Chinese New Year in Bintan: PLN Sucks
Yes, Bintan is one of the popular destination for holidays.. but that is not the place where I spent my chinese new year. My hometown is at Tanjung Pinang, a town of 150k population at the southern part of Bintan island (the resorts are located at the northern part). The island of Bintan is actually about twice the size of Singapore, with many under-developed areas.
Well, new year at home, this time round is not actually as sweet as I wanted it to be. In the years before, we always have the problem of water shortage. The usage of water has to be properly rationed, so that we will have enough before the next time the water is going to come again. It is apparent, and many believes, that it is the govt officials trying to make our new year miserable.
Well, they succeeded, and this year it is even worse. For not only we have the problem of water shortage, we also have problems with electricity. The PLN, claims that they do not have enough 'power' to supply for the growing industry, and as such, the entire city (so called capital of the province) was divided into parts, and each take turn to enjoy a 'blackout' period of 3 hours. Sometimes you may experience two blackouts in a day.
The reality? The PLN for Tanjung Pinang uses Diesel to run their generators. For this, the govt subsidized the price of the diesel for the running of the generators to provide electricity for the population and industry. Unfortunately, the clever yet corrupt official retain some of the subsidized diesel/petrol and sell it off at normal market price.
Well, that is nothing new. The Navy did the same thing, by selling off the petrol that is supposed to be used for the ship to patrol in the region. There is nothing new under the sun. The difference is only this, when the Navy did this, the population generally did not suffer, but when the PLN does this, the population suffer.
Tanjung Pinang is much hotter this year than before, and can you imagine a blackout at night, without any power to turn on any fan? when you actually started to perspire 5 minutes following a cold shower at night?
The best is this: The people stay in the central part of the town has already endured a 3 hours blackout in the afternoon, and promised that there won't be any black out at night. And guess what, just when the clock strikes at 12 midnight, the power was cut off again. Curses resounds throughout the city. It is no wonder when many tens of motorcyclist stormed the PLN office and demanded the power to be supplied. 30 minutes later, the lights returned.
In my own observation, ever since the reformation started, there is no improvement in the welfare of the common people.
May God Himself judge the corrupt officials and deal with them accordingly.
Well, new year at home, this time round is not actually as sweet as I wanted it to be. In the years before, we always have the problem of water shortage. The usage of water has to be properly rationed, so that we will have enough before the next time the water is going to come again. It is apparent, and many believes, that it is the govt officials trying to make our new year miserable.
Well, they succeeded, and this year it is even worse. For not only we have the problem of water shortage, we also have problems with electricity. The PLN, claims that they do not have enough 'power' to supply for the growing industry, and as such, the entire city (so called capital of the province) was divided into parts, and each take turn to enjoy a 'blackout' period of 3 hours. Sometimes you may experience two blackouts in a day.
The reality? The PLN for Tanjung Pinang uses Diesel to run their generators. For this, the govt subsidized the price of the diesel for the running of the generators to provide electricity for the population and industry. Unfortunately, the clever yet corrupt official retain some of the subsidized diesel/petrol and sell it off at normal market price.
Well, that is nothing new. The Navy did the same thing, by selling off the petrol that is supposed to be used for the ship to patrol in the region. There is nothing new under the sun. The difference is only this, when the Navy did this, the population generally did not suffer, but when the PLN does this, the population suffer.
Tanjung Pinang is much hotter this year than before, and can you imagine a blackout at night, without any power to turn on any fan? when you actually started to perspire 5 minutes following a cold shower at night?
The best is this: The people stay in the central part of the town has already endured a 3 hours blackout in the afternoon, and promised that there won't be any black out at night. And guess what, just when the clock strikes at 12 midnight, the power was cut off again. Curses resounds throughout the city. It is no wonder when many tens of motorcyclist stormed the PLN office and demanded the power to be supplied. 30 minutes later, the lights returned.
In my own observation, ever since the reformation started, there is no improvement in the welfare of the common people.
May God Himself judge the corrupt officials and deal with them accordingly.
posted by Suhandy Yao Wei Xuan @ 11:29 pm
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