Pelaksanaan perlu betul capai gagasan
KUALA TERENGGANU - Gagasan 1Malaysia akan menjadi kenyataan sekiranya cara dan pelaksanaannya dilakukan dengan betul serta bersesuaian dengan perkembangan semasa.
:Perunding Yayasan Kajian Strategik Melayu, Datuk Mohd Salleh Majid berkata, masyarakat di negara ini didedahkan dengan pelbagai gagasan namun ia hanya setakat slogan dan tidak dipraktikkan dalam kehidupan.
:“Slogan ‘Cemerlang, Gemilang dan Terbilang’ diuar-uarkan bukan calang-calang slogan tetapi gagasan itu tidak dapat mencapai matlamat selepas dunia luar yang berurusan dengan Malaysia mengatakan terdapat lima kelemahan di negara ini.
:“Kelemahan itu adalah ketidakcekapan khidmat awam, rasuah, jenayah dan kecurian, perubahan peraturan yang kerap berlaku serta kurang kemahiran pekerja,” katanya ketika membentangkan kertas kerja pada Seminar Gagasan Satu Malaysia: Kesinambungan Satu Perjuangan, semalam.
:Menurut Mohd Salleh, pertukaran Dasar Ekonomi Baru (DEB) kepada Dasar Pembangunan Negara adalah tujuan yang murni bagi menyusun semula masyarakat dan membasmi kemiskinan tetapi pelaksanaannya tercemar disebabkan mereka yang rakus, banyak ketirisan, melencong dan menguntungkan sesetengah golongan sahaja.
:“Jika saham sesetengah orang disebabkan hubungan mereka dengan orang tertentu mendapat ‘bertimbun saham’, ambil pinjaman, hari penyenaraian jual, terima untung ‘berkarung’, bagaimana hak milik Bumiputera mahu meningkat.
:“Selama 39 tahun hanya 18 peratus sahaja hak milik Bumiputera, bagaimana mahu meningkat. Permit AP juga begitu kerana hanya empat atau lima orang sahaja yang layak menerimanya, lain tidak layak,” katanya.
:Menurut Mohd Salleh, kontrak atau projek turut mengalami keadaan sama, misalnya diberikan secara rundingan tetapi akhirnya ada kontraktor yang melakukan pemasangan komputer di sekolah gagal, hospital berkulat, lebuh raya merekah, pembinaan bangunan ‘tersangkut’ lama.
:“Jika Gagasan 1Malaysia benar-benar untuk membangunkan negara, banyak cara dan pelaksanaan perlu diubah.
:“Matlamat slogan untuk perpaduan rakyat, justeru strategi yang digunakan tidak boleh berat sebelah. Dasar berkaitan dengan lesen, permit, biasiswa, perolehan pinjaman dan perkhidmatan awam perlu dilihat kembali,” katanya.
Monday, June 8, 2009
12,000 remaja Terengganu terima dana khas RM200 seorang
12,000 remaja Terengganu terima dana khas RM200 seorang
KUALA TERENGGANU – Seramai 12,000 remaja di negeri ini akan menikmati wang dana khas RM200 setiap seorang daripada kerajaan negeri sebelum Aidilfitri, September depan.
:Menteri Besar, Datuk Ahmad Said berkata, pihaknya memperuntukkan RM23 juta kepada peserta Program Dana Bakti Remaja Terengganu 2009 melalui hasil wang royalti minyak Terengganu tahun ini.
:Menurutnya, kerajaan negeri akan mengagihkan wang itu yang sebelum ini dikenali sebagai wang ihsan dalam tempoh selewat-lewatnya tiga bulan kepada penerima layak mendapatkan dana berkenaan.
:“Selepas semua borang diedarkan, kami akan agihkan dalam masa dua atau tiga bulan sebab ia membabitkan jumlah yang ramai dan (bermula) lebih awal sebelum raya,” katanya kepada pemberita ketika ditemui selepas merasmikan Program Dana Bakti Remaja Terengganu 2009 di Stadium Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah, di sini.
