Tuesday September 18, 2007
Sports council did not keep track of equipment purchase
By SHARON LING
KUCHING: The Sarawak State Sports Council spent RM2.67mil on sports equipment from 2004 to 2006 but did not keep track of purchases to prevent wastage or abuse.
The Auditor-General's (A-G) report noted that two bicycles worth RM19,800 could not be traced as there were no written records authorising their use elsewhere.
An RM5,300 lane rope for swimming also went missing while 24 types of equipment for silat, athletics and boxing worth a total RM47,911 meant for various training centres had not been used.
It added that 25 javelins worth RM3,570 were kept unused at the Miri Stadium because they were oversupplied by the council's headquarters.
In addition, archery equipment worth RM30,859 was supplied too late to be used for training for the 11th Malaysia Games in 2006 and was not distributed to other training centres which needed them.
The report said the council did not maintain an asset register to record its purchases or appoint store officials to acknowledge the receipt of equipment.
In addition, training centres, sports associations and the council's divisional offices did not prepare asset lists to record the equipment received from the council's headquarters.
"As a result, it is difficult to trace and physically inspect sports equipment," it said.
The report also found that a RM47,980 boxing ring in Santubong near here which was completed in June last year had not been put into use when audit officials visited it three months later.
Similarly, a boxing ring at the Kem Kemuyang centre of excellence in Sibu, which cost RM23,350 to build in 2002, had not been used since December 2005 due to the lack of a coach.
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