TheSun's investigative team headed by R NADESWARAN must be congratulated for their persistent and gallant efforts to fight against the emptying of public coffers by high officials for white elephantine projects.
And as heart-warming reward for their determined efforts to serve the Fourth Estate well, their latest triumph which must be shared by THE RAKYAT is reported in the paper's frontpage story today, headed aptly:
HPTC -- The End!
SPORTS MINISTRY BURIES PALN FOR TRAINING CENTRE IN BRICKENDONBURY
by R Nadeswaran
and Terence Fernandez
PUTRAJAYA: The much-criticised plan to build a High Performance
Training Centre (HPTC) in Brickendonbury outside London is buried
for good.
Youth and Sports Minister Datuk Ismail Sabri Yaakob drove the final nail
into the coffin yesterday when he said there would be no appeals against
the local council's rejection of the plan as they would be futile. But more
importantly, he gave an assurance that the days of extravagance and unnecessary
expenditures are over as all projects and programmes that involved huge
expenses will be reviewed or stopped.
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DESIDERATA: From among the English MSM for the year past, only theSun team
persevered in their relentless efforts in exposing the wastage and potential millions
of Malaysian taxpayers' dollars being drained in a project that the former Minister,
encouraged by the Deputy Prime Minister, had been fighting tooth-and-nail, to press ahead
with the million-dollar project, FOR REASONS ONLY A FEW OF THESE HIGH OFFICIALS KNOW!
This seems like a case for another Inquiry on how much money had been spent to date
under Azalina Othman's watch, and who were the main beneficiaries of what from
the start -- to common folks and hawk-eyed journalists like citizen-nades --
appeared a useless project that would benefit a very small section of athletes, if
any at all!
TheSun expressed regret, however, the new minister would not be able to save RM17million --
the "bidding fee" for the Champions Youth Cup -- which Malaysia will host in August.
The report also stated that National Sports Institute director-general Datuk Ramlan
Abdul Aziz, told a press conference that a report would be submitted to Najib on the failed
project and the expenses incurred.
Desi wonders if the Prime Minister should re-consider this non-performing minsiter's appointment to the Tourism portfolio, for a leopard, male or female, is unlikely to change its spots. Even away from the spoRts centre!
Can the Rakyat initiate for this minister who already roughed up feathers at PR-controlled States by withdrawing the Federal tourism budgets already assigned for those states' tourism activities.
"Dear fellow Citizens, Let's go for a piece of her hide!" -- Make it a national sport fro 2008?
TEAser: Come May 1, you can meet your hero-journo Citizen-Nades just for a RM50 investment! Come to BUM2008 -- you get more than fair value for this investment as the Chairperson heard a rumour that Mary would bring more than two lambs to Warren Buffet's table IF MORE THAN 100 BUMmers turn up at De Lake View to celebrate Labour Day!
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