Sarawak - Articles A brief On the Bakun Dam Before Cost RM15 billion Shelf life 50 years Type Concrete Face Rockfill Dam (Highest in the world) Land inundated 69,640 hectares (Bigger than Singapore) Catchment area 1.5 million hectares Capacity Generator of 2,400 MW electricity Site Balui river (upper basin of Rejang) 37km upstream from Belaga Power Transmission 1,500 km overland wires 650 km submarine cables (World's longest, Baltic Cable is 250km) Turnkey contract Ekran Bhd. (Without tender) Major construction contracts Asea Brown Boveri (ABB), Sweden-Switzerland Comphania Brasileira de Projetos e Obras, Brazil Dong-Ah, South Korea (Responsible for the construction of a collapsed bridge in 1994 where 32 died. In Dec 1995, chairman Choi Won-Suk was indicted on charges of bribing former South Korean President Roh Tae-Woo) After The Federal Government will take over all the assets and liabilities of the project undertaker, Bakun Hydro-electric Corporation (BHEC), owned by Ekran Bhd., including river diversion tunnels, Bakun Resort, Bakun Airport, a jetty, RM100 million cash and important documents. Business Compensations Ekran Bhd RM390 million Financial institutions RM436 million Dong Ah RM 24 million BHEC shareholders RM100 million Postponement : Indefinitely Cost RM3.5 - 5 billion (Submarine cables shelved) Capacity 500 MW Pie of the Common People Human dislocation 10,000 persons from 1,700 families from 15 longhouses Ethnicity Kayan, Kenyah, Lahanan, Ukit and Penan Land rights Native Customary Rights on 51% of the land Compensation promise : RM283 million However, they have been many versions of the compensation amount in newspapers reports in many occasions and the conflicting figures involve millions Bakun Trust Fund RM5 million (Tan Sri Ting Pek Khiing's pledge) RM5 million from the State RM5 million from the Federal Government