§ Mrs. ClwydTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list all offers of aid to Malaysia, with the date the offer was made and the date the aid agreement was signed, since 1979.
§ Mrs. ChalkerThe information requested cannot be provided in the form requested by the hon. Lady, but I can confirm that offers of aid have been made to the Government of Malaysia since 1979 in respect of the following aid and trade provision—ATP—projects and, where aid agreements have been signed, a date, if known, has been added:
Offers made for ATP projects and date of aid agreement (only six offers have so far resulted in an aid agreement)
- Sungei Ahning Dam—28 December 1984
- Cross Braced Rail Bogies—31 July 1986
- Rural Water Schemes—28 August 1986
- Sandakan Power Station—4 March 1989
- Nucleus Hospitals—13 July 1990
- View data-date not readily available
- Pergau Hydro Electric Station
- Connaught Bridge Power Station
- Sibu Airport
- Utora University
- Digital Multiplex Equipment
- Labuan/Sabah Submarine Cable
- Load Despatch Centres
- Locomotives
- Railway Braking System
- Air Navigation Equipment
- Peninsular Gas
- Optical Fibre Telecommunications
- Sarawak Transmission
- Sungai Piah Hydro Electric Station
- Transmission Switchgear
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- Indoor Substations
- Offshore Gas Development
- Gas Turbine Generators
- NEB Consultancy Port Klang Power Station
- Bersia/Kenering Hydro Electric Station
- Submarine Telecommuncations
- Switchgear for NEB
- Bataing AI
- Paka Power Station
- Circulating Water Plant
- 3KV Transmission Switchgear
- Communications Equipment
- 132KV Transmission Switchgear
- Submarine Telephone Cable
- Peninsular Gas Phase II
Offers made for ATP/Technical Co-operation Projects and Date of Agreement (only six offers have so far resulted in an aid agreement).
- Airport Study—19 August 1980.
- Privatisation Programme—23 June 1988.
- Ulu Jelai Feasibility Study—March 1985 (exact date not readily available).
- Liwagu Hydro Electric Study—16 September 1987.
- Rural Water Supply Supervision—11 September 1987.
- Medamit 2 Study—15 October 1990.
- Railways Double Tracking.
- Meteorological Study.
- Hill Resort Road.
- Islamic University Master Plan Study.
- Islamic University Socio-Economic Study.
- Peninsular Gas Phase II.
- Selangor Pipeline Rehabilitation Study.
- Air Traffic Control Consultancy.
- Aluminium Smelter Study.
- Copper Complex Feasibility Study.
- Engineering Complex Feasibility Study.
- Nenggiri Hydro Electric Consultancy.
- Power Generation Feasibility Study.
- Rail Training.
- Transformers for NEB.
- Urea Plant Consultancy.
In addition to ATP activities we have provided various technical co-operation inputs under our regular aid programme for Malaysia. The major elements in the regular aid programme are provision of experts and volunteers and training for students and other trainees.Information on the total number of man years for each of these categories is given in the table.
Year Experts and Volunteers (man years) Student and Trainees (man years) 1979 97 164 1980 56 171 1981 46 100 1982 43 76 1983 33 89 1984 29 114 1985 34 86 1986 42 100 1987 35 103 1988 33 105 1989 33 110