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The Auditor-General’s Report 2012: Shocking revelations!
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The Selangor government didn’t spend money allocated for road repairs due to its inefficiency. People using poorly maintained roads suffered.
Malaysiakini
AUDIT REPORT The third instalment of the Auditor-General’s Report 2012 tabled in Parliament yesterday reprimands the Selangor government for hoarding federal funds intended for the maintenance of roads in the state.
According to the report, Selangor only spent RM640.24 million or 56.3 percent of the RM1.14 billion it received from the federal government for the maintenance of non-federal roads between 2010 and 2012.
When broken down, the state government spent 69.3 percent of the RM351.66 million in funding received in 2010 but this declined to 59.3 percent of RM368.36 million received in 2011 and 42.7 percent of the RM416.97 million in 2012.
Even though the under-spending accumulated RM631.27 million in surplus funds, the report said it reflected the state government’s inefficiency in managing funds provided by the federal government.
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Furthermore, the report said, a survey conducted by the Auditor-General’s Office of 545 respondents in Klang, Gombak and Shah Alam showed 80 percent of them expressing dissatisfaction with the condition of their local roads.
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It added that a survey of several locations in Klang, Gombak and Shah Alam showed the roads to be in an unsatisfactory condition, and that the relevant authorities have taken remedial action after the matter was raised.
The report also criticised the maintenance of these roads as some of them were of unsatisfactory quality or not well done.
Selangor rapped for hoarding funds for road repairs
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YAHOO! NEWS MALAYSIA
Illegal farms stripping Cameron Highlands of forest cover, audit shows
The Malay Mail Online
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 2 — Cameron Highlands, a popular weekend retreat for city slickers, is being stripped of its lush rainforest cover at a rapid pace, with the latest national audit reports released today recording its natural jungle greenery at only 82 per cent last year from 96 per cent previously.
Despite the Cameron Highlands District Local Plan allowing only 3 per cent of the district’s land for plantations between 2003 and 2015, surveys by the Remote Sensing Agency of Malaysia in 2012 showed that the actual areas being used is at a whopping 16 per cent.
The same goes for residential areas, where the actual area used — 2 per cent — is double that of the allocated area of just 1 per cent.
The highest increase in plantation areas was recorded in Pos Terisu, rising from 76.73 ha in 2009 to 180.9 ha in 2012, which was an increase of 135.76 per cent.
http://my.news.yahoo.com/illegal-farms-stripping-cameron-highlands-forest-cover-audit-070800269.html
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YAHOO! NEWS MALAYSIA
RM58m spent to subsidise Putrajaya’s under-used buses
The Malay Mail Online
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 2 — The government lost over RM58 million in the last five years to keep near-empty busses running for Putrajaya’s intra-city service, the Auditor-General’s 2012 report revealed today.
In the audit of the bus operator Pengangkutan Awam Putrajaya Sdn Bhd (PAPSB)’s performance from 2008 to 2012, it was shown that the actual bus fare of RM2.20 for Nadi Putra’s buses was subsidised by nearly 80 per cent for millions of passengers since 2007.
“The total losses from bus operations for five years are RM58.74 million due to the low bus fare of RM0.50 for adults and RM0.30 for children has never been reviewed since 2007. It is also caused by the increase of bus operational costs such as fuel, maintenance and the preparation of other facilities,” said the report which was tabled in Parliament today.
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PAPSB, a subsidiary of federal statutory body Perbadanan Putrajaya, has been operating the Nadi Putra bus service since May 2007 after the bus service was privatised.
http://my.news.yahoo.com/rm58m-spent-subsidise-putrajaya-under-used-buses-114500381.html
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THE EAST COAST HIGHWAY
Malaysian Insider
Putrajaya pumped RM800 million more into East Coast Highway due to PWD delays
BY EILEEN NG
December 02, 2013
Putrajaya injected an additional RM800 million into constructing the second part of the East Coast Highway due to delays that caused the cost to balloon from RM2.09 billion to RM2.9 billion.
The 2012 Auditor General Report found that due to the delays by the Public Works Department (PWD) costs had increased across the board – in construction material, land acquisition, design and monitoring, construction of toll plazas and additional component costs.
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Malaysiakini
AUDIT REPORT Delays in constructing part of the East Coast Highway 2 have cost taxpayers a staggering RM800 million, according to the second half of the Auditor-General’s Report 2012 tabled in Parliament today.
The amount is one of the largest reported in the report and is more than three times that of the notorious RM250 million soft loan for the National Feedlot Centre project which the auditor-general had exposed in 2011.
The 184km East Coast Highway 2 project, commissioned in September 2006, begins in Jabur, Kemaman, and ends in Kampung Gemuruh, Kuala Terengganu.
Delayed East Coast Highway 2 costs RM800mil more
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THE NAVY COLLEGE
Malaysian Insider
RM10 million lost in “sick project” to build Navy college
BY EILEEN NG
December 02, 2013
The appointment of a contractor without going through proper procedures for a RM41.46 million Malaysian Navy college training centre has resulted in a loss of RM10.2 million, in what the Auditor General described as “projek sakit” (problematic project).
The 2012 Auditor General Report found that Syarikat Ijhraa (M) Sdn Bhd, a Class B contractor, was given “special permission” to participate in a tender project in May 2009 to construct KD Pelandok in Lumut, Perak.
Of the 43 companies who took part, nine were shortlisted. Syarikat Ijhraa was chosen despite not offering the lowest price and failing to adhere to procedures.
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Malaysiakini
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AUDIT REPORT The government’s failure to adhere to proper tender procedures in appointing a contractor for the construction of a Royal Malaysian Navy (TLDM) college training centre ultimately cost taxpayers RM10.2 million, according to the second half of the Auditor-General’s Report 2012 that was tabled in Parliament today.
The contractor, Syarikat Ijhraa (M) Sdn Bhd, which was tasked to construct one of two training centres dubbed ‘KD Pelandok’ in Lumut, Perak failed to complete the RM41.46 million project.
The company, which was first granted the project on Dec 16, 2009, was only able to complete 55 percent of it after its deadline expired in Feb 27, 2012 with another extension until April 16, 2012.
Syarikat Ijhraa was then terminated by the Defence Ministry and the project was categorised as ‘projek sakit’ (problematic project).
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