Empangan Bakun: Faedah mencecah RM10 juta/bulan tahun 2011

Neo Chee Hua | Aug 11, 2010 03:14:41 pm

Projek Empangan Bakun yang menelan kos RM7.3 bilion sehingga akhir tahun ini, bakal menjurus kepada tanggungan faedah setinggi RM10 juta setiap bulan, oleh pemiliknya Sarawak Hidro Sdn Bhd (SHSB), mulai tahun 2011.

Sementara itu, Kumpulan Wang Simpanan Pekerja (KWSP) dan Kumpulan Wang Amanah Pencen (KWAP) telah membekalkan pinjaman sebanyak RM5.75 bilion kepada projek ini sehingga kini.

Menurut laporan media bahasa Inggeris tempatan, jemputan lawatan media oleh SHSB pada minggu lalu, menyaksikan bagaimana projek ini telah disiapkan 96% sehingga April tahun ini.  Keperluan teknikal telah dipenuhi, dan kini hanya menunggu lampu hijau daripada kerajaan negeri untuk memulakan operasinya.

Faedah setinggi RM10 juta setiap bulan

Menurut Managing Director SHSB Zulkifie Osman, syarikatnya sedang menunggu kelulusan kerajaan negeri untuk memulakan operasi menakung air.  Operasi ini memerlukan tempoh tujuh bulan, sebelum ujian menjana elektrik dijalankan, agar memenuhi syarat minima operasi penjanaan elektrik.

SHSB terpaksa menanggung faedah setinggi RM10 juta setiap bulan mulai tahun depan, lantaran daripada penangguhan operasi penakungan air selama lima bulan dari apa yang dijadualkan sebelum ini.  Oleh itu, Zulkifie berharap kerajaan negeri memberi kelulusan secepat mungkin agar kos projek empangan ini boleh dikurangkan.

Menurut Pengerusi SHSB Izzuddin Dali pula, kos pembangunan empangan adalah antara RM7.0 bilion hingga RM7.3 bilion (termasuk faedah dan pampasan) sehingga akhir tahun ini.  Kos terus melonjak, memaksa agar operasi penakungan air dimulakan untuk mengurangkan kos yang ditanggung SHSB.

Di samping itu, SHSB sedang berunding untuk menandatangani Perjanjian Pembelian Tenaga (Power Purchase Agreement, PPA) dengan satu-satunya pembeli kuasa elektrik dari Projek Empangan Bakun, Sarawak Energy Bhd, dengan harapan agar ia dimeterai pada hujung tahun ini.

Projek mega zaman Mahathir

Mengikut rancangan Projek Empangan Bakun sebermulanya, penjana hidroelektrik ini akan meluluskan satu projek Kabel Penyaluran Dasar Laut yang bernilai RM10 bilion, untuk membekalkan kuasa elektrik kepada Semenanjung Malaysia.  Bagaimanapun, projek ini terpaksa dimatikan.

Seterusnya, Sarawak Energy Berhad muncul sebagai satu-satunya pembeli kuasa elektrik dari Empangan Bakun.  Malah, kuasa elektrik ini akan dijual pula kepada sebuah kilang peleburan aluminium di Sarawak, yang dimiliki oleh syarikat perlombongan kedua terbesar di dunia, Rio Tinto.

Projek Empangan Bakun adalah projek penjana hidroelektrik mega yang diketengahkan oleh kerajaan Mahathir Mohamad pada tahun 1980-an, untuk memperbanyakkan sumber bekalan elektrik.  Projek Empangan Bakun diserah kepada Ekran Bhd, yang dikuasai tycoon terkemuka, Ting Pek Khing pada tahun 1994.  Namun demikian, projek mega ini terpaksa diketepikan berikutan kemelut ekonomi pada tahun 1997.

SHSB mengambil alih projek ini pada tahun 2000, dan kemudian projek ini ditenderkan.  Malaysia China Hydro Joint Venture (MCHJV) yang ditunjangi Sime Darby Bhd berjaya memperolehi projek ini dengan harga tender RM1.8 bilion pada Oktober 2002.

