KUCHING: A delegation from Singapore’s Energy Market Authority (EMA) and Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) paid a courtesy call on Premier Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Abang Johari Tun Openg at his office in Wisma Bapa Malaysia here on Monday (April 11).
The Singapore delegation led by EMA chief executive Ngiam Shih Chun included EMA’s director for Energy Connection Office Tan Xin Yi, EMA’s deputy director for Energy Connection Office and MTI’s director of Energy Division Leow Lay May.
Accompanying the high-level delegation was Sarawak Energy Berhad group chief executive officer Datuk Sharbini Suhaili.
The meeting with the Premier, who is also Minister for Energy and Environmental Sustainability, included a discussion on the future path of shared renewable energy resources for the region.
Sarawak Energy, Malaysia’s largest renewable energy developer, is part of a consortium with Sembcorp Industries and SP Group undertaking a feasibility study to explore a potential power interconnection between Singapore and Sarawak.
Among those present at the courtesy call were Minister for Utility and Telecommunication Datuk Julaihi Narawi, Deputy Minister for Utility and Telecommunication (Utility) Datuk Dr Abdul Rahman Junaidi, and Deputy Minister for Energy and Environmental Sustainability Dr Hazland Abang Hipni, and Counsellor (Economics) from the High Commission of the Republic of Singapore in Kuala Lumpur Lide Tay.
