From a local blogger.
The budget entrusted to the tourism ministry for tourism facilities enhancement in Melaka and Penang are being poorly utilised by both states.
The frequent breakdowns of Melaka’s unreliable monorail and Penang Hill’s unsafe and poorly designed car park are signs of poor financial management.
The tourism ministry and its minister, Ng Yen Yen, have failed miserably in ensuring funds are properly managed and utilised by both governments, who have world heritage sites.
Delegating project development tasks to respective states does not mean the tourism ministry has no responsibility and accountability for the budgets.
The minister has to make sure the projects follow every statutory and engineering requirements before her ministry and the Treasury release the funds.
Ng chiding Penang Chief Minister, Lim Guan Eng for the Kancil car park failure (she selectively forgets Melaka Chief Minister, Mohd Ali Rustam, also screwed up the monorail project) is an uncalled for, low taste and immature response.
We rakyat are asking for full accountability from her ministry because the fund was allocated to her ministry. Delegating a job to others without follow-up is called abandonment, that is what has happened in the tourism ministry.
On another note, Ng banned me from posting any comments in her facebook although the facebook is paid by taxpayer’s money, legally and technically, I’m also a co-owner for her facebook!
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