Mengikut jadual asal, projek ini harus disiapkan pada akhir tahun 2007.  Tetapi, penundaan berlaku sehingga ia disiapkan hanya pada tahun ini.  Menurut kontraktor (Sime Darby), penundaan ini berlaku kerana laporan kajian tanah yang dibekalkan oleh SHSB tidak jitu.

Lebihan kos ditanggung kerajaan?

Menurut media tempatan yang memetik daripada sumber yang tidak diketahui, Sime Darby menuntut kos lebihan lantaran penundaan projek sebanyak RM780 juta daripada kerajaan.  Namun demikian, beberapa faktor menyebabkan angka kos ini terus melonjak, menjurus kepada anggaran kerugian Sime Darby setinggi RM450 juta pada tahun kewangan 2010.

Sebagaimana yang diketahui, Sime Darby berniat menuntut kos lebihan sebanyak RM700 juta daripada kerajaan, malah meminta agar kerajaan mengecualikan pampasan yang harus dibayar kepada pemilik empangan berikutan penundaan.  Lebihan kos ini telah melonjakkan kos pembinaan empangan dari RM1.8 bilion pada asalnya kepada RM3.2 bilion, yang belum merangkumi kos projek elektrik dan mekanik.

Seandainya dihitung secara terperinci, maka kerugian yang ditanggung oleh Sime Darby lantaran daripada Empangan Bakun boleh mencecah RM1 bilion.  Namun, Sime Darby menuntut pampasan sebanyak RM700 juta daripada kerajaan, dan ditambah pula dengan permintaan untuk mengecualikan pampasan, maka kerugian dijangka akan dikurangkan kepada kira-kira RM300 juta.

*Neo Chee Hua ialah Assistant Editor MerdekaReview, edisi bahasa Cina.  Analisa asal dalam edisi bahasa Cina disiarkan pada 9 Ogos 2010.  Disedut, diterjemah dan disunting oleh Lim Hong Siang.



Kenyataan Media 13 Ogos 2010 PETALING JAYA: Saya memandang dengan serius laporan-laporan mutakhir yang menunjukkan kelewatan projek Empangan Bakun kerana begitu banyak wang rakyat telah disalurkan ke projek ini sejak sedekad yang lalu.

Berdasarkan laporan, jumlah kos keseluruhan dijangkakan akan meningkat akibat beberapa kelewatan projek. Kos setakat ini sudah pun mencecah RM7.3 bilion dan sebahagian besarnya dibiayai oleh wang rakyat melalui pinjaman berjumlah RM5.75 bilion yang diberikan oleh Kumpulan Wang Simpanan Pekerja (KWSP) dan Kumpulan Wang Amanah Pencen (KWAP). Kedua-dua pinjaman ini juga dijamin oleh Kerajaan Persekutuan.


Sikap tidak peduli Perdana Menteri yang membiarkan wang rakyat terus digunakan dalam projek Empangan Bakun adalah sangat bertentangan dengan pendapat beliau mengenai subsidi minyak dan gula.

Beliau seolah-olah tidak kisah dengan kemungkinan wang rakyat terus dibazirkan untuk projek ini, tetapi bersungguh-sungguh mahu menarik balik subsidi minyak dan gula – sedangkan sasaran penjimatan perbelanjaan kerajaan adalah terlalu kecil berbanding dengan wang rakyat yang digunakan untuk membiayai projek Empangan Bakun setakat ini.

Sasaran penjimatan RM750 juta dari potongan subsidi hanyalah 10% dari jumlah kos keseluruhan projek Empangan Bakun. Projek ini juga telah menyebabkan anggaran kerugian sejumlah RM450 juta yang dialami oleh Sime Darby bagi tahun kewangan 2010, di samping pampasan RM900 juta yang dibuat oleh kerajaan sebelum ini.

Jumlah keseluruhan kerugian dan pampasan kepada Sime Darby sahaja boleh membiayai pelbagai program kebajikan rakyat yang sepatutnya dijalankan apabila subsidi ditarik balik, untuk meringankan bebanan rakyat.

Kenaikan kos mendadak
Minggu ini, kita dikejutkan dengan berita projek ini akan mengalami kenaikan kos mendadak disebabkan oleh kelewatan (bukan perkara baru sejak projek dilaksanakan).

