The
shocking reveals 29/5/2014
It
came as shocks to know that RM21million was allocated to a contractor to
service 14 schools, just 14 schools in the rural schools for 2 years.
Lately,
there have been complaints that this contracting company has not lived up to
marks to serve the schools properly. In
short, the generators, in SMk Katibas, broke down all the time.
Since
last April, the generators of SMK Katibas had become an issue that had affected
the students and the staff beyond words to tell their predicaments.
This
had affected the life of students from 100 longhouses , staff and so on greatly
as the school relies the generators for light and power to work on the pumps to
draw water for the school.
Without
light and water supply, life had become so difficult and intolerable that the
student population staying in the hostels dwindled “from 350 to 20. in more than a week”.
Based
on Phyllis Wong@theborneopost.com in her article "Let there be light"
after deduction of the pay to CEO and other expenses, the said contract still
can earn RM530K a month and a year, he can earn net RM6.3million in estimation
a year.
Well,
based on the practice of the Taib Mahmud and his cronies, I believe RM21million
allocation may have shrunk so much after ????commissions to ministers and high
ranking officers from PM's office to the CM's office and more. So how much funds in % reached the hand of the said contractor.
This
contract should have been given during the reign of Taib Mahmud. You may guess how much he has taken from this
contract.
Now the problem is when the contracted
company failed to fulfil its duties whywhywhywhywhy…………no stern actions have
been taken so far to punish the said contractor.
Why is it that no police report have been
made so far? This is no doubt the most
puzzling of all. Why don’t they adopt
the spirit like the police catching traffic offenders?
To resolve the problem, SMK Katibas has to
contract another company for generators.
How ridiculous it is! Why did the
authority concerned not make the police report?
WhyX n?
Whywhywhywhy………didn’t the minister complain about
these offences to the consumers association for the poor or irregular services
of the contracted company? Why??????
Please read the following article to discover more shocking and puzzling facts of the BN government. Based on the report, not having constant supply of electricity and clean water is a common case.
James Masing blared that Baleh, his constinuency
has been facing this problem for the past 15 over years! It is a kind of betrayal that the
representative flirt on the fools.
The only way to resolve this rotten
practice is to change the government for good.
Flush out all those who fail to perform in deeds to upgrade and improve
the lots.
James Masing said he had brought the matter to the authority concerned but to no avail. Thenthenthenthenthen.......why do the people still keep him, not kick him away? So the real problem rests on the people being so foolish and so are treated like fools.
Home - News - Sarawak‘Power’ in the hands of contractor
Posted on May 12, 2015, Tuesday
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Datuk Fatimah Abdullah
SMK Katibas power-less due to lack of maintenance of generators
resulting in no electricity and waterKUCHING: The power and water issues besieging SMK Katibas since last April 2 4 should not have happened because the government had given a contractor RM21 million to maintain the generators of 14 schools, including SMK Katibas, in Song.
Minister of Welfare, Women and Family Development Datuk Fatimah Abdullah disclosed that the contract period was from Jan 1, 2015 to Dec 31, 2016.
She told The Borneo Post yesterday that based on a report from the state Education Department, the contractor, with a Muara Tabuan (in Kuching) address, was informed of the electricity supply failure last April 28 and 30.
“The Education Department instructed the company to take action to ensure no interruption of power supply and to repair the broken generators. But the company still failed to provide electricity to the school.”
Since last April 24, the last of four generators powering SMK Katibas – a boarding school located about an hour’s boat ride from Song – broke down. Since that day, the school not only plunged into total darkness whenever the sun sets, but it had no clean water supply, too, as the water pumps needed electricity to work. Without electricity and water, SMK Katibas’s student population dwindled from 350 to about 20 on May 8. The rest of the students preferred to stay home in their longhouses rather than attending school.
Fatimah said the contractor failed to budge, adding the Education Department then instructed the Education District officer and the principal to identify other companies in Song or Sibu to rent generators as a temporary measure to solve the school’s problem.
“The Education Department has allocated RM15,000 for diesel and RM13,000 for the rental of the generators per month,” she said. Fatimah added that SMK Katibas Co-operative of Song then took the initiative to rent three sets of generator of 3,000kw, 4,000kw and 650kw, two pumps, and two filter drums for a fee of RM13,000 per month.
This enabled SMK Katibas to get back to its feet and to serve students from 140 longhouses in the area.
Meanwhile, commenting on predicaments besieging rural schools, Land Development Minister Tan Sri James Jemut Masing told The Borneo Post that what happened at SMK Katibas was not unique.
“Most rural schools in the state are facing the same problem. SMK Baleh in my area is facing that problem for the last 15 years.
“I have brought this matter up many times to the relevant authority, but to date, there has been no response.”
He believed there were other schools that are in similar need of clean water.
“We have no excuse not to provide clean running water for our students. Water authorities at federal and state levels should take this matter seriously.
“Rural schools must be looked after in the same vein as urban schools. There must be no discrimination.
“We have spent millions to supply water to urban areas, yet when it comes to rural areas, the problem is put in the back burner. This is most unacceptable,” said Mas
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