Selasa, 1 November 2011

PKR DUN 19 Kepayan P174 Penampang, Sabah.

PKR DUN 19 Kepayan P174 Penampang, Sabah.

Press release on Failed Computer Lab of SK Kapayan.

Posted: 01 Nov 2011 08:12 AM PDT

PKR Supreme Council member cum PKR Sabah Secretary Dr Roland Chia is deeply sad and angry with the failure of computer lab projects in Sabah. It is a "failure" because only two of the 300 labs were ready in December 2010.

According to the 2010 Auditor-General's Report. One of the schools that was singled out was out Sekolah Kebangsaan Kepayan, Penampang which is in the vicinity of the capital city

He singled this out while attending as the guest for a PKR wanita dinner function that was held in Putera Ballroom on the 28 October 2011 which was also graced by Yb Zuraida kamarudin , National Wanita Chief and also Member of Parliament of Ampang. In attendance was also Pn Christina Liew – KK Division Chairlady. The organizing chairladies were Pn Winnie Juani & Pn Edith Poigi.

The auditor report also said that the stock of ICT equipment untouched for three years. "The equipment was found in the original packaging and was not disbursed because 99.3% of the computer labs were incomplete," In addition – it was mentioned that "A portion of these labs are also suffering damages from termite infestation," it said.

Accordingly to Auditor General's report, the RM160.74 million project in Sabah for building and equipping 300 computer labs for primary and secondary schools has failed miserably. Only 2 computer labs have been completed and handed over to the Ministry of Education. . "This is despite a six-month extension and after RM98.9 million (86%) of the RM113.73 million was spent on the construction cost," the report said. The project was purportedly awarded to TimeCom Holdings Sdn Bhd and is supposed to last for 18 months from Oct 31, 2006 to Apr 30, 2008. After prolonged delays, only 2 of the labs were completed as of 2010 with the others in various stages of construction. "This failure to meet the deadline has resulted in the Education Ministry incurring RM3.17 million in liquidated and ascertained damages for the period between Nov 1, 2008 and May 11, 2009. However, the ministry has terminated this contract in March 2010." The audit report stated that the hiring of an untrustworthy contractor had prevented Sabah from implementing the teaching and learning of information and communication technology (ICT) in its schools.

With regards to implementation of ICT in rural schools, Dr Roland Chia has received numerous complaints from the PKR divisions that most of the computer labs were non functioning as there were facing difficulties in electricity connection from the Sabah Eletricity Sdn Bhd authorities. In addition to that, the labs were rendered useless, as many of these rural students struggled even to go to schools due to high transportation cost – who lived more than 20km from the nearest schools. This definitely does not augur well with the 1-Malaysia concept of Rakyat Didahulukan Pencapaian Diutamakan.

Gross Negligence in Solving Illegal Crossings Resulted in Accident.

Posted: 01 Nov 2011 08:09 AM PDT

PKR Supreme Council member - Dr Roland Chia Ming Shen was on site to inspect the scene, expressed concern over the incident that took place which resulted in the collision between a Sabah Railway train and a fuel tanker yesterday in Kapayan which is in the vicinity of the city.

This incident revealed gross negligece by the part of the relevant authorities in handling of the long standing decade long issues of illegal crossings & private crossings along the railway track from Tanjong Aru all the way up to Tenom. It was claimed that there are hundreds if not thousands of such crossings.

However Dr Roland Chia was relieved that there were no fatalities apart from the reported 12 injuries and wished them rapid recovery. PKR urged the relevant authorities to come up with immediate solutions & answers so that no more lives will perish and also no more lives will be injured which will result in anguish and pain to the families affected.

This accident has also caused a huge explosion at Jalan Kepayan-Jalan Lintas junction near the Kota Kinabalu international airport here which resulted in massive traffic jam and delayed in commuters and car travelers going back home.

This is the second incident that involved the only railway services in Sabah. The earlier was an incident in 2008 in Tenom that rendered 2 fatalities and many injured when the train jumped the tracks and plunged into the Padas river.

Dr Roland Chia urged the government to come out with answers/solutions to the perennial problems as a result of this incident.

1. A Sabah Railways spokesman described the crossing as illegal. Many residents that lived along the railway tracks from Tanjong Aru right up to tenom claimed that there are hundreds if not thousands of such illegal crossings. But the government is silent in solving this long standing problems that has been decades long . If this is a illegal crossing- why there was no concerted effort to resolve this illegal crossings? Ie consultation with residents and commercial owners concern?

2. Why weren't there any automatic gates at major level crossings being put up especially where one involves a petrol station that is near the vicinity?

3. Aren't there supposed to be crossing barriers with alarm sound constructed at every crossing junctions to warn vehicle drivers of oncoming trains? So who's at fault now? There were even claims that some of these thousands and thousands of ringgits at major level crossings are not functioning.

Now the so called delayed tax payers money of RM400 Million railway upgrade project awarded back in 2006 that was scheduled to be completed in 2008 followed by another delay of 18months – which was only commissioned early this year has gone down the drain.
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