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Questions Time: 29 Mac 2011 Tender process in Ministry of Tourism

PERTANYAAN : LISAN

DARIPADA : TUAN WEE CHOO KEONG

(WANGSA MAJU)

TARIKH :  29 MAC 2011

SOALAN : Meminta MENTERI PELANCONGAN

menyatakan :

Apakah peraturan tender semasa untuk pemberian projek atau kontrak-kontrak yang diamalkan oleh Kementerian supaya amalan kronism dapat dielakan dan apakah peraturan tender yang digunakan oleh Kementerian untuk projek-projek atau kontrak-kontrak kepada Naga DDB Sdn Bhd, Smascom & Design Sdn Bhd, Sen Media Sdn Bhd, M & C Saatchi Sdn Bhd dan Impact Creation (M) Sdn Bhd.

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Questions Time: 14 March 2011 Matta Travel Fair

DARIPADA : TUAN WEE CHOO KEONG

[WANGSA MAJU]

TARIKH : 14 MAC 2011

SOALAN : Meminta MENTERI PELANCONGAN

menyatakan :

Bahawa memandangkan banyak agensi-agensi pelancongan yang ditutup (collapsed), sama ada Kementerian bercadang untuk mengeluarkan peraturan-peraturan untuk memaksa MATTA menyediakan tabung pampasan untuk dibayar semula kepada orang ramai yang telah membuat bayaran pendahuluan untuk tiket-tiket penerbangan dan pakej pelancongan di MATTA Travel Fair? Jika tidak, sila nyatakan sebab-sebabnya.

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MATTA: Profits from travel fair come with responsibilities

On 04-03-2011 MATTA president, Yg Bhg Datuk Khalid Harun told the Star that “consumers can purchase tickets at the MATTA fair without any worry of falling prey to any fly-by-night scams“, in HERE.  I believed that he was responding to my posting of 28-02-2011, in HERE. He also said that all participants at the MATTA fair are vetted. During last September MATTA fair there was an unlicenced agent participated.  If what Datuk Khalid said was true,  why MATTA did not detect the unlicenced travel agent during the travel fair last year.  This fact was a clear proof that MATTA did not scrutinise the legal or financial status of the participants in the travel fair.

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YB Menteri “Melancong” mengelakan untuk menjawab soalan-soalan tertentu

Perbahasan Bajet 2011 peringkat Jawatankuasa Kementerian Pelancongan pada 01 Disember 2010

Tan Sri Pengurusi

Saya bangun untuk mengambil bahagian dalam  perbahasan mengenai  Maksud Bekalan B 31 – Kementerian Pelancongan.

Saya merujuk kepada Kod 10000 Emolumen, 20000 Perkhidmatan & Bekalan dan

Butiran:

040800  Promosi

008000 Kajian-kajian Pelancongan

028000 Homestay Program

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Menteri Melancong: Please attend Parliament to answer questions

Last week, I have asked the Ministry of Tourism to explain why the Ministry had to pay the Shoemakers Association the sum of RM3 million to sponsor the Shoe Festival in April 2010 at PWTC, KL. The Deputy Minister could not give an immediate answer. However, he promised to provide a written reply. Until this date, no written reply was provided.  I have brought it up during the Committee Stage about this. It is strange that the Ministry had to donate RM3 million to the SHoemakers Association.  What has the Shoemakers Association got to do with Tourism.

I have also brought up the report by Auditor General regarding the unauthorised spending of RM14.7 million for “Program Promosi Produk Khusus”.  The report is as follows:

“Sejumlah RM14.7 juta telah dibelanjakan oleh Kementerian Pelancongan bagi membiayai Program Promosi Produk Khusus walaupun tiada peruntukan disediakan. Semakan Audit mendapati waran pindah peruntukan yang diluluskan oleh Pegawai Pegawai Kementerian berkenaan tidak dikemukakan kepada Akautan Negara Malaysia.”

