Selasa, 25 Oktober 2011

Lim Kit Siang

Lim Kit Siang

The bottomless pit

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 03:19 AM PDT

— Nawawi Mohamad The Malaysian Insider Oct 25, 2011 OCT 25 — The headlines in the news are crying foul over the extravagance, abusive and utter lunacy in the way the government and its machineries have spent our money. Nine ministries and government departments over spent the allocations, 50 per cent failures under poverty eradication [...]

Do we care?

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 03:10 AM PDT

— Ali Kadir The Malaysian Insider Oct 25, 2011 OCT 25 — Some of us sing the Negaraku with gusto, we fly the flag and proclaim ourselves patriots. But do we really care about Malaysia, care enough that we will do more than just sit and shake our heads when something so wrong and unjust [...]

Happy Deepavali !

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 01:19 AM PDT

Deepavali celebrates the triumph over evil and light over darkness. With the 13th General Election just around the corner, let all Malaysians join Malaysian Hindus to mark this auspicious occasion with one single-minded wish - “Let the light of love, justice and moderation triumph over the darkness of hate, extremism and intolerance to build an [...]

Very lame excuse – why AG not acting against MACC officers for Teoh Beng Hock’s death following James Foong RCI report?

Posted: 24 Oct 2011 10:50 PM PDT

The de facto Law Minister, Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz has given a very lame excuse why the Attorney-General is not pursuing legal action against Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) officers on Teoh Beng Hock's death following the James Foong Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) Report – telling Parliament yesterday that no police report has been lodged [...]

Call for a Financial Accountability Commission answerable to the Parliament with full powers to take punitive actions

Posted: 24 Oct 2011 08:40 PM PDT

By Tony Pua Every year Malaysians are treated to a series of “tall tales” in the Auditor-General Report, which are unfortunately true stories. This year, despite an “upgrade” in ratings for the overall financial management by Government departments and agencies, the tales of financial abuse and degrees of incompetence is no less fantastic than previous [...]

Malaysia in the Era of Globalization #86

Posted: 24 Oct 2011 08:01 PM PDT

By M. Bakri Musa | October 23rd, 2011 Chapter 10: Freedom, Justice, and the Law Personal Liberty in Malaysia – The Abomination That is the ISA To me the ISA is an abomination. If indeed the Act is for the protection of society, as its supporters suggest, then it has failed miserably. ISA did not [...]

Election date?

Posted: 24 Oct 2011 07:14 PM PDT

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Parliamentary body to probe feedlot project

Posted: 24 Oct 2011 08:32 AM PDT

by Hazlan Zakaria Malaysiakini 6:45PM Oct 24, 2011 The fate of a failed government-linked company and its RM250 million government soft loan that was made debate fodder by the Opposition in Parliament recently is in the sight of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC). “This matter has been made much of in Parliament. The PAC will [...]

Mara ticked off for high-priced purchases

Posted: 24 Oct 2011 08:26 AM PDT

Hafiz Yatim | 2:18PM Oct 24, 2011 Malaysiakini Instead of fully utilising a RM54 million allocation to provide training courses for the hardcore poor, Majlis Amanah Rakyat (Mara) spent money on related items – at 100 percent more than the market price. The 2010 Auditor-General's Report, tabled in the Dewan Rakyat today, states that the [...]

Price of binoculars zooms 29 times

Posted: 24 Oct 2011 08:19 AM PDT

Nigel Aw | 5:45PM Oct 24, 2011 Malaysiakini The Malaysian Marine Parks Department (JTLM) spent a whopping RM56,350 for a pair of night vision Marine binoculars, 29 times more than its market value of RM1,940, the 2010 Auditor-General's report reveals. The department paid the same amount for another pair of night vision Bushnell binoculars, or [...]

