Two developers issued-stop-work-order$DEVELOPERSof twoconstruction sites in SubangJaya and USJ were issued withstop-work orders yesterdaywhen the sites were found tobe breeding grounds for Aedesmosquitoes.

Subang Jaya MunicipalCouncilofficers issued the notices duringa joint operation,OperasiGerakGempur,withthe SelangorHealth Department.

The developer of the policestation in USJhad been toldto stop work once in Februaryfor the same reason. This time,the officers found four breedinggrounds on the site.

The site's project manager,however, insisted the site wasfogged fortnightly.

The site at Jalan USJ10/1 in

Taipan had 10 breeding grounds.Athird building site at JalanSS13/1K in USJ1 had two.

The council imposes a RM500fine for every Aedes breedingground. But should they uncovermore than two breeding groundson anyone site, a stop-workorder will be issued as providedfor in Amendment2000 of theDestruction of Disease BearingInsects Act 1975.

The inspections started at8.30am involving 14 StateHealth Department personnel,20 from MPSJhealth departmentand seven from MPSJenforcement department.

Heavyrain prevented anotherfour construction sites frombeing inspected.

Similar inspections were

conducted in Petaling Jayayesterday and Shah AlamonWednesday.

MPSJpresident DatukAdnanMohdIkhsan admitted theyhad not focussed enough onconstruction sites in their battleagainst dengue fever. Thereare 44 construction sites inSubang Jaya - 31 active and 13abandoned projects.

"Wewill inspect theabandoned projects. If we findbreeding grounds, we will issuecompounds to the last registereddeveloper of the project," saidAdnan.

As of April19, there were 577reported cases in Subang Jpya,341 of which were positive with302 being dengue haemorrhagicfever and 39 dengue fever.

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CLOSE-UP:Adnan (left) and MPSJ health director Dr Abdul Rahim Ahmad inspecting astagnant pool at a construction site in USJ 8 yesterday

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Gempur tapak binaan hapus aedes'SUBANG JAYA - Kontraktor tapakbinaan di sekitar pentadbiran MajlisPerbandaran Subang Jaya (MPSJ) ja-ngan pandang 'enteng' pembiakan jen-tik-jentik di tapak projek masing-ma-sing.

Ini kerana MPSJ kini mengadakanoperasi gerak gempur di tapak binaanpada setiap hari bagi mengurangkanmengurangkan kes denggi yang sema-kin meningkat di kawasanpentadbiran-nya amnya di negeri itu.

Yang Dipertuanya, Datuk Adnan Md.Ikhsan berkata, walaupun denda yangdikenakan cuma RM500, tetapi pihak-nya akan kerap membuat operasi.

"Hari ini mereka kena denda RM500,esok kita datang lagi sehinggakontrak-tor itu benar-benar akur menjaga ke-bersihan. tapak projek mereka.

"Operasi di tapak pRojek difokuskankerana MPSJ mendapati, tempat inilebih mudah membiakkan jentik-jentikberbanding kawasan perumahan," ka-tanya kepada pemberita selepas me-ngadakan operasi di tapak binaan BalaiPolis USJ 8 di sini semalam.

Pada operasi melibatkan seramai 41penguat kuasa MPSJ dan Jabatan Kesi-hatan negeri tersebut, kontraktor pro-jek balai polis itu sekali lagi dikesanmelalrukan kesalahan terbabit sepertiFebruari lalu.

Malah penguat kuasa berjaya me-ngenal pasti empat kawasan pembiakan

ADNANmenunjukkan jentik-jentik yang diperoleh semasa operasi gerak gempurbersepadu di tapak pembinaan di sekitar Petaling Jaya semalam.

jentik-jentik di tapak itu dan berke-mungkinan kontraktor terbabit dikena-kan tindakan lebih berat.

Menurut Adnan, tindakan member-pentikan operasi pembinaan akan di-arahkan sekiranya MPSJ mengesan ti-ga kawasan pembiakan jentik-jentik disesatu tapak projek. .

"Terdapat 44 tapak binaan di sini dant<OSMO

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kebiasaannya jika 10 tapak binaan di-lawati, tujuh daripadanya akan dikesanterdapat tempat pembiakan jentik~jen-tik," jelasnya.

