KUALA LUMPUR, 15 June 2009: A motion by DAP parliamentary leader Lim Kit Siang (Ipoh Timur) to debate the Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) scandal in Parliament was rejected this morning. Lim, in a press conference after Speaker Tan Sri Pandikar Amin rejected his motion, also questioned the absence of Transport Minister Datuk Seri Ong Tee […]
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PKA chairperson submits audit report to MACC
PUTRAJAYA, 29 May 2009: Port Klang Authority (PKA) chairperson Datuk Lee Hwa Beng submitted a copy of the audit report on the Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) project to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) office here today. Lee said Transport Minister Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat instructed him to do so. Lee had a short […]
Perak PAC wants salary of MB frozen
IPOH, 27 March 2009: The Perak Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has recommended an immediate freeze of the salary, allowances and basic facilities of Perak Menteri Besar Datuk Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir and six state executive councillors. PAC chairperson Wong Kah Woh, who announced this at a news conference today, also said that the PAC had […]
More complications in Perak
IPOH, 5 March 2009: Newly appointed Perak Menteri Besar Datuk Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir did not attend the Perak Public Accounts Committee (PAC) meeting held at the state treasury’s meeting room in the Perak Darul Ridzuan building here at 4pm today. Instead, only embattled Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin turned up for the […]
PAC proposes new act to address landslide
KUALA LUMPUR, 11 Dec 2008: The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has proposed that the government introduces a new act on hillslope development similar to that used in Hong Kong. Its chairperson Datuk Seri Azmi Khalid said the act based on Hong Kong’s Hillside Order would compel house owners to conduct maintenance work and evaluate the […]