The procurement of 38 sets of 6-car set EMUS (Electric Multiple Units) was made an issue in Parliament yesterday. Doubts were raised on the increase of RM500 million in the expenditure of securing such train sets. But the allegations and innuendos hurled were not substantiated with any concrete evidence.
I am afraid the Deputy Minister of Transport did not manage to clarify the doubts raised in a convincing manner.
As the immediate past Minister of Transport, I have no intention to play spokesman for the Ministry or any party involved in the procurement.
I still recall one of my first statements when I became minister of transport more than 2 years ago that most would agree that the issue of PKFZ was one of the root causes of Barisan Nasional’s dismal performance in the past general election, especially in the urban areas of Selangor and the Federal Territory. This is a belief that I continue to hold right.
I have always been on the opinion that the proof of the pudding is in the eating. The glitzy launches, glossy brochures and flowery rhetoric will not add up to much if the efforts and initiatives undertaken by the Government are not felt by the people.
The results from the “Peninsular Malaysia Voters Opinion Polls, Quarter 2/ 2010” recently released by Merdeka Centre are far from surprising.
As a Malaysian, I was pleased that both Malaysia and Singapore is able to break the almost 20 year deadlock relating to the issues arising from the Points of Agreement (POA) on Malayan Railway Lands in Singapore. It signified a commitment from the leadership from both countries to seek common ground and understanding to move the issues forward.