Tambahnya, semenjak operasi ter-sebut dijalankan pihaknya berjaya me-ngurangkan kes denggi iaitu daripada20 kes dilaporkan dua minggu lalukepada 16kes pada minggu lepas.

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SU8ANG JAYA - MajlisPerbandaran Subang Jaya(MPSJ) semalam mengarah-kan dua kontraktor tapak pem-binaan di kawasan USJ 10danUSJ 8menghentikimkerja-ker-ja pembinaan serta-merta da-lam operasibersepadu dijalan-kan semalam.

Operasi Gerak GempurTapak Pembinaan Aktif se-malam turut disertai 14 ang-gota serta pegawai JabatanKesihatan Selangor.

Yang Dipertua MPSJ;Datuk Adnan Md Ikhsan ber-kata, pihaknya kini giat mem-beri tumpuan menghapuskantell1pat pell1biakan nyamukaedes yang terdapat di kawa-san tapak pembinaan.

Katanya, sebelum ini,pihaknya tidak.membuat pe-ll1antauandi kawasanberkena-an keranall1enganggappemajulllengambil langkah sewajar-nya dalall1ll1enghapuskanka-

wasan air bertakung.Namunjelasnya lagi, ber-

dasarkan laporan, menunjuk-kan tapakpembinaanjugame-nyumbang kepada peningkatankes denggi.

"Kita kecewa walaupunsudah pemah dikenakan kom-paun bulan Februari lalu, na-mun lllasih terdapat empat telll-pat pembiakan aedes dijumpaidi sini.

"Pihak kami akan llleng-arahkan notis pelllberhentiankerja sehinggapihak kontrak-tor lllengambiliangkah pem-bersihan serta memusnahkantelllpat pembiakan nyamuk,"katanya.

Adnan berkata, di kawa-san MPSJ sahaja, 31daripada44 kawasan pembinaan ada-lah aktif lllanakaia 13 lagi ti-dak aktif serta tiada kerja-ker-ja dijalankan.

Katanya,dalallloperasise-lllalam,tujuh premis diperiksatermasuk di kawasan SS 16,USJ 1,USJ 8 dan USJ 10.

Manakala sebuah daripa-da dua premis yang diarah tu-tup termasuktapak pembinaanBalai Polis USJ 8.

Sementara itu, sebuahlagi premis di kawasan USJIdikenakan kompaun RMl,OOOapabila dua tempatpembiakannyamuk ditemuidi tapak pem-binaan terbabit.

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Tindakan dijalankan di ba-wah Akta Pemusnah SeranggaPenyakit 1975 Pindaan 2000.

Jelas Adnan, bilangan kesdi kawasanMPSJ menunjukkanpenurunan selepas pelaksana-an penguatkuasaanserta pelba-gai kempen kesedaran kepadaorang ramai dijalankan. .

"Dalan1 operasi semalam,pihak Jabatan Kesihatan akanmembuat kajian aedes danmenaburkan abate di kawa-san takungan air. Pihak kamijuga akan mengeluarkan no-tis sekiranya terdapat tempatpembiakan jentik-jentik sertamengarahkan henti kerja jikalebihdaripadatigatempatpem-biakan dijumpai," ujamya.

Difahamkan kompaunRM500 dikeluarkan kepadapemaju bagi satu tempatpem-

Adnan (kiri)mencari tempat pembiakan denggi dalam operasi semalam.

biakandenggidikawasanpem- biakan denggi dan mencatat "Manakala di kawasanbinaanyangdijumpai. jumlahkestertinggidengan14 MPSJ,577kes dilaporkandi

Sementaraitu, Pengarah keskematiansehinggaminggu mana 510kes demamdenggiKesihatanNegeri,Dr Rosnah ke-16. manakala67lagi kes demamHadis yang turut serta da- "Kespalingtinggidilapor- denggiberdarahdanmencatat-.lam operasiberkenaanmen- kanadalahdi kawasanMajlis kantigakematian,"katanya.jelaskan kesedaranorang ra- BandarayaShahAlam(MBSA) MenurutRosnahlagi, da-maiamatpentingdalamusaha iaitu883kesdengan31kesdi- lipada10buahkawasanpem-membanteraspeningkatankes laporkanadalah denggi ber- binaanyang diperiksa,tujuhdenggi. darah. Kawasan ini juga daJjpadanya menunjukkan

Katanya,Selangorsudah mencatatsatukeskematiandi- laporanpositifclanwujudnyamenjadiseperti sarang pem- percayaidemamdenggi. tempatpembiakannyamuk.

