Ministries and govt depts told to be prudent so as not to waste people’s money

Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim, the Minister of Information Communication and Culture reported that at the Cabinet’s weekly meeting, it has been decided that all the departments of the government and the ministries and agencies should be prudent in their spending so that they would not waste any public funds and this is a call made by prime minister Datuk Seri Najib tun Razak.

Rais said “Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak wanted all ministries, departments and agencies to be cautious when determining projects and construction costs. The prime minister felt that the huge cost of any project could be reduced to a reasonable sum, provided detailed calculations were made pertaining to the components and types of building to be constructed, he told reporters after a post-Cabinet meeting, here. It may be possible that we exclude materials which are extremely costly, such as imported stuff, or not be overly dependent on the advice of consultants who propose very high prices,"

He added that “There was no clear system to determine the cost of any project and that many government projects hinged on the advice of the project consultants. A system of determining cost should be established to serve as a guide to set the cost of development projects under the ministry. This would ensure that the ministry and its agencies did not overly depend on the advice of consultants in determining the cost of any project.”


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As long as UMNO /bn exist,public funds will con't to be manipulated so Rais please don't give us another bullshit because we're well aware of your species.

The BN can't even pay Terengganu oil royalty. Then, they are trying to implement 4% GST. The BN are broke. They are trying to rob the peoples money in a legal way.