PERTANYAAN : JAWAB LISAN
DARIPADA : TUAN WEE CHOO KEONG [ WANGSA MAJU ]
TARIKH : 5 APRIL 2010 (ISNIN)
SOALAN
Tuan Wee Choo Keong [ Wangsa Maju ] minta MENTERI PENERANGAN, KOMUNIKASI DAN KEBUDAYAAN menyatakan mengapa BERNAMA TV Synergy Sdn Bhd dibenarkan berhutang kepada BERNAMA semasa mengendalikan BERNAMA TV dan sudahkah pihak BERNAMA memperoleh bayaran hutang berkenaan, jika belum apakah tindakan yang akan dikenakan kepada BERNAMA TV Synergy Sdn Bhd.
Bernama Synergy Drive Sdn Bhd, which was running BERNAMA TV, owes BERNAMA RM16 millions. The key man behind Bernama Synergy Drive Sdn Bhd is Datuk Suhaimi, the Gunung Jerai UMNO Division Chief. The Minister of Information and BERNAMA chief, Datuk Anuar Zaini, must explain:
Soalan-soalan untuk jawapan lisan
– Questions for oral answers –
1. YB Tuan Wee Choo Keong [WANGSA MAJU] minta Menteri Kementerian Sains, Teknologu dan Innovasi menyatakan tindakan-tindakan yang telah dan akan diambil terhadap Venturepharm Asia Sdn Bhd atau lembaga pengarahnya yang mengelirukan kementerian untuk berurus dengan XLW Inc daripada Amerika Syarikat yang tidak wujud, dan telah membayar RM2,264,800 daripada jumlah peruntukan RM5.36 juta gran Tecnofund untuk penyelidikan biofeed.
YB Tuan Wee Choo Keong [WANGSA MAJU] asks Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation to state what actions have been taken or will be taken against Venturepharm Asia Sdn Bhd or its directors for misleading the Ministry into believing that it was tied up with a company known as XLW Inc from USA, which was non-existent, to grant the Technofund for research into bio-feed totaling RM5.36 million and out of which RM RM2,264,800-00 had been paid to-date?
2. YB Tuan Wee Choo Keong [WANGSA MAJU] minta Menteri Pelancongan menyatakan sebab pembatalan tender pertama pembinaan pavilion Malaysia di Expo Dunia 2010 di Shanghai, di mana Venturepharm Asia Sdn Bhd (Venturepharm), yang diperbadankan pada Ogos 2005, tidak berserta dan mengapakah dalam tender kedua, Venturepharm yang tidak berpengalaman berkenaan diberikan kontrak bernilai RM20 juta dengan kemungkinan pertambahan (variation order) RM10 juta walaupun terdapat peserta lain yang lebih berpengalaman?
YB Tuan Wee Choo Keong [WANGSA MAJU] asks the Minister of Tourism to state why, and on what basis, was the first tender for the project to build the Malaysian Pavilion in Shanghai World Expo 2010, which Venturepharm Asia Sdn Bhd (Venturepharm), incorporated in August 2005, did not take part, was cancelled? And when the project was subsequently re-tendered why, and on what basis, was Venturepharm, which had no previous experience in the building industry, was selected against other experienced companies to build the same pavilion costing RM20 million with a possible variation order of RM10 million?
On 1st August 2009, Yg Bhg Datuk Seri Mohd Annuar Zaini, Chairman of Bernama Bhd had said in response to the termination of the agreement with Bernama TV Synergy Sdn Bhd:
“We have decided on this course of action after a thorough evaluation of the current financial situation affecting Bernama TV Synergy.
“As chairman, I would like to assure that the delivery and quality of Bernama’s existing services in its operation as the national news agency will continue to be maintained at the highest level.”
Bernama TV gives BERNAMA 33% free shares and it is free to use the name “BERNAMA”!
BERNAMA now suing Bernama TV to recover debts says Minister of Information, Communication and Culture.
Bernama TV memberi BERNAMA 33% daripada sahamnya secara percuma dan bebas menggunakan nama “BERNAMA”!
BERNAMA kini mengambil tindakan undang-undang terhadap Bernama TV untuk menuntut hutangnya, menurut kenyataan Menteri Maklumat, Komunikasi dan Kebudayaan.
Bernama or Malaysian National News Agency is an authorised body set up by an Act of Parliament in 1967 and started operation on 26 May 1968. It provides Malaysian news including politics, business, economy, commodities, executive reports and sports, in real time.
Bernama TV, on the other hand, is a private enterprise that involves the 4th Floor boys and some other private individuals. Moreover, the company is now reported to be owing Bernama or the authority over RM10 million in debts.