Excerpt:
'The prime minister's 11 measures to slash public service expenditure which was announced last week have hardly raised expectations of the people who anticipate some form of action to the spiralling cost of living. A reduction in entertainment allowance; allowances for toll and the freeze in renovation of government offices are just tiny drops in a mighty ocean.
Datuk Paul Low, the minister in the Prime Minister's Department and long-time advocate of good governance would agree that the bigger challenges in keeping down prices and plugging the leaks would be to have a good system in the areas of procurement and disposal of assets and more importantly, doing away with extravagance which bring no benefit to the people.
A cursory glance of the auditor-general's numerous reports tell the startling truth – the government procurement structure is non-existent with everyone setting his or her own rules and regulations with scant regard for procedures. The result is that the government has been paying and is continuing to pay exorbitant prices (running into millions) for goods and services.'
'How many contractors have "absconded" with government money is a closely-guarded secret which no one wants to disclose. Could anyone put a figure on the amount that has gone down the drain? Has anyone gone after the miscreants with a view to recovering what rightfully belongs to the government?'
'At least seven huge parcels of land belonging to the federal government in the Klang Valley (with development value running into billions) have changed hands without the public knowing anything about the transactions.
Did the government get the right price? How were the "recipients" chosen? Does he or she have the resources to pay for the land or was it a gift to some crony, repaying a political favour? In the absence of an open system, it gives Joe Public no other choice but to believe that backhanders were given and more importantly, taken.'
More:
http://www.thesundaily.my/node/236577
Link
'The prime minister's 11 measures to slash public service expenditure which was announced last week have hardly raised expectations of the people who anticipate some form of action to the spiralling cost of living. A reduction in entertainment allowance; allowances for toll and the freeze in renovation of government offices are just tiny drops in a mighty ocean.
Datuk Paul Low, the minister in the Prime Minister's Department and long-time advocate of good governance would agree that the bigger challenges in keeping down prices and plugging the leaks would be to have a good system in the areas of procurement and disposal of assets and more importantly, doing away with extravagance which bring no benefit to the people.
A cursory glance of the auditor-general's numerous reports tell the startling truth – the government procurement structure is non-existent with everyone setting his or her own rules and regulations with scant regard for procedures. The result is that the government has been paying and is continuing to pay exorbitant prices (running into millions) for goods and services.'
'How many contractors have "absconded" with government money is a closely-guarded secret which no one wants to disclose. Could anyone put a figure on the amount that has gone down the drain? Has anyone gone after the miscreants with a view to recovering what rightfully belongs to the government?'
'At least seven huge parcels of land belonging to the federal government in the Klang Valley (with development value running into billions) have changed hands without the public knowing anything about the transactions.
Did the government get the right price? How were the "recipients" chosen? Does he or she have the resources to pay for the land or was it a gift to some crony, repaying a political favour? In the absence of an open system, it gives Joe Public no other choice but to believe that backhanders were given and more importantly, taken.'
More:
http://www.thesundaily.my/node/236577
No comments:
Post a Comment