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Keadaan rumah pangsa yang terputus bekalan elektrik angkarapencuri.

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PUSATBANDARPUCHONG-Kira-kira150keluarga di pangsapuri kos rendah disini terpaksa bergelap hampir dua jammalam kelmarin angkara pencuri melari-kan peralatan pada peti pembekal TenagaNasional Berhad (TNB).

Difahamkan, berikutan perbuatan itu,ramai antara penduduk mengadu meng-alami kerosakanpada barang elektrik ke-punyaan mereka.

Seorang penduduk, Mohd MahdirAbdul berkata, ketika kejadian dia se-dang menonton televisyen bersama ahlikeluarga.

Katanya, dia dirnaklurnkanjiran sebe-lah rumah bahawa televisyen mereka tiba-

tiba meletup menyebabkan bekalan elek- dikenali sebagai Gopal berkata, pencuritrik terganggu.. mungkin mengambil kesempatan ketika

"Saya kemudian menutup suis utama penduduk mengosongkan rumah merekauntuk mengelakkankejadiantidak diingini untuk tujuan penyemburan nyamuk ae-apabila turut dimaklurnkanbeberapajiran des.di blok bersebelahanyangmengalamiper- "Ketika itu saya lihat empat lelakikara sama. membuat kerja di peti TNB, tetapi tidak

"Sebelum itu, kami sekeluargaberasa menghiraukan kerana sangka mereka pe-hairan kerana lampuberbunyidengankuat kerja yang sedang melakukan kerja pen-selain kipas berpusing laju walaupun di- dawaian.buka pada tahap perlahan," katanya. "Cuma kamihairanbagaimanamereka

Bagaimariapun menurut Mahdir lagi, dapat membukakunci pintu peti suis elek-setelah diperiksa, dia mendapatialat elek- trik utama itu," katanya.trik di rumahnya rosak dan tidak dapat di- Sementara itu sumber TNB berkata,gunakan. . ada kecurian pada peti pembekal me-

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Nasibka.kitangankontrakdikajiKerajaansediapertimbangserapkejawatantetapjikapt:gawaiawamtUIljuk presrasibaik: KSNOleh Hussain Said

NILAI: Kerajaan akan mem-pertimb(1.ngkan kedudukan

, lebih 40,000kakitangan kon-trak dalam sektor awam supaya da-pat diserapkan sebagai kakitangantetap, kataKetua Setiausaha Negara,Tan Sri MohdSidekHassan.

Beliau berkata, kerajaan sentias(1.bersikap terbuka. untuk melakukanpenambahbaikan dalam sistem pe-nyampaian awamdengan menambahbilangan kakitangan dan memper-tingkatkan prestasi mereka.

"Kita memang terbuka dan sediamempertimbangkanbukan setakat da-lam tuntutan itu (penyerapansebagaikakitangan tetap),malah sentiasa bo-leh membantu penambahbaikan sis-ternpenyampaianawain,"katanya.

Beliau berkata demikian selepasmerC'j,smikanSimposium. Audit Da-lam bertemakan Ke Arah Meman-tapkan PrestasiPengurusan WangAwam' di Akademi Audit Negara,Bandar Enstek,dekat sini, semalan1.

Turut hadil; Ketua Audit Negara,Ambrin Buang.

Mohd Sidek mengulas tuntutan

Cuepacsyangbimbang mengenaina-sib lebih40,000 kakitangan kontrakyang berdep1:inrisiko hilang peker-jaan berikut1:in tiada mekanismekhusus untuk menyerap mereka se-bagaikakitangan tetap.

Mohd Sidekberkata, pengisian ja-w1:itankakitangan kerajaan diurus-kan Suruhanjaya Perkhidmatan.Awam(SPA).

