The Auditor-General’s Report 2007
Dear Malaysians,
Good day.
Kindly please take out your calculator, or ask your book keeper to help, or ask your IT programmer write codes for you, or use your mind if you are good in Mental arithmetic. Get ready to count how your income tax, government tax, entertainment tax, service tax, etc taxes money be spent correctly, wrongly, overspent, mismanaged. Yes, the amount of money is huge.
Bakun dam comes under fire
The Auditor-General’s Report 2007 has criticised the construction of the controversial Bakun hydro-electric dam project, which saw its cost ballooned from an initial RM4.5 billion to RM7.5 billion.Navy overspent RM114 mil on jetty HQ
The Royal Malaysian Navy (TLDM) overspent by RM114.22 million when building its jetty headquarters in Sabah, according to the Auditor-General’s Report 2007.Puspakom to face PAC
The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) will call those in charge of Puspakom about bribery allegations and government departments highlighted by the 2007 Auditor-General’s Report to explain before the committee after Hari Raya.Eco-tourism projects fall flat
Certain areas of completed eco-tourism projects cannot be fully utilised as equipment and facilities were either not adequately prepared or non-existent, according to the Auditor-General’s Report.Only RM25m recovered from investment in US firm
After investing RM537.04mil in the US-based Columbia Aircraft Manufacturing Corporation (CAMC) through Composites Technology Research Malaysia Sdn Bhd (CTRM), the Government only managed to get back RM25mil.Puspakom, govt depts to give explanation to PAC
The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) will be calling on Puspakom to provide an explanation of the bribery allegations. The PAC will also call on government departments highlighted by the Auditor-General’s Report 2007 to give their explanation before the committee after Hari Raya.Kelantan will still pay bonus to civil servants
Mentri Besar Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat admitted that the financial resources of the state government were weak but it had taken thrifty measures.Dam developer lost RM9mil for not sticking to contract
The failure of Sarawak Hidro Sdn Bhd (SHSB) to take advantage of a lower ringgit-US dollar exchange rate for payment to one of its Bakun dam contractors caused it RM9.02mil.A-G’s report: Costly delay on Bakun dam project
Finance Ministry Inc and Sarawak Hidro Sdn Bhd (SHSB) were reminded to ensure that contractors complete work within time for the Bakun project to avoid further delay and cost increases, as RM3.91bil had been spent as of last year for the construction of the dam.NS deals led to RM110m loss
National Service shirkers and a very “rigid” contract have caused the Government losses of up to RM110.1mil from 2004 to last year, the 2007 Auditor-General’s report said.RM2mil spent to buy isotope from Singapore despite local availability
The Government spent more than RM2mil buying radioactive isotopes from Singapore when Putrajaya Hospital had the means to produce it, the 2007 Auditor-General’s Report said.Rela rapped for not using cars to nab illegals
The Auditor-General has taken to task voluntary enforcement unit Rela for using its fleet of cars inappropriately.Tenants on police-owned land abusing their rent contracts
Tenants renting land belonging to the police have not only been bad paymasters but have broken conditions in their contracts to become “super landlords”.Info on dangerous food taking too long to be relayed
It takes between 12 days and 24 weeks for information about dangerous food items to be relayed to various entry points in the country, said the 2007 Auditor-General’s Report.PM’s Dept gets high marks
The Prime Minister’s Department and five federal departments scored a maximum four-star rating or a score of 90 and above in the 2007 Auditor-General report’s new accountability index
The list in Chinese by Chinese Daily and the list is continuing……….
Some people said a little bit of corruption is doesn’t matter as long as development is going on. Ya, a little bit here and there, the amount is huge. Your sweat and blood taxes money be spent in that way, acceptable?
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