:Kerajaan negeri mengagihkan wang itu kepada remaja berumur 21 tahun dan ke atas sejak tahun 2000 sehingga kini.
Dalam ucapannya, Ahmad memaklumkan kerajaan negeri tidak akan sesekali mengabaikan kebajikan remaja Terengganu dan akan memberi tumpuan terhadap pelbagai aspek pembangunan fizikal serta aspek kerohanian.
:Mengulas lanjut, Ahmad turut menjelaskan bahawa pihaknya akan mengagihkan wang kepada 160,000 keluarga di negeri ini namun tidak memberi jumlah sebenar peruntukan berkenaan. Sinar
KUALA TERENGGANU – Seramai 12,000 remaja di negeri ini akan menikmati wang dana khas RM200 setiap seorang daripada kerajaan negeri sebelum Aidilfitri, September depan.
:Menteri Besar, Datuk Ahmad Said berkata, pihaknya memperuntukkan RM23 juta kepada peserta Program Dana Bakti Remaja Terengganu 2009 melalui hasil wang royalti minyak Terengganu tahun ini.
:Menurutnya, kerajaan negeri akan mengagihkan wang itu yang sebelum ini dikenali sebagai wang ihsan dalam tempoh selewat-lewatnya tiga bulan kepada penerima layak mendapatkan dana berkenaan.
:“Selepas semua borang diedarkan, kami akan agihkan dalam masa dua atau tiga bulan sebab ia membabitkan jumlah yang ramai dan (bermula) lebih awal sebelum raya,” katanya kepada pemberita ketika ditemui selepas merasmikan Program Dana Bakti Remaja Terengganu 2009 di Stadium Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah, di sini.
:Kerajaan negeri mengagihkan wang itu kepada remaja berumur 21 tahun dan ke atas sejak tahun 2000 sehingga kini.
Dalam ucapannya, Ahmad memaklumkan kerajaan negeri tidak akan sesekali mengabaikan kebajikan remaja Terengganu dan akan memberi tumpuan terhadap pelbagai aspek pembangunan fizikal serta aspek kerohanian.
:Mengulas lanjut, Ahmad turut menjelaskan bahawa pihaknya akan mengagihkan wang kepada 160,000 keluarga di negeri ini namun tidak memberi jumlah sebenar peruntukan berkenaan. Sinar
Stadium roof collapse report ready in a month
KUALA LUMPUR: The initial report on the Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium roof collapse in Terengganu is expected to be ready in a month, said Works Minister Datuk Shaziman Abu Mansor.
The full report would be presented to the Cabinet in six months by an independent committee tasked with the investigation, he added.
“It will identify the causes of the collapse but will not pinpoint who is at fault. It will also submit a recommendation on the repair work,” he told reporters when visiting SMK Setapak Indah that had cracks due to subsiding soil yesterday. — Bernama
The full report would be presented to the Cabinet in six months by an independent committee tasked with the investigation, he added.
“It will identify the causes of the collapse but will not pinpoint who is at fault. It will also submit a recommendation on the repair work,” he told reporters when visiting SMK Setapak Indah that had cracks due to subsiding soil yesterday. — Bernama
Sunday, June 7, 2009
BN ketepi pandangan pembangkang
KUALA TERENGGANU – Pas Terengganu menyifatkan kejadian runtuhan bumbung Stadium Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin, Selasa lalu disebabkan sikap angkuh pemimpin kerajaan Barisan Nasional (BN) yang enggan mengambil perhatian terhadap pandangan dan idea pembangkang meskipun ia berasas.
:Timbalan Ketua Penerangan Pas Terengganu, Dr Alias Razak yang meluahkan rasa kesal berhubung kejadian itu berkata, beliau sendiri pernah membangkitkan isu tahap keselamatan stadium berkenaan ketika persidangan Dewan Undangan Negeri (DUN), Mei tahun lalu.
