[ hang nadim] 'DAP Pulau Pinang tidak jujur'.....

Oleh ZABRY MOHAMAD

zabrymohamad.madzlan@utusangroup.com.my

PULAU PINANG 8 Mei - Tindakan kerajaan DAP Pulau Pinang yang tidak menggunakan wang dalam Tabung Amanah Perumahan Bumiputera bagi membina rumah kos rendah untuk rakyat menjadi tanda tanya.

Setiausaha Sekretariat Perhimpunan Melayu Pulau Pinang, Mohd. Nor Suhaili Jamali berkata, berdasarkan Laporan Audit Negara 2010, terdapat baki RM21.1 juta dalam tabung berkenaan.

Menurutnya, wang tersebut sepatutnya dibelanjakan mengikut tujuan tabung itu ditubuhkan.

“Ketua Menteri, Lim Guan Eng perlu jujur kepada orang Islam kerana fungsi tabung adalah untuk simpanan dan dibelanjakan.

“Yang menjadi persoalan, kenapa kerajaan negeri tidak bina rumah untuk bumiputera?" katanya kepada Utusan Malaysia di sini hari ini.

Semalam, Naib Yang Dipertua 1 Pertubuhan Pribumi Perkasa Malaysia (Perkasa) negeri, Fadzil Shuib meminta kerajaan negeri menjelaskan ke mana pergi wang dalam tabung berkenaan kerana ia melibatkan kepentingan rakyat.

Ketua Pergerakan Pemuda UMNO negeri, Shaik Hussein Mydin sebelum ini mendakwa kerajaan negeri memberikan maklumat salah berhubung projek pembinaan rumah kos rendah dan sederhana rendah.

Tabung Amanah Perumahan Bumiputera ditubuhkan pada September 2009 bertujuan menjadi akaun bagi bayaran sumbangan yang disalurkan oleh kerajaan negeri, kerajaan Persekutuan, pemaju atau pihak lain.

Langkah itu membolehkan kerajaan negeri melaksanakan aktiviti atau program yang berkaitan dengan pembelian atau pembangunan tanah, rumah, ruang komersial atau hartanah lain untuk manfaat penduduk bumiputera.

Difahamkan pada 2010, baki akaun tabung tersebut berjumlah RM21.1 juta iaitu meningkat RM8.46 juta atau 66.9 peratus berbanding RM12.65 juta pada tahun sebelumnya.

Peningkatan ini adalah disebabkan oleh penerimaan dana daripada pemaju perumahan iaitu bagi pelepasan kuota bumiputera pada 2010 berjumlah RM8.46 juta yang tidak dibelanjakan langsung kerana tiada aktiviti atau program berkaitan dijalankan.

Mohd. Nor Suhaili menambah, jika nilai tanah di tengah bandar terlalu tinggi, kerajaan negeri boleh mencari lokasi lain yang bersesuaian seperti di Balik Pulau atau Nibong Tebal bagi membina rumah untuk rakyat.

Jelasnya, ramai orang Melayu sendiri mungkin tidak tahu tabung itu wujud kerana kewujudannya tidak pernah diuar-uarkan.

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‘Barisan did more for Penang to cut living costs’

By MELISSA DARLYNE CHOW | news@nst.com.my

Read more: ‘Barisan did more for Penang to cut living costs’ - Politics - New Straits Times http://www.nst.com.my/nation/politics/barisan-did-more-for-penang-to-cut-living-costs-1.78197#ixzz1uKA0z6oX

PEOPLE-CENTRIC: Muhyiddin challenges Guan Eng to tell what he did to help residents

GEORGE TOWN: DEPUTY Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin yesterday called on Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng to tell Penangites what the state government had done to reduce the cost of living for the people here.

Muhyiddin, who is also Barisan Nasional deputy chairman, said the BN government had done a lot more than the DAP-led state government in reducing the cost of living.

“With the elections  looming, there are those who poke fun at BN, saying BN means Barang Naik. I want to ask Penangites: What has the state government done to help in reducing the cost of living here?

“I ask  Guan Eng,  what did you do? You said we did not do anything, but the fact is we have done more than what you have done.

 “You  (Guan Eng) better tell the folk here in Penang, what you have done,” Muhyiddin said when addressing more than  5,000 people in Bayan Baru during the Kenduri Rakyat 1Malaysia.

Present were state MCA chairman Datuk Seri Dr Ng Yen Yen, newly appointed state BN chairman Teng Chang Yeow, state BN working committee chairman Datuk Dr Teng Hock Nan and Penang Umno liaison committee chairman Datuk Zainal Abidin Osman.

Muhyiddin said the foundation for the growth of Penang was laid by the BN leadership many decades ago.

“When you see a developed Penang, remember that it is part of the Federal Government’s initiative  to ensure Penang can still grow and contribute to the national development plan.”

Muhyiddin, in citing initiatives carried out by the Federal Government such as the Bantuan Rakyat 1Malaysia (BR1M) and the Baucar Buku 1Malaysia (BB1M), added that Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak employed an approach based on what the people wanted.

“We must acknowledge the fact that the people know better   and the government must respond to the needs of the people,” he said, adding that this was what BN was all about.

“We transform. Transformation means massive and multiple changes. We have been carrying out political and economic transformation.

“There has been massive change. We are fulfilling the needs and demands of the people,” Muhyiddin said.

“The Bayan Baru parliamentary seat is a winnable seat. We can get it back with the support of the voters.”

Muhyiddin also announced a RM3 million allocation for repair works on various infrastructure in the state.

Read more: ‘Barisan did more for Penang to cut living costs’ - Politics - New Straits Times http://www.nst.com.my/nation/politics/barisan-did-more-for-penang-to-cut-living-costs-1.78197#ixzz1uK9r2tar