KUCHING, Oct. 23 -- Datuk Abang Johari Openg has chosen to use a Korean-made hydrogen-powered Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) as his official car for the past one month amid growing environmental awareness in the country.

The Sarawak chief minister said he has been using the hydrogen-powered SUV for official functions within Kuching City for over a month now, leaving his more expensive Mercedes Benz at home.

"It is smooth, quiet, easy to handle and does not emit carbon dioxide," he told reporters after closing the Sarawak Invention, Innovation and Design Expo at the Construction Industry Development Board convention centre in Samariang, near here.

"I have been using the car for the past month and if something is dangerous, then I will be ...