Labuan: Labuan's chambers of commerce have voiced concern that the island may lose two higher learning institutions if the water shortage problem remains.
Students of the two institutions, Labuan Matriculation College and University Malaysia of Sabah (UMS), are facing hardship in getting adequate water supply daily.
Labuan joint chambers of commerce spokesperson Haji Yussof Mohammad said this at a meeting here which was attended by Federal Territories and Urban Wellbeing Minister Datuk Raja Nong Chik Raja Zainal Abidin as well as the Malaysian Malay Chamber of Commerce Labuan (DPMML), Indian Chamber of Commerce, Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Labuan Chamber of Commerce.
Yussof said the water sortage since early this year had badly affected the 85,000 people on the island.
Raja Nong Chik assured that there would be short term measures to help resolve the problem.
Labuan's water woes are expected to be resolved by end 2010 after a RM365 million new undersea water pipeline from the Padas River in Beaufort on the mainland is fully connected.
The water shortage was chiefly because two of the three dams in Sungai Pagar and Kerupang have gone dry.
The majority of students come from Sarawak and Sabah, with a small number from Peninsular Malaysia.
Labuan MP Datuk Yussof Mahal said the problem was unexpected and that the government was doing its best to resolve it.
"We cannot afford to see investors switching to other states just because the island does not have enough water supply.
"The two higher learning institutions are important to us. We do not want parents to stop sending their children to Labuan because of this," he said.
From: http://www.dailyexpress.com.my/news.cfm?NewsID=69830
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