Laporan-laporan juga memetik sumber dalaman yang menyebut perbezaan pendapat di antara Kerajaan Persekutuan dan Kerajaan Sarawak mengenai harga apabila projek ini diserahkan kepada kerajaan negeri. Perbezaan ini memungkinkan Kerajaan Persekutuan terpaksa menanggung kerugian yang dianggarkan berjumlah RM2 bilion apabila projek diserahkan kelak.

Siapa yang akan membayar kerugian yang dianggarkan berjumlah RM2 bilion ini? Adakah Perdana Menteri akan secara senyap-senyap mengarahkan KWSP dan KWAP melupuskan sebahagian dari RM5.75 bilion hutang yang diberikan kepada projek Empangan Bakun, untuk menutup kerugian itu?

Empangan Bakun adalah lambang layanan Barisan Nasional yang berbeza-beza kepada rakyat dan syarikat besar dalam menentukan subsidi. Di mata Barisan Nasional, 20 sen subsidi bagi setiap kilogram gula yang dinikmati rakyat adalah beban yang cukup besar kepada pentadbirannya, tetapi pada masa yang sama ia menghadiahkan subsidi korporat berbilion ringgit kepada syarikat besar tanpa rasa bersalah sedikit pun.

Saya menyeru Perdana Menteri mengambil pertanggungjawaban dan berterus-terang dengan rakyat mengenai masalah kewangan projek Empangan Bakun dan kesannya kepada wang rakyat. Menteri yang dipertanggungjawabkan menyelia projek juga perlu berterus-terang dan menerangkan kepada rakyat kenapa anggaran kerugian RM2 bilion itu perlu ditanggung oleh rakyat.

Rakyat berhak tahu terutamanya apabila rakyat diminta mengurangkan beban kewangan kerajaan, maka subsidi korporat juga perlu dihentikan.

Dato’ Seri Anwar Ibrahim
Ketua Pembangkang

UMNO PERLU KAD MERAH - MEMBELI KERETA PERISAI PADA HARGA RM31 JUTA SEBUAH SEDANGKAN HARGA PERISAI TERMAHAL PUN HANYALAH BERNILAI RM9 JUTA SEBUAH.

Umno perlu direhatkan

Mohd Sabri Said

KEPALA BATAS, 31 Julai: Ahli Jawatankuasa PAS Pusat, Datuk Husam Musa (gambar) menyeru rakyat merehatkan Umno dan Barisan Nasional (BN) daripada bergelumang dengan politik tanahair kerana banyak kesalahan telah dilakukan sehingga ekonomi, keselamatan, kehakiman dan politik negara tidak lagi stabil. Umpamanya, kata beliau, apabila pemain bola sepak mendapat kad merah kerana melakukan kesalahan yang berulang, dia terpaksa dikeluarkan atau direhatkan untuk beberapa kali perlawanan. Begitu juga, ujarnya dengan Umno dan BN perlu dihukum sebab terlalu banyak melakukan penyelewengan, pembohongan dan campur tangan tangan sehingga menyulitkan sesuatu keputusan diadili dengan adil. "Umno dan BN kena direhatkan. Rakyat perlu buat begitu jika tidak mahu melihat negara menuju kehancuran," tegasnya ketika berceramah di Dewan Majlis Perbandaran Seberang Perai (MPSP), Kepala Batas malam tadi. Ekoran itu, kata Exco Kerajaan Kelantan itu banyak pelabur tidak menanam modal di Malaysia sebaliknya mencari lokasi lain yang lebih selamat. Tambahnya, apabila terjadi begitu, ekonomi negara merudum teruk ditambah lagi dengan wang negara diboroskan dengan projek mega yang tidak memberi manfaat kepada rakyat. "Habislah jika keadaan negara macam ni. Jadi, lebih baik rehatkan Umno dan kuncunya pada pilihan raya umum depan. Bila parti sempit dan perkauman tidak ada, maka senanglah nakhoda melayari bahtera memajukan negara," ujar beliau. Kepimpinan negara, katanya apabila harga gula dinaikkan terus mengeluarkan kenyataan santai kononnya untuk mendidik rakyat supaya tidak terkena penyakit kencing manis manakala membanding harga dengan negara jiran apabila menaikkan harga petroleum. Menurutnya, itulah alasan Kerajaan BN sejak dulu sampai sekarang, tidak pun menunjukkan rasa serik atau kesal apabila menindas rakyat malahan rasa bangga bila rakyat tidak menunjukkan protes. "Mereka sudah menjahanamkan negara, kenapa rakyat masih biarkan mereka memerintah termasuk cadangan terbaru membeli  274 kereta perisai  yang harganya sebuah RM31 juta pada hal seluruh dunia tahu harga kereta perisai termahal dari Amerika Syarikat hanya bernilai RM9 juta sebuah," katanya.

