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Saturday, August 24, 2002

Government to speed up development work on Tioman

By SYED AZHAR

 

KUANTAN: The Finance Ministry will look into speeding up development work, which

had been delayed by red tape, on Tioman Island.

 

The island is expected to get more tourist arrivals when it attains duty-free

status on Sept 1.

 

Deputy Finance Minister Datuk Chan Kong Choy said he would personally attend to

applications for urgent infrastructure and water supply projects.

 

Chan, who was briefed on Tioman & #8217;s development during a visit there

recently, said he would also look into channelling allocated funds, now held by

the state Economic Planning Unit, to the Tioman Development Authority (TDA) to

ensure projects were carried out without any hitch.

 

“It would be better that the funds are given to the TDA directly to avoid

bureaucracy which could delay the implementation and completion of the projects.

 

“I have also asked the TDA to send all proposals for urgent projects to me,” he

said.

 

TDA general manager Hashim Mat Tahir said it was normal procedure for

government agencies to refer project implementation to the EPU.

 

Apart from roads, the island was in urgent need of a treated water supply

system to meet future demand.

 

Presently, residents obtain treated water from a reservoir in Kampung Tekek,

which has the capacity to supply to 500 households while some chalet operators

obtain their supply from nearby rivers.

 

Local resident Abd Rahman Ahmad, 40, said water supply was bad during the dry

months and he had to depend on river water for supply.

 

“I was told that the present supply of water from the reservoir is not enough

to cater to the needs of the tourism and domestic sectors,” he said.

 

Hashim said the TDA and state Water Supply Department were working towards

improving water supply to the island.

 

Hashim said the island had enough water but measures had to be taken to tap the

resources.

 

He said RM5mil had been approved to improve the water supply system, adding

that the situation was not that acute.

 

Tioman has about 3,000 residents. Last year, 243,000 tourists and locals

visited the island.

 

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