:Menurut beliau, pembangkang mempersoalkan perkara itu apabila melihat masih ada pekerja berada di atas bumbung stadium pada saat-saat akhir, sehari sebelum majlis perasmian dilakukan.
:Bagaimanapun katanya, Pengerusi Jawatankuasa Pembangunan Infrastruktur dan Kemudahan Awam Negeri, Yahya Khatib Mohamad ketika memberi jawapan kepada pertanyaannya, yakin bahawa ia selamat digunakan.:
:“Selain melihat pekerja masih lagi bekerja pada saat-saat akhir, keadaan bumbung juga nampak ‘lendik’ (kurang kukuh) menyebabkan saya bertanyakan keadaan stadium ini kepada kerajaan pada sidang DUN tahun lalu.
:“Stadium ini berada di dalam kawasan saya, jadi saya memang tahu keadaannya namun kerajaan langsung tidak peduli teguran saya,” katanya yang juga Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri (DUN) Bukit Tunggal kepada Sinar Harian, semalam.
:Selasa lalu, bumbung Stadium Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin di Kompleks Sukan Negeri, Gong Badak runtuh menyebabkan 60 peratus strukturnya musnah.
:Stadium yang menjadi lokasi utama temasya Sukan Malaysia (Sukma) baru disiapkan setahun lalu mampu memuatkan 50,000 penonton dan merupakan stadium terbesar di Pantai Timur.
:Menurut Dr Alias, kerajaan se-lalu mengambil mudah apa yang pihak pembangkang suarakan di dalam sidang DUN, padahal ia demi kepentingan bersama terutama rakyat.
:“Bagaimana sekiranya ketika kejadian itu berlaku ada aktiviti dijalankan di dalam stadium itu,” katanya.
:Beliau berkata, kejadian malang itu juga menjadi pengajaran terbaik kepada kerajaan BN pada masa akan datang agar tidak sekali-kali membuat kerja sambil lewa demi mengejar nama dan kemasyhuran hingga sanggup memperjudikan nyawa rakyat.
:“Jika tidak sempat siap, kita kena terima hakikat jangan paksa siapkan dengan ala kadar tanpa kelulusan selain tidak ada Sijil Layak Menduduki (CF) sebab banyak nyawa akan terkorban nanti dan sekarang ia sudah berlaku,” katanya.
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:Timbalan Ketua Penerangan Pas Terengganu, Dr Alias Razak yang meluahkan rasa kesal berhubung kejadian itu berkata, beliau sendiri pernah membangkitkan isu tahap keselamatan stadium berkenaan ketika persidangan Dewan Undangan Negeri (DUN), Mei tahun lalu.
:Menurut beliau, pembangkang mempersoalkan perkara itu apabila melihat masih ada pekerja berada di atas bumbung stadium pada saat-saat akhir, sehari sebelum majlis perasmian dilakukan.
:Bagaimanapun katanya, Pengerusi Jawatankuasa Pembangunan Infrastruktur dan Kemudahan Awam Negeri, Yahya Khatib Mohamad ketika memberi jawapan kepada pertanyaannya, yakin bahawa ia selamat digunakan.:
:“Selain melihat pekerja masih lagi bekerja pada saat-saat akhir, keadaan bumbung juga nampak ‘lendik’ (kurang kukuh) menyebabkan saya bertanyakan keadaan stadium ini kepada kerajaan pada sidang DUN tahun lalu.
:“Stadium ini berada di dalam kawasan saya, jadi saya memang tahu keadaannya namun kerajaan langsung tidak peduli teguran saya,” katanya yang juga Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri (DUN) Bukit Tunggal kepada Sinar Harian, semalam.
:Selasa lalu, bumbung Stadium Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin di Kompleks Sukan Negeri, Gong Badak runtuh menyebabkan 60 peratus strukturnya musnah.