"Jika ada kekosongan jawatan, kitakena liha.t dan pertimbangkan teru-tama di kalal).gan kald1:angan kontrakdan jika dapati mereka menunjukkanpre stasi baik tentu merekadiambilsebagai kakitangan tetap," .k.atanya.

" Kitamemangterbuka dan sedia

mempertimbangkanbukan seta katdalam tuntutan

kakitangan kontrak"

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CONSTRUCTIONsites are thebiggest obstacles to the healthauthoritie.s' fight againstdengue in Selangor.

State Health director DrRo~nahHadis said yesterdayseven 'out of 10 constructionsites vi~ited by the departmentwere found to have Aedesmosquito breeding grounds.

"And 50 per cent of factoriesinspected were guilty of it too,"she said.

Data optained fromthe StateHealth Department showed fr()tnJan 1 to April 19, 103 of 154construction sites were foundwith breeding grounds.

This constitutes 67 per centof all active construction sitesvisited in Selangor during,the period. Twoof the fiveabandoned sites visited werealso in similar condition.

Last year, 181 of 313 activesites (58 per cent) were Aedes-infested.

Dr Rosnah said the departmenthas been receiving up to 50reports of suspected denguecases a day in recent weeks.

"Of these, 45 per cent usuallyturn out to be positive," shesaid.

It was revealed that areasfalling under the KlangMunicipalCouncil recorded the highestnumber of cases.

It had 469 dengue andhaemorrhagic dengue cases,followed by Shah Alamwith 342

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There have been 14 suspecteddengue-related deaths in theState so far this year.

State health, estate workers,poverty and caring governmentcommittee chairman DrA. XavierJayakumar said the Selangorgovernment is trying to educatedevelopers about preventivemeasures.

"The pest controLLers hired by. contractors and developers arenot using correct methods. Forinstance, the best ti(TIeto fog isfrom 6am to 7am and 5.30pm to7pm when Aedes mosquitoes aremost active. Somefumigators donot even knowthat," he said.

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He announced that the Stategovernment is proposing to fundresearch on dengue fever.

"This problem is prevalent intropical countries. Issues suchas erratic weather changes mustalso be looked into. Wearealready in communication withseveral researchers," he added.

In the case of repeatoffenders, such as developersand contractor~, he suggestedincreasing fines.

"Some people are not botheredunless it is their own childrenwho are affected."

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T" HE Selangor government willhave to ensure that highwayconcessionaire Grand Saga Sdn

Bhd is paid RM200mil in compensa-tion if it allows the access road inBandar Mahkota Cheras, Kajang, to beopened.

Former mentri besar DafiIk Seri DrMohamad Khir Toyo said when theroad was first opened in 2005 theconcessionaire had asked forRM200mil in compensation for lossof toll collection based on the formu-la in the concession agreement

"That is why we decided that thetoll-free access road should be closedas it would be unfair to use taxpayersmoney to pay such a huge sum," hesaid at a press conference.

He said the state had asked thedeveloper, Narajaya Sdn Bhd, to paythe sum but the company too found

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The current state government, hesaid, had, however, promised to openthe access road recently but it shouldnot use public funds as it was unfairto the rest of the taxpayers in thestate who would not benefit from it.(See story below)

Khir, who is also the OppositionLeader, also called on the state gov-ernment to ensure that it kept itspromise to offer the first 20 cubicmetres of water free to consumersfrom June 1. He said the offer wouldcost Syarikat Bekalan Air Selangor(Syabas) RM17mil a month.

"We do not want to see problemsin the implementation as people areeagerly waiting for the free waterthat was listed as part of their elec-tion promise," he said, adding thatchanges were also needed to bemade to the billing system.

Khir also asked the state govern-ment to fulfil its other promise, 20%discount on assessment charges onhomes and 10%for commercial prop-erties.

He said annual assessment collec-tion in the state stood at RM889miland providing the discounts wouldreduce the government's revenue by

RM170mil per year but the pledge tolessen the people's burden with thediscount should be kept by the cur-rent government

'" have also had many people comeup to my service centre to enquire onhow to apply for the RMl,OOOaidthat they promised to give eachSelangor-born university sfiIdentduring the election campaign," hesaid.

