According to newspaper report of Nanyang Siang Pau and China Press dated 13th August 2006, it was reported that State Assemblyman for Bandar Kinrara, YB Kow Cheong Wei announced in a press conference, which is attended by representatives from No Sampah Station Pro-Tem Committee, that the proposed South KL Waste Transfer Station (SKLTS) project will be scrapped based on unofficial information he obtained from various government department.
This was further verified when reporters contacted Parliamentary Secretary of Ministry of Federal Territories, YB Datuk Yew Teong Lok, that the project is already cancelled.
What is most mind-boggling in this incident is that nobody from the government is capable to come out with a proper and official black-and-white, not even Datuk Yew Teong Lok, to CONFIRM that the project is scrapped.
At the same time, YB Kow Cheong Wei is expecting officers from the Ministry of Housing and Local Government as well as those from the Economic Planning Unit (which is under the jurisdiction of Prime Minister Department) to officially announce it.
If it would have been like this, then certainly it will sound very peculiar when the earlier answer received from the Federal Government is that the project will be managed, owned and operated by DBKL whereby the Ministry of Housing and Local Governments is only serving as a technical consultant.
I had earlier highlighted this crucial point in my several statements that the Parliamentary Secretary of the Ministry of Housing and Local Government, Dr S. Subramaniam had said in the Parliament on 4th April, Monday when he replied to a supplementary question raised by MP for Puchong, YB Lau Yan Peng, that his ministry only serves as a technical consultant whereby the Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) will be managing the South Kuala Lumpur Transfer Station.
He also said that DBKL will be collecting solid waste from households in Southern Kuala Lumpur before sending to Bukit Tagar Landfill or Broga incinerators for thermal treatment. Dr S. Subramanian also said that his ministry will however convey the grouses, complaints and opinions of the affected people in that area to DBKL. Judging from Subramaniam’s statement, one would easily conclude that it is DBKL to make the decision of whether to continue the project or not.
However, after detailing YB Kow Cheong Wei’s statement, it is highly suspicious of whether DBKL is fully empowered to make the final decision as other agencies under the Federal Government seem to have a hand in it.
After reading all these replies and answers from various governmental department, including statement from YB Kow Cheong Wei and YB Datuk Yew Teong Lok on the fate of SKLTS, which government department is going to announce it?
Is the project such a big hot potato until there are no single government departments, ministries or even BN elected representative come out to clear the uncertainties, fearing that whichever department who announces it will have to bear the blame and responsibility, if it causes any damages?
Such uncertainty should have been cleared by the government so that the people will no longer live in uncertainties and worries. Failing so would only mean that this is another show of poor delivery system in which the DBKL, the Ministry of Federal Territories, the Ministry of Housing and Local Governments and Economic Planning Unit are passing the balls to each other on the proposal to construct SKLTS, implying that we are seriously lacking behind in establishing a first world delivery system, which is crucial and vital in carrying out all the five thrusts outlined in the 9th Malaysia Plan.
The government machineries must run transparently and therefore, DAP Selangor would like to openly call on the DBKL, the Ministry of Federal Territories, the Ministry of Housing and Local Governments as well as the Economic Planning Unit to come out with a proper joint statement to announce the fate of the project, regardless of whether it will be continued or scrapped.
This was further verified when reporters contacted Parliamentary Secretary of Ministry of Federal Territories, YB Datuk Yew Teong Lok, that the project is already cancelled.
What is most mind-boggling in this incident is that nobody from the government is capable to come out with a proper and official black-and-white, not even Datuk Yew Teong Lok, to CONFIRM that the project is scrapped.
At the same time, YB Kow Cheong Wei is expecting officers from the Ministry of Housing and Local Government as well as those from the Economic Planning Unit (which is under the jurisdiction of Prime Minister Department) to officially announce it.
If it would have been like this, then certainly it will sound very peculiar when the earlier answer received from the Federal Government is that the project will be managed, owned and operated by DBKL whereby the Ministry of Housing and Local Governments is only serving as a technical consultant.
I had earlier highlighted this crucial point in my several statements that the Parliamentary Secretary of the Ministry of Housing and Local Government, Dr S. Subramaniam had said in the Parliament on 4th April, Monday when he replied to a supplementary question raised by MP for Puchong, YB Lau Yan Peng, that his ministry only serves as a technical consultant whereby the Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) will be managing the South Kuala Lumpur Transfer Station.
He also said that DBKL will be collecting solid waste from households in Southern Kuala Lumpur before sending to Bukit Tagar Landfill or Broga incinerators for thermal treatment. Dr S. Subramanian also said that his ministry will however convey the grouses, complaints and opinions of the affected people in that area to DBKL. Judging from Subramaniam’s statement, one would easily conclude that it is DBKL to make the decision of whether to continue the project or not.
However, after detailing YB Kow Cheong Wei’s statement, it is highly suspicious of whether DBKL is fully empowered to make the final decision as other agencies under the Federal Government seem to have a hand in it.
After reading all these replies and answers from various governmental department, including statement from YB Kow Cheong Wei and YB Datuk Yew Teong Lok on the fate of SKLTS, which government department is going to announce it?
Is the project such a big hot potato until there are no single government departments, ministries or even BN elected representative come out to clear the uncertainties, fearing that whichever department who announces it will have to bear the blame and responsibility, if it causes any damages?
Such uncertainty should have been cleared by the government so that the people will no longer live in uncertainties and worries. Failing so would only mean that this is another show of poor delivery system in which the DBKL, the Ministry of Federal Territories, the Ministry of Housing and Local Governments and Economic Planning Unit are passing the balls to each other on the proposal to construct SKLTS, implying that we are seriously lacking behind in establishing a first world delivery system, which is crucial and vital in carrying out all the five thrusts outlined in the 9th Malaysia Plan.
The government machineries must run transparently and therefore, DAP Selangor would like to openly call on the DBKL, the Ministry of Federal Territories, the Ministry of Housing and Local Governments as well as the Economic Planning Unit to come out with a proper joint statement to announce the fate of the project, regardless of whether it will be continued or scrapped.
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