:Stadium yang menjadi lokasi utama temasya Sukan Malaysia (Sukma) baru disiapkan setahun lalu mampu memuatkan 50,000 penonton dan merupakan stadium terbesar di Pantai Timur.
:Menurut Dr Alias, kerajaan se-lalu mengambil mudah apa yang pihak pembangkang suarakan di dalam sidang DUN, padahal ia demi kepentingan bersama terutama rakyat.
:“Bagaimana sekiranya ketika kejadian itu berlaku ada aktiviti dijalankan di dalam stadium itu,” katanya.
:Beliau berkata, kejadian malang itu juga menjadi pengajaran terbaik kepada kerajaan BN pada masa akan datang agar tidak sekali-kali membuat kerja sambil lewa demi mengejar nama dan kemasyhuran hingga sanggup memperjudikan nyawa rakyat.
:“Jika tidak sempat siap, kita kena terima hakikat jangan paksa siapkan dengan ala kadar tanpa kelulusan selain tidak ada Sijil Layak Menduduki (CF) sebab banyak nyawa akan terkorban nanti dan sekarang ia sudah berlaku,” katanya.
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Warnings were ignored, says engineer
NST Online » Local News
2009/06/03
KUALA TERENGGANU: It was a disaster waiting to happen, said engineer A. Mohamed.
Mohamed, who works in a private firm said he often jogged in the area and had noticed that the space frame which held the roof was getting bent out of shape.
"It could be seen from far away. I feared it would give way eventually and the roof would collapse. Today, it did."
Mohamed claimed he had tried to warn government agencies and the media by sending pictures of the defects but was ignored.
Electrician Hanafiah Osman, 27, whose car was damaged in the incident said he was working on a lamp post outside the stadium when he heard a loud noise.
"I turned around and saw the roof collapsing.
"I rushed to my car but it was already crushed," he said.
Stadium Management Board chief executive officer Arpin Draman said fortunately no event was held at the stadium as the roof collapsed on the grandstand.
"At the time of the incident, only a handful of stadium employees were in the vicinity and none of them were hurt."
Arpin said he had never doubted the stadium's structure as its safety had been assured by the Public Works Department.
"We have a bowling alley and squash courts in the stadium and it was fortunate the roof fell before they opened at 10am."
2009/06/03
KUALA TERENGGANU: It was a disaster waiting to happen, said engineer A. Mohamed.
Mohamed, who works in a private firm said he often jogged in the area and had noticed that the space frame which held the roof was getting bent out of shape.
"It could be seen from far away. I feared it would give way eventually and the roof would collapse. Today, it did."
Mohamed claimed he had tried to warn government agencies and the media by sending pictures of the defects but was ignored.
Electrician Hanafiah Osman, 27, whose car was damaged in the incident said he was working on a lamp post outside the stadium when he heard a loud noise.
"I turned around and saw the roof collapsing.
"I rushed to my car but it was already crushed," he said.
Stadium Management Board chief executive officer Arpin Draman said fortunately no event was held at the stadium as the roof collapsed on the grandstand.
"At the time of the incident, only a handful of stadium employees were in the vicinity and none of them were hurt."
Arpin said he had never doubted the stadium's structure as its safety had been assured by the Public Works Department.
"We have a bowling alley and squash courts in the stadium and it was fortunate the roof fell before they opened at 10am."
MACC men begin probe
Wednesday June 3, 2009
MACC men begin probe
KUALA TERENGGANU: Several Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) officers were seen photographing and interviewing witnesses at the site of the collapsed roof at the Sultan Mizan Zainal Stadium in Gong Badak.
Four plainclothes officers, including state MACC director Ahmad Sabri Hussin, were spotted at the site between noon and 1pm.
Potential write-off: Several firemen inspecting a car which was damaged by the collapsed roof of the stadium yesterday. — Bernama
When approached, one officer said a probe had been initiated into the awarding and managing of the contract to a South Korean construction firm which was responsible for the work.