RM180,000,000,000.00 DIHABISKAN UNTUK PERTAHANAN NEGARA SEJAK 23 TAHUN LALU

July 27, 2010

RM180bil defence bill: Little bang for the buck

By Kuek Ser Kuang Keng
Over the last 23 years, Malaysia’s defence spending has taken a whopping RM180 billion from the national coffers.
The average annual defence spending each year is close to 2.5 percent of the nation’s GDP from 1987-2004, which should turn Malaysia into a country with decent defence capability, according to a defence analyst.

However, Malaysia’s defence forces is in a sorry state which can only deal with ‘military operations other than war’ (MOOTW).

This is not surprising as allegations of corruption and mismanagement relating to defence procurement continually crop up.

Defence expenditure has been the second-largest item in the national budget until the global financial crisis hit Malaysia in 2008, resulting in other items overtaking it in the 2009 budget.

Defence Ministry expenditure has grown more than five times, from RM2.09 billion in 1987 to RM11.013 billion in 2010.

The total expenditure during this period was RM178.989 billion – the equivalent of building six Putrajayas or 60,000 primary schools.

The defence allocation ranges from 1.6-3.2 percent of the nation’s GDP. According to Lam Choong Wah, editor of defence portal KL Security Review, this is moderate compared to the international average of 2 percent.

He pointed out that this level of spending should give Malaysia an appropriate level of military capacity but the reality shows the opposite.

But with so many obsolete weapons and equipment in hand, the defence system can only face low levels of military conflict and perform MOOTW such as peacekeeping, he said.

Justifying this disturbing fact with the lavish military spending begs questions.

Expenditure on big-ticket items should always come with strict monitoring and high accountability. Unfortunately doubtful defence procurement, sometimes reaching scandalous proportions, is said to be a common phenomenon in the Defence Ministry.

In this three-part special report,Malaysiakiniattempts to uncover the root causes of suspicious procurements and ways to enhance the current check-and-balance mechanism.

It begins with a list of questionable defence deals in recent years, compiled from media reports. These involved RM26.8 billion and were completed under the watch of Najib Abdul Razak who helmed the Defence Ministry from 2000-2009.

Questions raised about most of the transactions have been left unanswered. Although some were investigated and elements of corruption and mismanagement were found, no senior official has ever been held accountable.

Submarines in global spotlight

The Defence Ministry signed a contract with France’s DCNS and Spain’s Navantia in 2002 to purchase two Scorpene submarines. The deal is expected to cost RM7.3 billion including maintenance and other services.

What has raised eyebrows is the payment of 114 million euros (RM510 million) to a local company called Perimekar. The sum was alleged to be a commission but the ministry has insisted it was for‘coordination and support services’ involving the submarine deal.

Perimekar is wholly owned by another company, KS Ombak Laut Sdn Bhd, which in turn is controlled by Abdul Razak Baginda, a close confidante of Najib.

The deal turned into a scandal when Abdul Razak was charged with abetting two of Najib’s bodyguards in the murder of Mongolian interpreter Altantuya Shaariibuu, who was shot in the head on Oct 19, 2006, and then blown up with C4 explosives available only to the military.

According to testimony revealed in court, Altantuya was apparently blackmailing her then-lover Abdul Razak for US$500,000 for unknown reasons.  She accompanied Abdul Razak to Paris when the ministry was negotiating the submarine deal.

The case attracted international attention when judges in the Paris Prosecution Office prompted a preliminary police inquiry after two French lawyers filed the case on behalf of Malaysia’s human rights organisation Suaram.

The scandal escalated when private detective P Balasubramaniam, hired by Abdul Razak to protect him from a furious Altantuya, filed a statutory declaration after the trial indicating that Najib had actually been the victim’s lover and had passed her on to Abdul Razak.