On the integrated high-tech pig-rearingfarmin LadangTumbul<,Khirsaid the state government shouldhold a publichearingto getthe opin-ion of nearbyvillagersand pig farm-

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assemblymen would lend their sup-port, too, if the government got atleast two-thirds of the people andfarmers to agree.

"Although it was proposed duringour time, it is being implementedunder the Pakatan Rakyat govern-ment and they need to convince thepeople'it is for their own good beforethey go ahead," he said,

He said Barisan assemblymenwould conduct a public hearing onthe matter if the state governmentfailed to do so.

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The students are also back inschool. It was shut down on April 18to enable the Education Ministry toconduct an investigation into the case.

Parents were said to have takenthe students home on April 17 afterthey found out about the food poi-soning.

SubangJaya assemblyman HannahYeoh, visited the school on Wednes-day evening to check on the newoperator and also to see how the stu-dents were faring.

She said the students had told herthat the previous operator had notbeen following the meal menu thathad been set many times.

"Whil~ I applaud this quick movein appoitJ,ting a new operator, I sin-cerely hope that such a case of foodpoisoniif;

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THE Subang Jaya MunicipalCounciLhas given the devel-oper of projects in USJlO/1

and USJ8, Subang Jaya, an imme-diate stop-work order after Aedesmosquitoes were found breedingon the premises.

In the case of the project inUSJ10/1, mosquito larvae wasfound at 10 spots on the premises.

"A stop-work order is issuedwhen we find larvae at threeplaces within the premises," saidMPSJpresident Datuk Adnan MdIkhsan, who was irked by thelackadaisicalattitude by the pro-ject's developer.

The construction site for thenew USJ8 policestation had fourmosquito-breeding spots whileanother site in SS13/USJ1man-aged to escape the same fatewhen two of the four samplestaken did not haveAedeslarvae.

Instead, the developer wasslapped with RM500 fines foreach spot where the larvae werefound.

The project developersslappedwith the stop-work orders wouldhave to get a pest controlcompa-ny to carry out the necessarywork and to provide proof thatthe area was free from mosquitolarvae.

Adnan said it was the secondtime the construction site for thenew USJ8policestation had beenissueda stop-workorder.

In February,it was ordered tostopworkfor a week forthe sameoffence.

"They have engaged a pest con-trol company to ensure that theirpremises was free from mosqui-to-breeding grounds but we stillfound mosquito larvae.

'They did not expect us tosearch in those hard to reach

Iplaces," he said during anti-dengue operations in SubangJayaon Thursday.

The operation, which was joint-1y condllcted with the StateHealth Department Dengue TaskForce, saw the team combing thewhole construction site.

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dividedinto seven teams to checkon seven sites simultaneously.

However, the pla!1 was. cutshort by the weather and theyonlymanagedto checkthree sites.

Adnan said the council wouldcontinue operations to keepdengue casesat bay.

Meanwhile, Selangor HealthDepartment director Dr RosnahHadis, who visited the site later,said the team was zeroing in onconstruction sites this time.

She said a survey conductedshowed that construction siteswere the number one culprit for

mosquito-breeding."Usually out of 10 construction

sites checked, seven will havemosquito~breeding sites.

"That is 70% compared withonly 50% for factories and 2% forresidential units," she said.

She added thdt current statisticson the number of reported denguecases weekly throughout the statewere quite stable.

Last week, 327 cases werereported.

"For us, 300 is the benchmark.Anything beyond that is dn emer-gency.

"Usually,45% of the reporteecases are positive for dengue," ShEsaid.

Since January this year, thenhave been 14 recorded death:related to dengue complications.

She said Shah Alam stilremained in the top spot with 5!reported cases last week and 6~the previous week.

SubangJaya recorded a total 046 cases last week with 35 thrprevious week.

Dr Rosnahhas lauded the steptaken by MPSJand the localcommunitYto control the pandemic.

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Dei'lggi: 35nlautsejakawal tahunKUALA LUMPUR 24 April..., Seba.nyak35 kematian akibat demamdep.ggi dilaporkan di seluruh negarasejak awal' tahun ini sehifigga 19April lepas,menurqt KemelltetianKesihatanhari ini,

Sehubungan itu, Bahagian Kawa-Ian Penyakit kementerian itu meng-gesa penglibatan masyarakat.secaralebihberkesan untuk ll1enghaptlskan Itempatpembiakan nyarnuk aedes.

