DEBATES in the Sarawak state assembly today were dominated by the legal conflict between the federally legislated Petroleum Development Act 1974 and the state’s Oil Mining Ordinance over the ownership to oil and gas in the state, as the 60-year-old ordinance was tabled for amendment today.
The debate became a little testy when Kota Sentosa assemblyman Chong Chieng Jen pointed to Section 2(1) of the PDA on ownership.
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