:Anti Coal Power committee set up

SANDAKAN: Sandakan Chinese Chamber of Commerce (SCCC) Stephen Wong Tien Fatt heads the newly set up Sandakan Anti Coal Power Action Committee which comprises mostly environmentalists and representatives of local guilds and Non Governmental Organizations.
“I will like to point here again that the reasons we are objecting the implementation of the coal power plant in Sandakan due to environmental and public health concerns,” Wong Tien Fatt said after announcing the formation of the committee on Wednesday.
Wong Tien Fatt maintained the stand taken by the committee was nothing personal and neither were they against development for Sandakan nor government policies.
The others in the committee are Eleanor Wong, Abang Mohd. Jorgy Haji Juana, G. Gengadharan Pillai (deputy chairmen), Datuk Seri Panglima Haji Hassan Alban Haji Sandukong, Cham Yock Chua, Charles Chow Kok Cheng (secretaries), Dusun Chong (treasurer), Wong Vui Soon (media director), Ku Ah Kong (coordinator) and 20 committee members. The three technical advisors are Wong Tack, Gary Yap and Ho Yu Choi.