However he retracted the allegations the next day and went into hiding before taking up residence in India.

He later claimed that he had been offered RM5 million by a businessman close to Najib’s wife to retract the allegations and leave the country.

He further alleged that he had met Najib’s younger brother Nazim regarding the case.

Balasubramaniam recently met French investigators, and also delivered written replies on July 22 to questions from the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission which is investigating his allegations.

In a twist to the sorry tale, the first submarine KD Tunku Abdul Rahman, which arrived in Malaysia last September, could not dive due to technical problems, but repairs left it fully operational in February this year.

Meanwhile, DCNS faces other allegations relating to submarine sales in Taiwan and Pakistan.

Jet engines ‘fly’ to Uruguay

Two Northrop F-5E jet engines from the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) were found to be missing in May 2008, sparking allegations of the involvement of corrupt officials.

The engines were reportedly taken from a military air base in 2007 and sold on the black market to a South American company. The authority later traced the engines to Uruguay and brought these back in June this year.

Defence Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi initially said the engines cost RM50 million each but later clarified that the correct figure is RM303,570. kah, kah, kah. What a joke!

The ministry claimed that no senior air force officers were involved in the theft. The same answer was given by Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) after investigations.

Former RMAF sergeant N Tharmendran, 42, has been charged with a company director in relation to the case. They have claimed trial in the Petaling Jaya Sessions Court.

Tharmendran has since revealed that he had been tortured by military intelligence officers into confessing while under detention during an internal probe.

No testing of Eurocopter

In October 2008, two letters from Capt (rtd) Zahar Hashim, chairperson of Mentari Services Sdn Bhd – a local company representing a foreign defence company – alleged that the Defence Ministry had overpaid RM1.419 billion to buy 12 Eurocopter Cougar EC 725 helicopters to replace the armed forces’ aging and accident-prone fleet of Nuri choppers.

He claimed that the ministry intended to pay RM2.317 billion for the deal although another company had offered RM898 million for similar choppers.

The letters, written to Najib, outlined several other discrepancies while also accusing him of hastily signing the Letter of Intent dated Sept 15, two days before he moved on to Finance Ministry.

The allegations sparked an uproar and led to the investigation by the PAC, which eventually found ‘no procedural abuse’ in the tender process. However, the PAC confirmed that there had been no physical examination of the 12 helicopters prior to purchase.

The ministry finally sealed the deal on March 8 this year at a cost of RM1.542 billion.

Sukhoi jet deal

The Defence Ministry paid RM3.2 billion to buy 18 Sukhoi-20MKM jets from Russian state-owned company Rosboronexport in May 2003. This was to replace 14 US-made F-5Es, which have been in service for two decades.

The deal was made through local agent IMT Defence Sdn Bhd, owned by former Umno minister and Malacca chief minister Mohd Adib Adam.

Controvesy broke in 2005 when Mohamad Zainuri Mohamad Idrus, a former director of IMT Defence, lodged a police report and filed a legal suit against Mohd Adib.

He claimed that Mohd Adib had secretly registered a new company in Labuan with a name similar to IMT Defence, in order to channel the RM380 million in commission from the deal to the new company. No action has been taken against Mohd Adib.

The ministry defended the purchase, saying that Rosboronexport had wanted to make the deal with the aid of a local firm.

Naval patrol boats scandal

The Auditor-General’s (AG) Report 2006 tabled in Parliament on Sept 7, 2007 revealed that a contract given to PSC-Naval Dockyard, owned by an Umno associate Amin Shah Omar Shah, to build six naval vessels for the navy had ballooned from RM5.35 billion to RM6.75 billion and was a near failure.

The company was contracted to deliver the patrol boats in 2004 and to complete delivery by April 2008. However only two patrol boats had been delivered by mid-2006, and these could not be fully optimised due to defects.

In all, 298 complaints were lodged on the operation of the vessels. One boat was also found to have 100 incomplete works, while the other had 383.

The report found that the ministry had paid out RM4.26 billion to PSC up to December 2006 although only RM2.87 billion of work had been done, an overpayment of RM1.39 billion.

It said the government had released a big proportion of the RM4.26 billion upon ‘confirmation of order’ for equipment and systems, rather than upon delivery.