Pengarahnya, Datuk Dr. HasanAbdul Rahman berkata, 38 kematiandengan 16,260 kes dilaporkall sepan- Ijang tempohyang sarna tahun lepas,

Katanya, satu kematian da.nsejum-lah 776 kes demam denggi dilaporkallminggu lepas, meningkat 35 kes atau Ilima peratus berbandillg millggu se-belumnya yang mencatat 741 kes.

Selangor mencatat peningkatan ter.tinggi dengan 327kes, diiku(i K:ualaLumpur (89 kes) dan Johor (65 kes).

Katanya, pemantauan oleh peja-bat-pejabat kesihatan daerah men-dapati masih banyak pretnis yangmempup.yai tl')mpat pellbiaka.n ae- .des walaup)Jn sejull1Iah 3,398 kom-paun bemilai lebih RM540,OOO di-kelu

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Seramai 78 orang telah dihadapkallke mahkamah dengan 46 orang dari-pada mereka didapati bersalah da.ndidenda ber,jull1Iahlebih R]v1lO,OOO.

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1sini adaJah antara kawasan yang dike-nal pasti positifmenjadi tempat pem- Ibiakan nyamuk aedes, kata Pengarah IKesihatan Negeri, Dr, Roshah Hadis.

Beliau berkata, antara pUtlca pem-biakan nyamuk aedes di kedua-duaIPf itu ialah sikappelajar sendiri yangtidak menjaga kebersihan denganmembuang sampah di merata.ratatempat, khususnya bekas plastik se-lain bekas bungkusan makanan,. .

"Kita telah l\enakan kompaun clannotis pembersihan. Pemantauan akandijalankan bagi memastikan kawasandi sekitar ,IPf itu selama.t kepada~lajar,~ka.tanya kepadapem~ta

Iselepas Jhenjalankan operasi GerakGempnr Penutupan Tapak Bmaanclan Projel\ Terbengkalai ill daerahPetaling di Seksyen 24 di sini hari illi.

Oper3$i.dua hari mulai semalam di Ikawasan pentadbiran Majlis Perban-daran Subang Jaya (MPSJ) clanMajIisBanrlaraya Petaling Jaya (MBPJ) itu

disertai 212 anggota dan pegawai Ja- Ibatan Kesihatan Negeri Selangor clanPihak Berkuasa Tempatan (PBT).

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FUNGSIpihakberkuasatempa- matan PBT adalah langkah positiftan (PBT)amat penting di ne- untuk menggalakkan penyertaangara ini dalam memberi pel- orang ramai dalam kerajaan tempa-

bagai jenis perkhidmatan dan keba- tan.jikan kepada masyarakat. Kepentingan awam dapat disedia-

Justeru, kepuasan penduduk tem- kan dengan lebih baik dan dilindungipatan mesti dijadikan matlamat ak- apabila semua PBT memperbaiki Ihir setiapPBT. mutu perkhidmatan dengan mena-I

I Oleh kerana tindakan dan kepu- ngani aduan orang ramai atau me- Itusan PBT memberi kesan kepada lalui pihak media.orang ramai, adalah wajar jika sa- Pihak berkuasa tempatan mestitu mekanisme diperkenalkan un- sentiasa prihatin terhadap aduantuk mengukur pandangan orang atau cadangan dan mengambillang- Iramai terhadap perkhidmatan di- kah menyelesaikannya. Iberikan. Semua PBT dan sektor awam

Saya mencadangk,an Kementerian keseluruhannya mesti berusahaPerumahan dan Kerajaan Tempatan bersungguh-sungguh untuk me-memperkenalkan Indeks Kepuasan nerapkan etika kerja dan nilaiHati Penduduk untuk mengukur re- murni dalam organisasi masing-aksi orang ramai terhadap perkhid- masing.matan PBT. Kakitangan awam di semua kera-

