Based on what you had mention, it seems Petronas from beginning already not hiring enough Sarawakian at centre to manage Sarawak Asset. That why when restructuring,Non Sarawakian are moved to Sarawak.

For option one, if roll back every Peninsula based personnel will crippling Petronas strategy, it mean Petronas had not put enough effort to make SKO operation independent from centre.

For option two, i think state government/local SKO/SBO staff wont allow "downgrade" of SKO/SBO office happen, more politic meddling and may be end up with multiple unexpected outcome.

We are all interested to know Petronas hiring policy. From what i know, it is a fact that some department in SKO dont have Sarawakian at all.

Regardless of whatever Petronas strategy, i dont think no Sarawakian posses the expertise to take up job in those department.

Meanwhile is it so difficult for Petronas to admit they had done something wrong, and participate in negotiation with the state government to go for a win win situation?

If Petronas never think they have done something wrong, perhaps something wrong happen to Petronas

You are so confident Petronas have higher authority than state government and can do whatever they like(sound like a licensed gangster lol) without respecting where they are, what their role is.

Is this the mindset of Petronas/ ex-petronas staff?

I am more interested if Petronas can provide prove that they had selected , interviewed Sarawakian candidates and in the end chose Peninsula worker due to lack of expertise, skill and experience.

With this prove, at least we can move forward to improve the expertise , experience and education level of Sarawak workforce so that they could be competitive in domestic and international market.

However if it is found that from beginning Petronas not interested in Sarawakian candidate, perhaps is time to ditch all Petronas operation in Sarawak including MLNG, Petronas Gas, Petronas Chemical, Petronas Petrol Station etc.

Oil and gas industry is developed based on available resources. Once the resources depleted, their contribution to the stake holder and local people also waned.

Sarawak can survive without Petronas, Petronas also can survive without Sarawak.

When both entity not able to reconcile the differences, why not just exit from Sarawak oil and gas and let Sarawak government to choose the oil major they prefer, either setup Sarawak based oil and gas company or corperate with International oil major like Shell, Exxon etc

This post has been edited by blizice: Aug 10 2016, 08:40 AM

http://www.mysarawak.org/2016/08/petronas-...-water-spg.html

Indirectly Petronas admit their biased recruitment policy and made consensus with Sarawak Government.

Petronas not doing stupid thing to move operation to Labuan

KUCHING: The Sarawak government has reached an amicable settlement with Petronas in the dispute over the national oil corporation’s employment practices in the state.

Chief Minister Tan Sri Adenan Satem said Petronas had agreed to give priority to Sarawakians in filling its current vacancies and to increase the number of Sarawakian employees at management level to at least 60% by 2020.

He also said Petronas would appoint a Sarawakian as a member of its board of directors, with State Secretary Tan Sri Morshidi Abdul Ghani nominated for the post.

These were among the agreements reached during Adenan’s meeting with Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak and Petronas CEO Datuk Wan Zulkifli Wan Ariffin in Putrajaya on Friday.

“The 192 posts now vacant are to be advertised in local papers and to be filled by Sarawakians. Petronas is to consult the state government if no Sarawakian is suitable for the job,” Adenan told reporters after landing at Hornbill Skyways hangar here on Saturday.

He said the state government accepted Petronas’ working plan to increase the number of Sarawakians at management, manager and executive level from 33%, 41% and 48% respectively to 60% at management and manager levels and 75% at executive level.

Petronas currently has 5,190 employees in Sarawak, of whom 3,880 are Sarawakians. It also employs 1,000 Sarawakians working outside the state.

Adenan said the state government’s sub-committee chaired by Morshidi would now review the issuance of work permits for Petronas’ non-Sarawakian employees with a view to lifting the freeze on some.

“The state will review all 586 positions now pending approval for work permits to ensure that Sarawakians are given priority to fill the posts,” he said.

Other measures agreed by Petronas include providing up to 50 places for Sarawakians to study at Universiti Teknologi Petronas, intensify technical training for Sarawakians and supporting petrochemical industries in the state.

Petronas and the Federal Government will also consider the state government’s intention to participate in production sharing contracts so that Sarawak can benefit from them.

On Aug 7, the state government had imposed a moratorium on all new work permit applications for Petronas personnel from outside Sarawak. It was reported that the state government’s decision was prompted by complaints from Sarawakian Petronas officers whose services were terminated or who were retrenched.