Monday October 2, 2006
PWD officers may face action
KUALA LUMPUR: Officers of the Public Works Department and contractors involved in the controversial repair works in SRJK (C) Kung Yu in Muar will likely face action, Works Minister Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu said.
He said this was based on the preliminary report by PWD deputy director-general (II) Dr Judin Abd Karim, which revealed “many matters” including “wrong payment” and “unsatisfactory work.”
“The final report will be completed in two weeks’ time,” he said after opening the Malaysian Indian Youth Council’s 13th assembly yesterday.
Samy Vellu said he was satisfied with the initial report as it was reflective of the situation in the school unlike the first report submitted by Muar PWD, which concluded that “everything had gone by the book.”
“When I visited the school myself, I found that many works were not completed and they had spent RM3,000 to RM4,000 on the works but had paid out RM29,5000 to the contractors,” he said.
Samy Vellu said he then had directed the PWD deputy director-general to conduct a probe on the matter.
“I will ask for action to be taken on the officers responsible and the contractors who did the works in the school,” he added.
The controversy over the repair works at the school first surfaced when Deputy Higher Education Minister Datuk Ong Tee Keat alleged that funds meant for renovations in two Chinese schools had been misused.
On another matter, Samy Vellu, who is MIC president, announced that Education Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein had agreed in principle to rebuild 38 Tamil schools throughout the country under the Ninth Malaysia Plan.
He said this involved a sum of RM32.12mil for 20 fully-aided government schools and RM16.25mil for 18 partially-aided schools.
Samy Vellu said 37 Tamil schools were rebuilt under the Eighth Malaysia Plan, of which 16 were partially-aided government schools.
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