Tony Pua
we review with shock upon Air Middle East Chief Executive Officer Tony Fernandes' blog which a price of a brand new KLIA2 "low-cost" airfield has ballooned to a shocking RM5 billion.
The primary bill for a airfield when it was primary announced by Dato' Seri Ong Tee Keat, a afterwards Transport Minister in Jul 2007 was usually RM1.7 billion. (Berita Harian twenty-two Jul 2007)
The bill was subsequently increasing to RM2.0 billion in Mar 2009 (The Star 10 Mar 2009), as good as afterwards RM2.5 billion in Oct 2010 (Business Times thirty Oct 2010).
At a finish of final year, Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad (MAHB) shocked Malaysians by disclosing which a price of a brand new airfield has ballooned to RM3.9 billion due to price overruns in Nov 2011. Hence a brand new estimated price of KLIA2, RM5 billion is right away nearly 200% upon top of a original bill of RM1.7 billion.
we have repeatedly called for a price of KLIA2 to be investigated by a Public Accounts Committee (PAC) as good as a Ministry of Transport given final year. However, a attempts to secure burden over a massive liaison has been impeded by a lack of coercion in a PAC as good as a comprehensive disinterest by a Minister of Transport, Dato' Seri Kong Cho Ha.
Despite multiform promises to encounter Pakatan Rakyat Members of Parliament over a emanate given final year, Dato' Seri Kong Cho Ha has unsuccessful to so.
we had requested for an explanation from his method over a issue, particularly over a reason for a change of a airfield from a creatively due northern site (KLIA North) to a stream western site (KLIA West) which is under construction. The change of a site has caused a price of building a whole to grow because KLIA W! est was already identified as unsuited for a building a whole of an airfield due to it being a peat swamp.
The outcome of a change for example, has caused estimable increase in earthworks cost, which a Ministry of Transport claimed to price RM773 million, but is believed by many parties in a industry to be even higher.
However, notwithstanding a earnest of a mismanagement of open funds, Dato' Seri Kong Cho Ha has refused to yield any sum in his parliamentary reply, as good as merely shrugged off a emanate claiming which a decision to change a site was "based upon KLIA Blueprint Dec 2008".
What is worse is a Minister's finish good-for-nothing attitude towards a brazen abuse of tax-payers' funds. The Transport Minister has responded progressing statements by observant which we was "playing politics" (Bernama) as good as was "barking up a wrong tree" (The Star).
Dato' Seri Kong said we "should approach questions about a building a whole of KLIA2 to Malaysia Airport Holdings Berhad (MAHB) instead of accusing him of trying to cover up." He had further added which he has "nothing to hide. I'm not an airfield operative or consultant for a plan as good as whatever a report we have about a plan were given by MAHB."
In fact, during a rate a price of KLIA2 is pier up, it will shortly turn a much bigger liaison than a Port Klang Free Zone plan which price increasing from an primary RM1.1 billion to RM12.5 billion.
In a interest of clarity as good as accountability, a Prime Minister must sequence a full open investigation in to how a price of a brand new "low cost" airfield could be so arrogant as good as safeguard which all who are responsible for a RM5 billion fiasco be sacked from their office, together with which of a Minister of Transport.
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