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Err...currently Sammy might still be on vacation or on assignment in India...somebody has to put on his mouthpiece...when Sammy shows up in parliament...heheheh... :D

Ahem...wonders what would happen when travellers are stranded in ERL trains heading to KLIA to take their respective flights off...would the planes wait until trains' power is backed up? :confused:

Overheard some rumours whether this could be a case of sabotage by TNB own technical staffs whom had recently demanded for higher bonuses...but their requests were shot down by TNB... :confused:

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.... rumours?, then ponder how and why aircrafts are getting it avionic wires cut, frayed, and cockpit panels decorated with hydraulic fluids... pretty scary :eek: if people are willing to do this kind of thing just for a measly raise or bonus....

.... then again, who's to blame - when these companies are posting multi million ringgit operating turn-overs and profits, directors driving new cars BUT their staff are treated as merely as liabilities .... :cool: :rolleyes: ...hmmm, more rumours to follow... :eek:

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Friday January 14, 2005

Switchgear failure to blame for five-hour power outage

PETALING JAYA: The failure of a switchgear in the Kapar power station brought four states and Putrajaya and parts of Kuala Lumpur to a standstill in a five-hour power blackout in the southern region of the peninsula.

Tens of thousands of motorists were caught in a snarl and millions of people had to have their lunch either in candlelight or out in the open when power failed at 12.16pm.

This is the fourth major power failure to hit the country since 1985.

Policemen were mobilised at traffic light junctions to ease the massive lunchtime congestion.

A massive traffic jam which occurred in Jalan Cheras as a result of traffic lights being down during the power failure on Thursday.
Firemen were also called to rescue those who were stuck in lifts.

In the Klang Valley, 12,000 people were affected when the LRT and Komuter train services came to a standstill. Some of them were trapped in tunnels but were quickly evacuated.

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, who was also one of those affected when the National Biodiversity Council meeting in Malacca was disrupted by the blackout, demanded an explanation from Tenaga Nasional Bhd.

“I hope TNB will make sure there will be no more blackouts,” he told reporters.

http://thestar.com.my/news/story.as...1647&sec=nation

Blackout chaos Video Clip:

http://202.186.86.35/mmedia/video/blackout_050113.wmv

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Friday January 14, 2005

Government to get two reports on outage from Tenaga

SEPANG: Two reports explaining the cause of yesterday's blackout are expected to be handed to the Government in a week's time, Tenaga Nasional Berhad CEO Datuk Che Khalib Mohd Noh said.

Che Khalib said TNB had appointed an independent consultant, Advance Power System Solution, to conduct a preliminary study and prepare one of the reports.

He added that TNB would also conduct its own investigation and prepare the other report.

Che Khalib was speaking to reporters at KLIA here late last night after arriving from a business trip to Beijing.

Asked if TNB would consider giving consumers a 10% rebate similar to the one given following the massive blackout in 1996, Che Khalib said it would be decided after a meeting today.

“The power station to be built in Port Dickson and Tanjung Bin are among the measures taken to secure the power supply in the southern region,” added Che Khalib.

http://thestar.com.my/news/story.as...1375&sec=nation

Err...TNB ought to be penalized more than just giving 10% rebate...the blackout yesterday was massive during peak hours...which had caused damages n losses to an unproportional n unimaginable magnitude...

When a privatised utility company is allowed to siphon billions from the consumers n the rakyat...they should be made to be more accountable...period :mad:

10% can't even replace the hargen daz which Orchi got in the freezer yesterday... :rolleyes:

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Wow Orchi, you can swallow all that from the telephonist. Lucky you did not get electrocuted. What she told you is electrifying man. If TNB official spokeman can be a telephonist, I wonder who they will use as official consultant - the tea lady perhaps. I made use of what Orchi said here to explain to my clients and this morning, I have to go on emergency leave as the papers all over town start to tell us why there was a power failure of a 9.0 magnitude.

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since that's the case.......orchi ougta go for baskin robbins......since jan 31 got 31% discount......hihihi :D

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Friday January 14, 2005

Putrajaya at a standstill

PUTRAJAYA: Much of the federal administrative centre ground to a standstill, with many civil servants forced out of stuffy offices during yesterday's blackout, which lasted over an hour here.

Many shopping malls, shops and restaurants also closed during this period.

The power outage affected various government complexes, including the Prime Minister’s Office, Parcels B, C, D and E, the Palace of Justice building along the boulevard in Precinct 2 and the Alamanda shopping mall.

Within minutes of the 12.16pm power outage, policemen were on standby at various junctions to ensure that traffic was flowing smoothly.

