Cancer institute's price doubles to RM700 million
PKR Machang MP Saifuddin Nasution (right) said the institute was initially supposed to cost RM340 million as indicated under the Ninth Malaysia Plan of former premier Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.Saifuddin said the project, which was launched by Abdullah on Jan 9, 2007, was scheduled to be completed over 30 months by June 2009.
“But on March 10, 2009, the then Deputy Health Minister (Dr Abdul) Latif Ahmad said in Parliament that the institute is in the final stages of construction and will cost RM700 million,” he said at a press conference in Parliament.
“Twenty four months after the project was announced, the cost escalated by 100 percent,” he said.
Saifuddin, who is also PKR secretary-general, said the way the project was managed by Kiara Teratai Sdn Bhd was highly questionable as he has seen evidence that the company was in no way involved in the construction of the institute.
“We have gone through some documents, and we suspect that Kiara Teratai did not run the project and instead handed it over to IJM Corporation,” he alleged, saying it could be the reason behind the huge jump in construction costs.
Saifuddin pointed out that a background check done on Kiara Teratai's two directors, Ahmad Zaid Salleh Hamdi and Hashim Hassan, revealed that they have ties with Maritime Management DMCCO (MMC) and Tradewinds.
“These companies are linked to bumiputera billionare Syed Mokhtar Al-Bukhary, which makes these directors very well connected,” he said.
'Tender process only benefits cronies'
Khalid Samad (PAS-Shah Alam) meanwhile queried the government for refusing to take up the offer from the main contractor of the Shah Alam Hospital to complete the controversial RM482 million project.
He said GM Healthcare, which was engaged by developer Sunshine Fleet as the main contractor of the project, had offered to complete the project within 18 months with a RM3 million discount on the project cost.
“The main contractor is giving a good deal, and yet the government has not given them a response. Instead, they want to re-open the tender for the project, which will be offered to selected parties and it will definitely be offered at a higher price,” Khalid (left) said.
Mohd Abdul Wahid Endut (PAS-Kuala Terengganu) added that the RM3.7 billion road upgrading project in Terengganu was not spared the BN's gross mismanagement, with many of the 17 packages under the project left uncompleted while their crony contractors disappear with the profits.
Taking the example of one RM59 million package under the project, he said the contractor had only completed 15 percent of the road but simply left after collecting timber in the surrounding forests.
Khalid said the government is well aware of the “cancer” that infects the government, as proven by Najib's GTP and his many other transformation plans.
“But they do not have the political will to bring about the transformation they talk so much about,” he said.
“We have gone through some documents, and we suspect that Kiara Teratai did not run the project and instead handed it over to IJM Corporation,” he alleged, saying it could be the reason behind the huge jump in construction costs.
Saifuddin pointed out that a background check done on Kiara Teratai's two directors, Ahmad Zaid Salleh Hamdi and Hashim Hassan, revealed that they have ties with Maritime Management DMCCO (MMC) and Tradewinds.
“These companies are linked to bumiputera billionare Syed Mokhtar Al-Bukhary, which makes these directors very well connected,” he said.
'Tender process only benefits cronies'
Khalid Samad (PAS-Shah Alam) meanwhile queried the government for refusing to take up the offer from the main contractor of the Shah Alam Hospital to complete the controversial RM482 million project.
He said GM Healthcare, which was engaged by developer Sunshine Fleet as the main contractor of the project, had offered to complete the project within 18 months with a RM3 million discount on the project cost.
“The main contractor is giving a good deal, and yet the government has not given them a response. Instead, they want to re-open the tender for the project, which will be offered to selected parties and it will definitely be offered at a higher price,” Khalid (left) said.Mohd Abdul Wahid Endut (PAS-Kuala Terengganu) added that the RM3.7 billion road upgrading project in Terengganu was not spared the BN's gross mismanagement, with many of the 17 packages under the project left uncompleted while their crony contractors disappear with the profits.
Taking the example of one RM59 million package under the project, he said the contractor had only completed 15 percent of the road but simply left after collecting timber in the surrounding forests.
Khalid said the government is well aware of the “cancer” that infects the government, as proven by Najib's GTP and his many other transformation plans.
“But they do not have the political will to bring about the transformation they talk so much about,” he said.
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