PAC to haul up seven ministries, agencies for weak finances

Posted: 24 Oct 2011 08:11 AM PDT

By Yow Hong Chieh The Malaysian Insider Oct 24, 2011 KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 24 — The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) will probe seven ministries and agencies for weak financial management. They are the Health Ministry; Science, Technology and Innovation Ministry; Energy, Green Technology and Water Ministry; Transport Ministry; Internal Revenue Board; Customs Department and the [...]

Auditor-General: Putrajaya risked lives in delaying Bukit Jalil stadium roof repair

Posted: 24 Oct 2011 08:05 AM PDT

By Debra Chong The Malaysian Insider Oct 24, 2011 KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 24 — Putrajaya risked public safety when it took four years to approve funds to repair the damaged roof at the Bukit Jalil National Stadium, the Auditor-General said in his report released today. The report highlighted that the Merdeka Stadium Corporation (MSC), a [...]

Bonus bonanza at GLCs despite losses, says Auditor-General report

Posted: 24 Oct 2011 07:58 AM PDT

By Shazwan Mustafa Kamal The Malaysian Insider Oct 24, 2011 KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 24 — Indah Water Konsortium (IWK) and Syarikat Prasarana Negara Bhd were among six government-linked companies (GLCs) that paid employees up to two months' bonus despite suffering an accumulated RM354.91 million in losses in 2009, the Auditor-General's report said today. The report [...]

Sports institute ponied up for wrong horses, says Auditor-General

Posted: 24 Oct 2011 07:53 AM PDT

By Debra Chong The Malaysian Insider Oct 24, 2011 KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 24 — The National Sports Institute (NSI) paid RM3.94 million for 18 horses that were not qualified to race in the 2008 World Endurance Championship (WEC), the Auditor-General said in his report today. The report noted NSI had failed to get the Treasury's [...]

Auditor-General: Tourism Ministry overpaid RM270m for ads

Posted: 24 Oct 2011 07:48 AM PDT

by Debra Chong The Malaysian Insider Oct 24, 2011 KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 24 — The Tourism Ministry overpaid nearly RM270 million for advertisements when it chose to use direct bookings instead of open tenders, the Auditor-General reported today. The report noted that in doing so, the ministry had also breached the Treasury's regulations as laid [...]

Johor highway land cost doubled from original, says audit report

Posted: 24 Oct 2011 07:42 AM PDT

By G. Manimaran The Malaysian Insider Bahasa Malaysia Editor Oct 24, 2011 KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 24 — Land acquisition costs for the Senai-Desaru Expressway project exceeded estimates by nearly 103 per cent or RM375.6 million more than originally stated, according to the 2010 Auditor-General's report. Following this development, the Auditor-General is suggesting for the government [...]

Audit: Not even 1pc Sabah computer labs completed

Posted: 24 Oct 2011 07:36 AM PDT

By Shazwan Mustafa Kamal The Malaysian Insider Oct 24, 2011 KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 24 — Only two out of 300 computer laboratories for Sabah schools have been constructed since the government began its RM160.73 million project in April 2008, the Auditor-General's report said today. Sabah recorded the highest number of computer lab construction projects as [...]

Ministry still owes RM110m farmers’ incentives, says audit report

Posted: 24 Oct 2011 07:31 AM PDT

By Melissa Chi The Malaysian Insider Oct 24, 2011 KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 25 — The Ministry of Agriculture and Agro-Based Industry has yet to pay RM110.67 million it owed to more than 70,000 farmers under a scheme to encourage a higher rice production, according to the Auditor-General's report today. Citing Padiberas Nasional Berhad (Bernas), Malaysia's [...]

RM142m RazakSAT faulty after just one year, says federal auditor

Posted: 24 Oct 2011 07:23 AM PDT

By Shannon Teoh The Malaysian Insider Oct 24, 2011 KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 24 — Malfunctions barely a year after the RM142 million RazakSat satellite was launched caused it to take 1,328 unusable images that were inaccurate by up 37km, the Auditor General's report showed today. The report made available today said state-owned Astronautic Technology Sdn [...]
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