BRUNEI TO PURCHASE POWER FROM LAWAS, LIMBANG PLANTS

LAWAS (Malaysia), Nov 20 (Bernama) -- Brunei has offered to purchase power
to be generated by the proposed hydroelectric plants to be set up in Limbang and
Lawas, an east coast Sarawak state.

Second Minister of Planning and Management Awang Tengah Ali Hasan
said while the actual commencement date for the projects have yet to be fixed,
Brunei had already showed keen interest in the power plants.

"We already have an agreement with Brunei to supply 100 MW and they have
agreed to upgrade their transmission lines. In fact they (Brunei) want us to
speed up the (implementation of the) project," he told reporters Friday night
after officiating the Malaysian Islamic Welfare Organisation (Perkim) Lawas
Branch's family night.

Sarawak recently invited several foreign companies to bid for two
hydroelectric projects which would have a total generating capacity of 345 MW.

The Limbang project is estimated to generate 245 MW and Lawas the remaining
100 MW.

-- BERNAMA