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PAGE 6 I NEW STRAITS TIMES PRIME NEWS Energy, Green Technology and Water Minister Datulc. Seri Dr Maximus Ongkili congratulating Selangor Menteri Besar Mohamed Azmin Ali after the signing of a supplementary agreement on the restructuring of the water services industry for Selangor, Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya yesterday. Looking on is Deputy Prime Minister Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin. Bernama pic • • Ill Sl Rahman and Pengurusan Air Selan finalising the allocation from the SUPPLEMENTARY DEAL gor Sdn Bhd chief executive officer Federal Government, through Suhaimi Kamaralzaman. PAAB, for the state government to INKED: Signatories Present were Menteri Besar Mo take over the three water conces hamed Azmin Ali, Energy, Green sionaires totalling RM1.65 billion as have 60 days to Technology and Water Minister Datuk well as the needed assets. Seri Dr Maximus Ongkili and his He also said both parties managed fulfil condition deputy, Datuk Seri Mahdzir Khalid. to compromise on the land transfer precedents of The signatories have 60 days to dispute of the Semenyih and Bukit fulfil the condition precedents (CPs) Nenas Water Treatment Plants. master agreement in the master agreement. When the Azmin said the event was historic CPs have been fulfilled, the master as both parties were able to finalise agreement and sale and purchase of the deal through concerted effort FAZLEENA AZIZ Puncak Niaga Holdings Bhd (PNHB) and commitment. AND EUNICE AU shares would be enforced to enable He commended Muhyiddin for PUTRAJAYA Air Selangor to tal<e over Puncal< showing leadership and conviction [email protected] Niaga (M) Sdn Bhd and Syarikat in ensuring that the water deal was Bekalan Air Selangor. With this, the resolved as soon as possible. The SUPPLEMENTARY agree restructuring of the water supply in signing, he said, was a culmination ment to the master agree dustry in Selangor, Kuala Lumpur of tireless efforts to return the rights A ment on the restructuring of and Putrajaya will be finalised as of water supply to the people. the water services industry for Se stated in the master agreement. In Kuala Selangor, PNHB executive langor, Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya Muhyiddin, who is chairman of chairman Tan Sri Rozali Ismail ex was signed yesterday by the Federal the Special Cabinet Committee on pressed relief and hoped the Selan and Selangor governments, signal Selangor Water Issues, congratulat gor government would tal<e over its ing an end to the long and overdue ed the ministry and state govern subsidiaries speedily. water issue going back to 2008. ment for putting aside political dif "We will meet with the state to Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri ferences for the sal<e of the people. carry out the hand over of the man Muhyiddin Yassin witnessed the "I am confident Azmin will keep agement of Syabas and PNSB ac signing involving Energy, Green his word by giving the approvals for cording to what is stipulated in the Technology and Water Ministry sec the Langat 2 Water Treatment Plant, master agreement. retary-general Datuk Loo Took Gee which has been delayed but now "I hope all staff at Syabas and and Selangor Chief Secretary Datuk expected to be operational in 2019." PNSB will give their cooperation af Khusrin Munawi, Pengumsan Aset Ongkili said the deal was a win ter the state takes over," he said be Air Bhd (PAAB) chief executive of win for both parties involving the fore breaking fast at Masjid Puncak ficer Datuk Ahmad Faizal Abdul fulfillment of the CPs in terms of Alam here yesterday. .