The Perak government has issued a State Financial Circular guidelines to all state departments to be prudent in their expenditure and to check wastage of public funds.
Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizar Jamaludin said the guideline was aimed at reducing the continuous deficit budgets in the past four years.
The belt-tightening measures include no overtime allowances, savings on electricity charges for fans, lights and air-conditioners by shutting them during tea and lunch breaks.
They must also be prudent in their use of office supplies like stationery and paper and reduce the purchase of newspapers.
The renovation of state offices or renting new office buildings is out of question; working visits and overseas trips by state civil servants have to first get the approval of the State Financial Officer.Nizar said this in his reply to a written question by Hutan Melintang asemblyman S.Kesavan in the state assembly sitting which ended last Thursday.
Kesan wanted to know what cost-effective measures were being taken by the Pakatan Rakyat(PR) government to reduce wastage of public funds and the amount that can be saved by such wastage compared with the previous BN government.
Nizar said:" We spent only RM1.1 million for this year's Merdeka celebrationsss compared wityh RM2.6 million by the BN in 2007. We are also taking other measures to cut down on expenditure which will bear fruit this year."
Later, Opposition Leader and BN whip Datuk Seri MOhammad Tajol Rosli Ghazali, in his denate on the 2009 state budget, took to task the PR executive councillors fpr abandong the Proton Perdana state official cars to be replaced with new Toyota Camry.
Tajol said the Proton is located in Perak and if the Perak PR state governmant did not support the national car, then it might set off a chain reaction whereby other states might also follow Perak and opt.
Showing posts with label The Sun 17 November 2008. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Sun 17 November 2008. Show all posts
Sunday, November 16, 2008
Govt won't close Kamunting detention camp
The federal government will not close the ISA detention camp in kamunting, Perak, Nanyang Siang Siang Pau reported yesterday.
Home Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar urged the Pakatan Rakyat state government to respect the law and not to turn the detention centre in Taiping into a political issue..
He reiterated that the land on which the Kamunting detention centre is located has been gazetted and the state government cannot "touch" it.
"This is the federal government's property, and the centre was built with the approval of the federal government, iy is clearly stated in the law," said Syed Hamid.
He told the daily that "they cannot do as they please, the state government has to respect the law."
He said if the state government still wants to challenge the federal government,"it is up to them."
The stete government has lately passed a motion to request the federal government to abolish the internal Security Act, to free all ISA detainees and close the Kamunting detention Centre.
Meanwhile, Perak Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizhar Jamaluddin said the state government will not seek other means including legal recourse to get the the federal government to shut down the detention centre.
He said if it is verified that the Kamunting land has been gazetted, the state government will leave it to the ministry to handle the problem of the detention centre.
"I have heard that the Kamunting land has been gazetted.
"It is up to the home ministry to decide whether it wants to close down the centre." he said.
Nizhar said the main aim of the motion that was passed in trhe state assembly recently is to seek the ablition of the ISA and to free all those detained without trial.
Closing down the centre is secondary, he said.
In Ipoh, Taiping MP cum state exco member Nga Kor Ming said the state government does not discount the possibility of a multifolf increase in the quit rent on the Kamunting kand.
He said it has come to his knowthat the centre still owes five years' quit rent arrears and if it is trus, the state government will resort to legal means to get the federal government to pay up the arrears.
Home Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar urged the Pakatan Rakyat state government to respect the law and not to turn the detention centre in Taiping into a political issue..
He reiterated that the land on which the Kamunting detention centre is located has been gazetted and the state government cannot "touch" it.
"This is the federal government's property, and the centre was built with the approval of the federal government, iy is clearly stated in the law," said Syed Hamid.
He told the daily that "they cannot do as they please, the state government has to respect the law."
He said if the state government still wants to challenge the federal government,"it is up to them."
The stete government has lately passed a motion to request the federal government to abolish the internal Security Act, to free all ISA detainees and close the Kamunting detention Centre.
Meanwhile, Perak Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Mohammad Nizhar Jamaluddin said the state government will not seek other means including legal recourse to get the the federal government to shut down the detention centre.
He said if it is verified that the Kamunting land has been gazetted, the state government will leave it to the ministry to handle the problem of the detention centre.
"I have heard that the Kamunting land has been gazetted.
"It is up to the home ministry to decide whether it wants to close down the centre." he said.
Nizhar said the main aim of the motion that was passed in trhe state assembly recently is to seek the ablition of the ISA and to free all those detained without trial.
Closing down the centre is secondary, he said.
In Ipoh, Taiping MP cum state exco member Nga Kor Ming said the state government does not discount the possibility of a multifolf increase in the quit rent on the Kamunting kand.
He said it has come to his knowthat the centre still owes five years' quit rent arrears and if it is trus, the state government will resort to legal means to get the federal government to pay up the arrears.
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