The reply by the Ministry of Tourism is as follow:

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The missing in action “Tourist” Minister!

Update:  03-11-2010 Translation into Mandarin is at the bottom. Thank you Sem for translating this posting – Tsieh Tsieh.

Last evening at about 8:30 pm, the “Tourist”  Minister, YB Datuk Seri Dr Ng Yen Yen was not present in Parliament to answer questions here on her “holiday trips” to 21 countries and 61 cities throughout her tenure as Minister of Tourism since 4th April 2009 and Homestay Programe. She has spent public fund totaling RM3.2 million for the “holiday trips”.  She left it to the Deputy Minister, YB Datuk Dawos to face the music on her behalf.

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The Auditor General Reports for 2009 were very critical of many Ministries

Laporan Ketua Audit Negara 2009 signed by Yg Bhg Tan Sri Dato' Setia Haji Ambrin bin Buang, Ketua Audit Negara

The Auditor General Reports for 2009 was finally tabled in Parliament in the afternoon of 25-10-2010 (Monday). There are many damning reports against several Ministries including Ministry of Tourism, Ministry of Information, Communication and Culture.

In the said Report there are 250 recommendations for year 2009 that have been forwarded to the various Ministries, Government Departments and GLCs for corrective actions and to avoid repetitions of weaknesses. The Auditor General Office shall monitor the situations and ensure that actions be taken by parties concerned with regards to the said Reports and it shall provide the outcomes in the Reports for 2010.

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Jawapan YB Menteri Pelancongan mengenai dengan skandal yang terlibat dengan Venturepharm Asia Sdn Bhd dan Grace Chen Oyan Yun Shai.

Pada 5hb November 2009, semasa perbahasan Bajet 2010, saya telah menyeru Menteri Pelancongan, YB Dato’ Ng Yen Yen untuk memberi jawapan kepada soalan-solan seperti berikut:

Venturepharm Asia Bhd dan Madam Chen Oyan Yun Shai bukanlah menipu MOSTI sahaja ia juga ada terlibat dengan Kementerian Pelancongan.

Saya menyeru Menteri Perlancongan untuk memberi penjelasan:

  1. Memandangkan pembantu peribadi terdahulu Menteri, iaitu Madam Ivy See adalah seorang pengarah eksutif Daley PR, adakah ia mempunyai satu “conflict of interest” terhadap Menteri semasa memberi kontrak pengiklanan kepada Daley PR untuk kerja-kerja pengiklanan di China?
  2. Apakah alasan-alasan tender pertama Malaysian Pavilion Project dibatalkan selepas Menteri mengambil jawatan sejak April 2009?
  3. Apakah alasan-alasan sementara akhir bulan June 2009 Venturepharm telah dianugerahkan dengan kerja pembinaan  Malaysian Pavilion di mana ia tidak mempunyai rekod dalam kerja pembinaan semasa Venturepharm telah didedahkan di Parlimen dengan terlibat dengan penipuan MOSTI untuk mendapatkan TechnoFund?
  4. Adakah ia mempunyai apa-apa perbezaan (variation order) dengan jumlah RM10 to 20 million untuk Malaysian Pavilion project?

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PM: Suspend award to Venturepharm to build Malaysia Pavilion for Shanghai Expo 2010 until completion of investigations by MACC

The Star Newspapers reported on page 6 on 5th August, 2009:

“The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) is investigating several officials from the Tourism Ministry following allegations of irregularities.  It is learnt that the MACC was investigating the awarding of contract to a foreign company that did not have the expertise to run a project that is said to be worth more than RM10 mil.

MACC officers would also be sent overseas to collect documents and files pertaining to the awarding of the contract, allegedly made via direct negotiations.

Wangsa Maju MP Wee Choo Keong had in June raised in the Dewan Rakyat several issues concerning the Tourism Ministry.  He had alleged that the ministry was involved in irregularities, especially in the awarding of contracts to a company that had no experience in the field.”

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