Apabila PBT mengambil peranan jaan tempatan mesti bangunkan satupenting dalam penyediaan perkhid- budaya yang akan membantu untukmatan, mereka perIu mempunyai ke- mewujudkan bukan saja satu badanupayaan untuk menghadapi pelbagai kerajaan tempatan yang dedikasi,isu dan mendapatkan maklum balas berkesan, telus dan beretika tetapidengan cepat dan berkesan terhadap turut menekankan kepada integritikeperIuan dan perkhidmatan kepada pengurusan.masyarakat. Untuk mencapai objektif berke- I

Daripada dilihat sebagai badan ke- naan, satu budaya kerja yang ber- ..rajaan paling rendah, kerajaan tem- asaskan ketelusan, kepercayaan,patan harus dan patut dilihat sebagai efisyen dan berdisiplin memang per-yang tertinggi dari segi penyediaan lu.perkhidmatan dan keperluan masya- Semuapihak dalam kerajaan tem-rakat. patan perlu bekerja keras untuk

Sekiranya pihak berkuasa tempa- mencapai tahap adnan sifar dalamtan ingin berfungsi dengan berkesan, usaha meningkatkan kelicinan danmereka perlu bersedia menerima menggalakkan nilai terbaik dalampandangan dan maklum balas pihak PBT.awam. Usaha berterusan perIu dibuat un-

Pembabitan rakyat pada peringkat tuk menerapkan integriti dan nilaiakar umbi dan maklum balas mereka etika di kalangan semua kakitanganadalah kunci utama kepada urns tad- PBT supaya mereka memberikanbir yang baik. perkhidmatan dengan lebih dedikasi

Ini amat penting kerana kita belum untnk memenuhi harapan orang ra-mempunyai PBT yang dipilih rak- maLyat. \

Inde~s KepuasanHati Penduduk TA N SRI LEELAM THYEyang dlcadangkan untuk mengukur I. ~. ,maklum balas awamkepada perkhid- KualaLumpur.

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Govtfirmsthatdobadlytobeclosed8 By Patrick Sennyah

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SEREMBAN:Non-performingsubsidiaries of statutory bod-ieswill be shut do\'Vllifthey donot meet key performance in-dicators.

The same fate awaits pro-jects that are a drain on publicfunds and oflittlebenefit toiliepeople. But this 'i$the worstcas!"scenario as they would begiven a chance to change un-der a comprehensive reviewiliat would be undertaken.

Chief Secretary totl}e GOv-ernment Tan Sri MoM SidekHassan said they would be giv-en deadlines to meet theirKPls.

However,iftheydonot meetexpectations, internal auditunits would step in to reviewtheir progress and, if neces-sary,recommendtheirclosure.

Mohd Sidek said this alsoapplied to government pro-jects which did not showpromiseofhelpingthepeople.

"Iftheprojectis notmeetingtargets and is of no benefit tothe people, it should be re-viewed and, if necessary,stopped.

"TIlls way, mou.ey is notwasted and can be spent onmore viableprojects that arebeneficial to the people," hesaid.

Hesaidsomesubsidiariesof

statutory bodies had been inoperation for years withoutturning in a profit.

In some instances, they stilldepend on their parent bodiesfor financial assistance.

Speaking at the opening of atwo-day internal audit sympo-sium at the National AuditAcademy in Bandar Enstek,near here, Mohd Sidek said in-ternal auditors should have ahigh level of commitment toensure a stable and account-able administration with ahigh level of integrity.

He also launched the newlogo for the Na.tional Audit De-partment and a book entitledTigerZainal - ReminiscenceOf4n Auditor written by for-mer auditor, H.P. ZainalAbidin.

Also present was Auditor-General Tan Sri AmbrinBuang.

Hesaid the governmenthadgivendue recognitiontoa1,l.di-tors, both internal and exter-nal, to reflect its commitmentto integrityand accoUntabilitywhich were integral parts ofpublicservice.

"The government has sigcnificantlyincreased the num-ber of auditors in the NationalAudit Departmentlilld inter'"nal audit units to "tlSsistthe

-govermilent improve the qual-itYof administration at min-istry, department and agenC):t

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subsidiaries are on track.

"Ifthiscca.nnotbe done, then Iit woUld be blJtter to close.down the subsidia,ry ratherthailincur unnecessary ex-penses," he said. .