Another shocking revelation was that 14 progress payments amounting to RM943.46 million to the company between December 1999 and January 2002 could not be audited as the payment vouchers and supporting documents were missing from the Defence Ministry’s records.

The AG further estimated that the government could claim at least RM214 million in penalties for the late delivery but the cabinet decided to waive payment at the request of the shipyard.

The report noted the abnormally generous payment of RM1.07 billion as deposit, which amounts to 20 percent of the contract price upon signing the agreement.

The AG was also dissatisfied with the quality of monitoring by the project steering committee – led by Najib.

He urged both the finance and defence ministries to give “serious concern” to implementation in order to avoid the weaknesses being repeated in the remaining vessels, and urged that a joint committee comprising both ministries be set up.

The company was later bought over by Boustead Holdings Bhd which revived the project and Amin Shah, once touted as ‘Malaysia’s Onassis’ was declared bankrupt in October 2007.

Poser over RM8 billion APCs

In April this year, DAP Petaling Jaya Utara MP Tony Pua accused the Defence Ministry of intending to buy 257 armoured personnel carriers (APC) for a total of RM8 billion – which he claimed was far above the market price.

It was reported that ministry had signed a Letter of Intent worth RM8 billion with Deftech Sdn Bhd for the APCs, during the Defence Service Asia 2010 exhibition in Kuala Lumpur.

However the ministry responded that the decision on the pricing of APCs had not been made. It also defended the planned purchase as a necessity to developing the defence system to international standards.

But the ministry confirmed that a Letter of Intent had been sent to Deftec for thorough study of the APCs to see if these conform to the ministry’s standards.

15-year lease of ACMI

In January this year, blogger Raja Petra Kamarudin claimed on his website Malaysia Today that Najib, while he was the defence minister in 2007, had approved the lease of the Aircraft Combat Manoeuvring Instrument from Aerotree Sdn Bhd at a cost of RM21 million per year, for 15 years.

The lease was to provide training for RMAF personnel. Formerly the training was done in Korat, Thailand, at a cost of RM2 million per year. Hence the cost of the lease was alleged to be more than 10 times what the RMAF had been paying.

Raja Petra furnished apparently official documents that indicate Najib had approved the contract based on direct negotiation without open tender. He claimed that the negotiated contract was not conducted according to procedure.

Sub-standard combat uniforms

The 2006 Auditor-General’s Report released in September 2007 found that combat uniforms, leather boots and ballistic helmets worth RM101.75 million supplied from 2004-2006 did not meet the army’s specifications.

Among others, the report revealed that 5,000 units of ballistic helmets – costing from RM481 to RM484 each – were found to have serious “delamination and trauma effects”, but had still been distributed to the army.

The helmets were supplied by Seri Mukali Sdn Bhd which had been given a RM19.83 million contract from 2004-2006.

Other items that failed to meet the specifications were combat uniforms, webbing sets and leather boots.

The report also pointed out that four suppliers, who were late with delivery, were not fined despite a provision for this in the contract.

Police reports against Airod

Three police reports on alleged corruption were lodged in 2005 against Ahmad Johan, president of Airod Sdn Bhd, which held major contracts with the air force.

He was alleged to have set up a company, Quality Ranch, with his son Edron Hayata to siphon RM5.7 million of commission.

The payments were said to for ‘consultancy work’ involving extensions on two C130 aircraft owned by the air force and contracted out to Airod.

However PKR deputy president Syed Husin Ali, who lodged the report, claimed that the actual consultancy work was carried out by United States-based Lockheed Martin.

He added that the consultancy contract was given to Quality Ranch even though the company did not have any experience in the field of aviation.

Kabinet Pertimbangkan Bangunan Baru Parlimen Di Putrajaya

Jun 9th, 2010 | By administrator | Category: Dari Parlimen

KUALA LUMPUR 9 Jun – Kabinet mempertimbangkan untuk membina bangunan Parlimen yang baru bernilai RM800 juta di Putrajaya, manakala bangunan sedia ada di Kuala Lumpur akan dijadikan sebagai bangunan warisan.

Menteri di Jabatan Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz berkata demikian dalam jawapan bertulisnya kepada soalan Ahli Parlimen Kota Melaka, Sim Tong Him mengenai kos dan tempoh memulihara dan menaik taraf bangunan Parlimen sedia ada.