Commuters at the Express Rail Link station in Putrajaya were also stranded as the trains ceased operations.

http://thestar.com.my/news/story.as...1018&sec=nation

Err...the heart of the new so called most modern n efficient centralized government administrative offices was paralized...after spending tens of billions of rakyat's resources...for the sakes of efficiency...now they need to siphon more to urgently buy standby gensets...which they have missed to accommodate in their earlier plans... :rolleyes:

Orchi estimates...each 1000kVA Diesel Genset for each building in Putrajaya...would cost RM 1 million each...give or take some for ya know what...multiply by 100 buildings in Putrajaya...equals a rough estimate of 100 millions ringgit.... :rolleyes:

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Friday January 14, 2005

Outage knocks out rail services

KUALA LUMPUR: Express rail links (ERL) between KL Sentral and the KL International Airport in Sepang as well as commuter trains and light rail transit (LRT) services in the Klang Valley were disrupted during the blackout yesterday.

However, operations at the KLIA and the country's main ports were not ruffled during the power failure, which hit the valley and the southern states of the peninsula.

Scores of passengers were evacuated from stranded trains as the power authorities worked on restoring supply.

Many more were stranded at the stations.

Transport Minister Datuk Seri Chan Kong Choy said operations at the KLIA and the ports ran smoothly due to their strong backup system, which automatically activated when the blackout occurred.

However, he said, the ERL service and several commuter services, including the KL monorail and the Putra and Star LRT services were disrupted.

The ERL only resumed its operations at 2.20pm while the Putra and Star LRTs were back on track at 5pm.

Chan said four trains under the Putra line were caught in tunnels when the blackout happened, but passengers were evacuated as quickly as possible.

http://thestar.com.my/news/story.as...6756&sec=nation

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whua.....if this is the kind of money.....if i m pak lah i wud rather stay in the dark!!! :D

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ERr...PengKheng :) ...even the once tallest building Petronas Twin Towers was totally shut down by this blackout...ahem...imagine the guys working on the top floors...perhaps wondering...after spending billions to built the towers...yet still got no backup supply!?

Ahem...not a bad idea...if they could parachute down from the pinacle... :rolleyes:

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...........and they will die standing!!! ;) .......but sad to say my colleague oso work there...... :(

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KLCC has it's own district cooling, it's supposed to be self-sufficient.

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Investors lose millions of ringgit

MALACCA, Jan 13:
The blackout lasted three hours from 12.30pm and investors are already ruefully counting the cost which they say runs into millions of ringgit.

Among them is Infineon Technologies (M) Sdn Bhd, which lost one production shift as a result, costing up to RM5 million.

Infineon’s planning and production director, Kendra Tan said about 10 million pieces of semiconductor chips were affected and the company is checking how many would have to be discarded.

"We do not know the full extent of losses caused by the blackout yet. Although the incident lasted just a few hours, it has cost us dearly because some of our machines need at least four hours to power up again," he said.

The company had not decided whether to take legal action against Tenaga National Berhad.

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Saturday January 15, 2005

Apology accepted but never again
Comment by Wong Sai Wan

THURSDAY'S blackout has given Tenaga Nasional Bhd a black eye and the power company deserves every bit of criticism hurled at it – after all it was the fourth major outage since 1985.

There are a lot of questions that TNB must answer about how a simple short-circuit of a busbar switchgear nearly brought the central and southern region of the peninsula to a standstill. This is especially so since there is supposed to be a parallel system that is to kick in when the main power supply fails.

After each of the previous blackouts, TNB (or LLN as it was then in 1985) promised that it had taken steps to ensure it will never happen again.

But, all said and done, the utility company deserves praise for the speed at which it disseminated information about the power failure.

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Saturday January 15, 2005

RM30mil in losses reported by firms due to power failure

PETALING JAYA: Eighteen companies have reported losses estimated about RM30mil due to the power failure that affected the southern region of the peninsula on Thursday.

Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers (FMM) president Datuk Mustafa Mansur, however, said these were merely estimates provided to the federation by the companies.

“These estimates are quite high because the companies are mostly involved in energy-intensive industries like electronics, automobile assembly and steel processing and most of them operate more than one plant,” he said yesterday.

“We hope to get a more accurate figure some time next week once the rest of the companies submit their reports to us,” he said.

Some 1,477 companies represented by the FMM were affected by the blackout that had brought Johor, Malacca, Negri Sembilan, Selangor, Putrajaya and parts of Kuala Lumpur to a standstill on Thursday.

On the power failure, Mustafa said the manufacturing sector, being the major customer of Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB), was prepared to sit down with the utility company to understand and give assistance wherever possible to ensure there was reliable supply at all times.

http://thestar.com.my/news/story.as...0604&sec=nation

Err...30 millions by FMM's 18 members alone...is nothing close to the actual losses suffered by thousands of other companies involved in retailing...services...manufacturing...trading n public transport businesses...how about downtime losses suffered by the working class people...?