The draft Water Services Industry Bill and Water Services Commision Bill (SPAN in Malay acronym) was publicly released last Monday.
In a rare show of transparency, the two drafts affecting water industry are open to public scrutinise before they undergo parliamentary reading to pass the Bill into law.
The Ministry has set up a website called 'My Water Voice' as a channel for the public to interact with the ministry.
Visitors to the website can also give their views through an online forum for each bill.
I remember at one point of time I read a biography written by Alfred J. Roach "Fire in My Belly". Alfred J. Roach, a self make entrepreneur and founder of TII Network Technologies in US. His company TII invested in Water treatment industry as well but fail..
The venture fail because of a number of reason. But one of the reason he stated in his book is his company providing water treatment services and sewerage and waste water services. He claim the public thought that the water supply to the public from the company are from the water from waste water or sewerage eventhough it is not. This is in US.
I do not know how Energy, Water and Communications Minister Datuk Seri Dr Lim Keng Yaik claim that the two service are provided by the same company in UK.
I really do not comfortable whether the same worker working for the sewerage plant in the morning and he will work in the water treatment plant in the afternoon. The pipe he used? Is it from the same store that storing the same water pipe and for sewerage and watse water pipe together.
In the event the company want to cut cost. This is highly possibly happen in Malaysia. Thus, I strongly against the same company provide water treatment and sewerage service. It has to be separated
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