He said an officer ofthe Na-tional Audit Departmentshould sit on the board of fed-eral and state governmentstatutory bodies. and sub.sidiaries atsta.te levellike the I

Menteri Besar Incorporated(MBO. I

"Thisway/the auditor could'help by contributing hisknowledge aJ:1de~ertise to-waids managIng' the sub-csidiarybetter. ThisW9ulden-sure that ,the subsicUary,qidnot run into finjIDcil:llprqb.;lems,"he added. .

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Selangor cango aheadwith pig farmKUAlALUMPUR:The Selan-gor government is free to setup a modern pigfarm.

Agricultureand Agro-basedIndustry Minister Datuk SeriMustapaMohamedsaidwhilethe federal government im-posed general .policies,stategovernments could set theirownguidelines.

"The federal governmentimposed general policies onpig farming in 1991. NegriSembilan, Sabah andSarawak agreed to carry outthese policies although theyhaven) been implemented.

"In Selangor's case, it hasproposedmodern pigfarmingintendedto fulfilenvironmen-tal safety standards," he saidafter the soft launch of the

. MalaysianAgricultural, Horti-cultural and Agro-TourismExhibition. .

In Shah Alam, Selangor op-position leader Datuk Seri DrMohd Khir Toyosaid it was thejob of the new adrnipistration

I to go to the ground and ex-plain the merits of having amodern pig farm in LadangTumbuk, Tanjung Sepat, in-stead ofblaming the previousadministration.

The former menteri besarsaid the previous administra-tion embarked on preliminaryfmdings for the projectto solvethe pollution problem relatedto pig farming.

No concrete deal wassigned. Neither was there anyparticular company or tech-nology chosen, he said.

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-Datuk Seri Dr Mohd KhirToyo says the number of pigsbred should be capped

public hearing. If people wereagainst it, we would havefOUIldan alternative site."

He conceded that having amodern pig farm was betterthan the status quo, as mostpig farms in Selangor were al-ready in the area.

''I'm okay with the projectbut I don't stay there."

Dr Khir said the oppositionwas never against the estab-lishment of a modern pig farmbut was against its size and thenumber of pigs to be bred.

He said there were 400,000pigs being bred in the area butthe number should be cappedat 250,000 for local consump-tion.

He added that if the stategovernment reflli?ed to hold apublic hearing, then TanjungSepat assemblyman Datuk DrKarim MansoI' would do so.

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8-8-8 formulafor a fair.local councilCopy Selangor's methods, other state govts urgedDatIl":"1ifaI selectionprocesswasimportant. I

.,".".''."'.,ne: \ "Transparency promotes accountability. It is

not ideal but it is fairer than what was prac- Itised before," he said.On the candidates' eligibility, Fernandez I

said an independent panel shouldbe formed to check the background Iof candidates from non-govern-mentalorganisations (NGOs) andprofessional bodies to see if they I

were affiliated to any political par-ties.

"Anyone who is capable ofleadinga community and believes that hecan serve the people can seek nomi-nation from the NGOsor from theirprofessional associations," he said.

On calls for local council elec-tions' Fernandez said it should be implement-ed in all states. "It is one of the mechanismsthat shows that the government is really seri-ous in keeping their promises to show:accountability and transparency and to elimi-nate corruption in local councils," he said.

"It will take a perioq of two to three year.

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the machinery to set in but we should try to -work it out," he said.

IT ISfair to have eight council seats each forpoliticians, non-governmental organisa-tions and professional bodies, according to

local government and town planningexpert Derek Fernandez (Pic).

He said the 8-8-8-formula would beable to work for the benefitofthepeo-pIe because such a combination wouldpromote better decision-making.

Fernandez said this to reporters atthe Ipoh City Watch forum on'Restructuring of Local Councils'recently.

Fernandez said the Selangor gov-ernment was the first to come up withthe 8-8-8 formula and was looking forsuitable candidates to fill the 221posts in thePetaling Jaya City Council.

He said the system captured the sentimentof the people and hoped that all state govern-ments would consider adopting the system fortheir local councils.

However, he conceded that the model wasnot foolproof, saying that transparency in the

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