Jun 15 2007
The stings must have been too painful, so much so that the Malaysian government finally has to raise the bar for bumiputra contractors to be placed in the various classes following public outcry over shoddy workmanship and leakages in public buildings. Entrepreneur and Cooperative Development Minister Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin said the Government had no choice but to raise the standard because there was a need for quality and to ensure that bumiputra contractors compete in a globalised age.
“It is not a reactive move to the spate of leakages. It is part of our emphasis on constantly moving up the value chain. Our contractors must improve or risk being left behind by competition … To instil accountability, contractors must also undertake tenders allocated instead of sub-contracting it to third parties, who indirectly raise project costs” Mohamed Khaled said.
The minister said that among the new conditions to be imposed pending approval of licences was scrutiny of the applicants’ financial status, experience and qualifications. Are you kidding me? After decades of “experience” gained, the quality is still at such a level whereby the newly built multi-millions building could come down in rubble? The most ridiculous and outrageous things that can happen is nobody takes the full responsibility but chose to take the route of finger-pointing from one government agency to another agency. Worst still public money are being used (did I hear tens of million of dollars were required just to do another round of study on why the building collapsed in the first place?) unnecessarily when it should be channeled for a better usage.Ever heard of “Once is accident, twice is coincidence and thrice is systemic government collapse?”. You have heard of how the brand-new administrative capital of Putrajaya, the RM270 million world’s second largest court complex and the famous RM100 million renovated Parliament came down with cracks and floods due to shoddy workmanship recenty. So, if you wish to visit Malaysian Government buildings, enter at your own risk.
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June 15th, 2007 by financetwitter
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