RM400million

400 million allocation funds                   17Dec2012

          Did you know that we Sarawakians get 400 million allocation funds annually from the federal government for road repairs and upgrading?   Ask Yong Khoon Seng, the MP, who is the deputy of the Public Works Department whether it is true / not.  I got the news from the Borneo Post (I’m sorry for not being able to quote the date and the page here.)  It was disclosed by MP Yong Khoon Seng. I wonder how long we have been given this much for the purpose.

          It is said that the allocation is RM23,000 per kilometre for the state roads and RM31,000 per kilometre for the federal roads.  Have the funds been used properly / a large portion of it been embezzled?  God knows, the earth knows, the person knows and those who partake in it know.  It is MP Yong Khoon Seng’s motto “4 knows” that prevented him from becoming mischievous.  I believe he is one of the few MPs who are clean and clear in the BN government.

          Each time when I see patches of repairs here and there / upgrading of the road , I often wonder how much has been written off.  The ministers and those high ranking officers in JKR/ Public Works Department should know best.  I wonder why there are so many roads that I see are in such deplorable conditions.   Some roads I use to know the conditions; some I learn / know about them through newspaper reports and some by the words of mouth.  It was reported that {Miri-Marudi road stretch a muddy mess}.  (The Borneo Post).  What a shame to see such a deplorable road condition.  I hope everybody  knows whom to curse and condemn for their plights.  I do not know whether Taib Madmud and his cronies know about it or not.  Have they been doing their work?   What a shame!

          MP Yong Khoon Seng {Don’t jump to conclusions blindly---Deputy minister} (22Oct2012, The Borneo Post)  advises the public to read the Auditor-Gereral’s Report properly before concluding who is responsible for the shortcomings outlined in the report.  It is the practice of work in “the dark box”.  Who cares to know how much has been written off for the repair / upgrading and the quality?  Who is there to check them?  Corruption and collusion takes place because they have the conducive environment to do so.  If our chief minister does so, why can’t the rest?  After all, it is always not much in comparison with so-and-so.  Hence I do not know how many % of RM400 millions go to the chief minister’s, ministers’ and high ranking officials’ personal accounts at the expense of the mass.

          In another report, Tan Sri Michael Manyin,{State PWD rectifying weaknesses identified in AG’s Report}, (6Nov2012) also admitted the problem of corruption and collusion.  Hence the deplorably poor conditions that we have in Sarawak are due to the misappropriation of allocation funds.  Therefore, do not blame the opposition party / PR when  people about-turn to support them.  Be prepared to face the hard facts of people in groups, troops, herds, swarms, …….to support PR for a change of government.  Believe me 70% of Sarawakians know whom to support for their own good.

How I wish I could travel near and far to observe and study all the road conditions in Sarawak.  How I wish everybody would be the “eyes” to see and tell one another about the road conditions where they use.  How I wish everyone would check the account each time when there is any repair / upgrading.  It is only through everybody’s / everyone’s participation, it is possible to curb and prevent corruption and collusion from taking place.

It is horrible and terrible to know that Taib Mahmud who is the Chief Minister of Sarawak but also the Finance Minister.  He has become too authoritative for the practice of democracy.  People say he has amassed astronomical ill-gotten wealth by hook / crook in his 35 years in office.