeiza Khan, here yesterday
In the six-paragraph statement, Musa said he explained the whole situation at Sipadan to Abdullah and also showed him a comprehensive report on the status of development on the island.
“I told him since my directive on May 24 to suspend the contract and stop mobilisation works, all physical works had stopped on Sipadan,” the statement said.
The chief minister’s meeting with the Prime Minister came after Abdullah, in his dinner speech at the Malaysian Professional Centre on Wednesday night, expressed his anger at Musa for proceeding with the Sipadan project despite objections.
Abdullah had said: “I was very angry with Musa. I told him not to build it. I said so many corals are dying and he promised that he would look into the project.”
He also said he was upset with the general quality of environment in the country, and that Malaysians should learn to appreciate the environment, as it was a gift from God.
Musa had initially ordered the clubhouse construction stopped after a barge laden with building materials scraped a coral patch on May 14, but later allowed the project to continue on condition environmentally friendly materials were used.
The barge had damaged 324.94 sq m of coral reefs at the landing point north of Sipadan, and a clean-up order was issued.
But subsequent photos showed steel bars and other construction materials on the seabed.
Musa said that a joint committee on the management and monitoring of Sipadan, chaired by Tan Sri Samsuddin Osman, had met in June this year.
He said all development plans for Sipadan must be approved by the state Cabinet prior to implementation and must conform to the recommendations of Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia.
The state cabinet last month also ordered a stop to the rest-house and restaurant project located about 3,000m above sea level at Sayat Sayat along the summit trail on Mount Kinabalu, which is Malaysia’s first World Heritage site.
Work on the project stopped after it had been abandoned for several months. Environmental groups had voiced their anger over blasting on the mountain for constructing the building’s foundation.
Two weeks ago, environmentalists were upset over the Sabah government’s decision to proceed with logging at the 236,825ha Ulu Segama and Malua forest reserves, which would be bequeathed as Malaysia’s biodiversity gift to the world by the end of next year
By RUBEN SARIO
KOTA KINABALU: Work on the controversial RM4.5mil clubhouse project on Pulau Sipadan has stopped for now.
Sabah Chief Minister Datuk Musa Aman told this to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi during a 20-minute meeting at Parliament House in Kuala Lumpur.
“The Prime Minister was happy and had accepted my explanation,” Musa said in a statement read out by the chief minister’s department press secretary Afeiza Khan, here yesterday
In the six-paragraph statement, Musa said he explained the whole situation at Sipadan to Abdullah and also showed him a comprehensive report on the status of development on the island.
“I told him since my directive on May 24 to suspend the contract and stop mobilisation works, all physical works had stopped on Sipadan,” the statement said.
The chief minister’s meeting with the Prime Minister came after Abdullah, in his dinner speech at the Malaysian Professional Centre on Wednesday night, expressed his anger at Musa for proceeding with the Sipadan project despite objections.
Abdullah had said: “I was very angry with Musa. I told him not to build it. I said so many corals are dying and he promised that he would look into the project.”
He also said he was upset with the general quality of environment in the country, and that Malaysians should learn to appreciate the environment, as it was a gift from God.
Musa had initially ordered the clubhouse construction stopped after a barge laden with building materials scraped a coral patch on May 14, but later allowed the project to continue on condition environmentally friendly materials were used.
The barge had damaged 324.94 sq m of coral reefs at the landing point north of Sipadan, and a clean-up order was issued.
But subsequent photos showed steel bars and other construction materials on the seabed.
Musa said that a joint committee on the management and monitoring of Sipadan, chaired by Tan Sri Samsuddin Osman, had met in June this year.
He said all development plans for Sipadan must be approved by the state Cabinet prior to implementation and must conform to the recommendations of Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia.
The state cabinet last month also ordered a stop to the rest-house and restaurant project located about 3,000m above sea level at Sayat Sayat along the summit trail on Mount Kinabalu, which is Malaysia’s first World Heritage site.
Work on the project stopped after it had been abandoned for several months. Environmental groups had voiced their anger over blasting on the mountain for constructing the building’s foundation.
Two weeks ago, environmentalists were upset over the Sabah government’s decision to proceed with logging at the 236,825ha Ulu Segama and Malua forest reserves, which would be bequeathed as Malaysia’s biodiversity gift to the world by the end of next year
Does anyone know any background on this? I thought Sipadan had been made off-limits to allow it to recover from the 3 resorts that used to be there. What is this "clubhouse" all about?
Drew
Drew
malaysia-islands
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No idea. Shell-shocked. Politicians are not divers. They know nothing about u/water beauty. They will eat shark's fin if that is need to win electoral votes.
pakman
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My guess is that someone in the Sabah gov't had a brain fart and thought "why don't we see if we can make some more $$ off all those rich int'l divers by setting up a clubhouse/ restaurant on Sipidan and force them to eat there during their SI's..." 
malaysia-islands
Contributor
They definitely don't. Most really aren't into nature stuff anyway. They are just saying they do care in front of the public.
malaysia-islands
Contributor
To get the votes, and eventually bungalows and Mercedez Benz. I have yet to see an MP who does NOT own one.
The following is excerpted from today's (03Aug06) New Straits Times:
Sipadan Project Terminated
By Julia Chan
Kota Kinabalu: The Sabah government has terminated the contract to build a restaurant and clubhouse on Sipadan island.
It will also take action against the contractor for breaching the contract agreement that only light boats would be used to transport the building materials.
Disclosing this yesterday, Chief Minister Datuk Musa Aman said it was also decided that only the bare basics such as "environmentally friendly" toilets and shelters would be allowed.
"There will be no clubhouse or restaurants," he said after chairing the weekly State Cabinet meeting....
..."The new structures on the island will be minimal, in line with the Prime Minister's concern for the island's environment," Musa said...
...Musa also took to task Sabah Parks for its poor handling of the controversial development on the island... ...Sabah Parks is the custodian for the island and the Kinabalu Park.
"After the two incidents, we have decided that Sabah Parks will be restructured and this will take place very soon," Musa said.
Sipadan Project Terminated
By Julia Chan
Kota Kinabalu: The Sabah government has terminated the contract to build a restaurant and clubhouse on Sipadan island.
It will also take action against the contractor for breaching the contract agreement that only light boats would be used to transport the building materials.
Disclosing this yesterday, Chief Minister Datuk Musa Aman said it was also decided that only the bare basics such as "environmentally friendly" toilets and shelters would be allowed.
"There will be no clubhouse or restaurants," he said after chairing the weekly State Cabinet meeting....
..."The new structures on the island will be minimal, in line with the Prime Minister's concern for the island's environment," Musa said...
...Musa also took to task Sabah Parks for its poor handling of the controversial development on the island... ...Sabah Parks is the custodian for the island and the Kinabalu Park.
"After the two incidents, we have decided that Sabah Parks will be restructured and this will take place very soon," Musa said.
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