Nazri berkata, bangunan Parlimen yang baru itu akan memberi lebih keselesaan di samping memenuhi pertambahan Ahli Parlimen pada masa ini.

Jawapan bertulis itu sebenarnya mengatakan Kabinet telah memutuskan untuk mempunyai bangunan baru di Putrajaya, namun Nazri ketika ditanya di lobi Parlimen mengatakan Kabinet masih lagi mempertimbangkan untuk memindahkan bangunan itu.

Beliau berkata, keputusan akhir akan dibuat hanya selepas Jabatan Kerja Raya (JKR) mengkaji perkara berkenaan.

Parlimen sedia ada dibina pada September 1962 berhampiran Taman Tasik Perdana, Kuala Lumpur.

Bangunan tersebut yang bernilai RM18 juta ketika itu merupakan idea Perdana Menteri pertama, Tunku Abdul Rahman.

Kompleks Parlimen itu terdiri daripada dua bahagian iaitu bangunan utama yang mempunyai bangunan tiga tingkat dan bangunan menara 18 tingkat.

Antara kedua-dua bangunan itu mempunyai dewan perhimpunan negara iaitu Dewan Rakyat (Parlimen) dan Dewan Negara (Senat).- Bernama/MediaUMNO

MCA says new Parliament building a waste of money

Party president Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek picture said in a statement today that the government should reconsider its proposal and turn it into an optional project instead.

“There is no need for a Parliament building costing RM800mil in Putrajaya which is a sheer waste of public funds which could be better utilised for projects benefiting the rakyat. This is especially so when the Government is urging Malaysians to reduce expenditure to have a balanced budget ” he said in a statement Dr Chua pointed out that the present Parliament House which was built in 1962 should not only be preserved as a heritage building but should also be proudly occupied by all parliamentarians.

“The Parliament House built in 1962 was one of the earliest landmarks in the country and is an institution by itself ”.  He added that the only purpose of relocating the Parliament to Putrajaya would be to enable Cabinet ministers and civil servants to have easier access “In comparison the Westminster in the United Kingdom where the British Parliament House is located is cramped but functional and fully utilised by British MPs ” he said.

Dr Chua however noted that Malaysia’s Parliament was much more comfortable in comparison especially after its recent renovations In Parliament yesterday Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz revealed that the government had plans to build a new legislative House in Putrajaya and preserve the existing one as a heritage site.

The proposal was greeted with much derision from Opposition lawmakers who questioned the logic behind squandering public funds for the new building at a time when the government was proposing the removal of subsidies to save money The current Parliament House was built in September 1962 near the Kuala Lumpur Lake Gardens during the Tunku Abdul Rahman administration and had cost the government some RM18 million at the time In 2005 the government spent some RM90 million for extensive repairs on the House.




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Cakap pasal bangunan lama tu, nak buat apa dengan warisan, kalau tengok Parlimen kat UK ataupun  kat Jepun, bangunan2 tu lagi lama dari bangunan Parlimen negara kita ni, tapi masih digunapakai sepenuhnya dan tidak pernah terdengar ura-ura untuk membina bangunan parlimen yang baru. Bukankah itu membazir namanya nak buat yg baru. Lagipun katakanlah bangunan sekarang ni dijadikan bangunan warisan, apakah fungsinya?Bolehkah mendatangkan hasil kepada kerajaan?  Kalau hendak dijual berapa harganya?  Kaalu nak dijadikan muzium hanya untuk benda2 berkaitan dengan Parlimen, perbuatan itu tidak berfaedah dan membazir!  Jangan habiskan duit kami untuk benda-benda yang tak berfaedah.




APA DAH JADI NI?
apa yang sedang berlaku ni? kerajaan kita dah bagi hint2 yang kerajaan kita kehabisan wang begitu ketara sekali sehingga menyebabkan kerajaan terpaksa melaksanakan GSt san menarik subsidi, kalau tidak alamatnya Bankraplah Negara, tetapi pada yang sama dalam keadaan yg begitu teruk pun,  masih lagi dok nak belanja besar. Jad ta hairanlah Bankrap Negara selagi dibawah kepimpinan yang mengutamakan pencapaian Bankraplah Negara.