“We are probing whether there are elements of graft and mismanagement,” said the officer who requested anonymity.
He said the MACC would focus its probe on the awarding process of the contract.
Asked if politicians and senior government officials had been involved in the awarding of the contract, he said: “It’s still premature and I don’t want to elaborate on this.”
Some 60% of the stadium roof collapsed and the impact severely damaged other parts of the building.
Construction of the RM300mil stadium, which began in 2005, had hit a snag midway apparently due to technical glitches.
The contractor was to hand over the sports complex in April last year to the state government for Sukma, which was held from May 31 to June 6, but delivery was only made a month later.
In an immediate response, Works Minister Datuk Shaziman Mansor said his ministry would cooperate with the MACC and that it would be transparent, adding that it had nothing to hide. Star
MACC men begin probe
KUALA TERENGGANU: Several Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) officers were seen photographing and interviewing witnesses at the site of the collapsed roof at the Sultan Mizan Zainal Stadium in Gong Badak.
Four plainclothes officers, including state MACC director Ahmad Sabri Hussin, were spotted at the site between noon and 1pm.
Potential write-off: Several firemen inspecting a car which was damaged by the collapsed roof of the stadium yesterday. — Bernama
When approached, one officer said a probe had been initiated into the awarding and managing of the contract to a South Korean construction firm which was responsible for the work.
“We are probing whether there are elements of graft and mismanagement,” said the officer who requested anonymity.
He said the MACC would focus its probe on the awarding process of the contract.
Asked if politicians and senior government officials had been involved in the awarding of the contract, he said: “It’s still premature and I don’t want to elaborate on this.”
Some 60% of the stadium roof collapsed and the impact severely damaged other parts of the building.
Construction of the RM300mil stadium, which began in 2005, had hit a snag midway apparently due to technical glitches.
The contractor was to hand over the sports complex in April last year to the state government for Sukma, which was held from May 31 to June 6, but delivery was only made a month later.
In an immediate response, Works Minister Datuk Shaziman Mansor said his ministry would cooperate with the MACC and that it would be transparent, adding that it had nothing to hide. Star
Hold public inquiry, urges Navaratnam
Wednesday June 3, 2009
Hold public inquiry, urges Navaratnam
PETALING JAYA: There should be a public inquiry into the collapse of the roof of the one-year-old Stadium Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin in Kuala Terengganu.
Centre of Public Policy Studies chairman Tan Sri Ramon Navaratnam said the incident was another example of a waste of public funds and poor implementation of the tender process.
“It is not surprising that we have structural collapses of this kind, which thankfully did not take lives. Prima facie, the collapse could be due to poor structural design and construction.
“This is because there is so little competition in the tendering process. It is likely that the wrong person was given the wrong job, or an under-qualified sub-contractor was employed or ill-supervised,” he said.
The RM300mil stadium was completed in time for Terengganu to host the Malaysia Games in June last year.
Navaratnam called for the campaign against corruption to be stepped up, or public confidence in the Government would continue to be eroded and “collapse as well”. Star
Hold public inquiry, urges Navaratnam
PETALING JAYA: There should be a public inquiry into the collapse of the roof of the one-year-old Stadium Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin in Kuala Terengganu.
Centre of Public Policy Studies chairman Tan Sri Ramon Navaratnam said the incident was another example of a waste of public funds and poor implementation of the tender process.
“It is not surprising that we have structural collapses of this kind, which thankfully did not take lives. Prima facie, the collapse could be due to poor structural design and construction.
“This is because there is so little competition in the tendering process. It is likely that the wrong person was given the wrong job, or an under-qualified sub-contractor was employed or ill-supervised,” he said.
The RM300mil stadium was completed in time for Terengganu to host the Malaysia Games in June last year.
Navaratnam called for the campaign against corruption to be stepped up, or public confidence in the Government would continue to be eroded and “collapse as well”. Star
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