PETALING JAYA (May 28, 2009): The Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) report today identified a number of parties with prior association to either the Pulau Indah land where the project sits or Kuala Dimensi Sdn Bhd (KDSB), the developer for the project, which may have give rise to potential conflicts of interest. Among the... »
Archive for May, 2009
PKFZ report finds 20 issues required the attention of the PKA
Thursday, May 28th, 2009
By: (Thu, 28 May 2009) PETALING JAYA (May 28, 2009) : International audit firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) identified 20 issues in connection with the Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) project, which require the attention of the board of the Port Klang Authority (PKA). The report categorised the issues under five broad areas — the authority... »
PKFZ audit report: Over to MACC
Thursday, May 28th, 2009
By Giam Say Khoon PETALING JAYA (May 28, 2009): Transport Minister Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat has ordered the Port Klang Authority (PKA) to lodge a report with the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) tomorrow to initiate a probe based on the Port Klang Free Zone audit report which was made public today. The 45-page... »
PwC report on PKFZ Scandal – has it answers to five questions I posed to Ong Tee Keat on 9th April 2009?
Thursday, May 28th, 2009
By Lim Kit Siang I welcome the public release of the PricewaterhouseCooper (PwC) audit report into the Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) scandal, which I had been pressuring the Transport Minister, Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat in the past year, which had been intensified in the past two months, not only on Ong, but... »
PKFZ report to be released
Wednesday, May 27th, 2009
By Husna Yusop PUTRAJAYA (May 27, 2009) : The audit report on the RM4.6 billion Port Klang Free Zone project is scheduled to be released tomorrow afternoon, following green light given by the cabinet at its weekly meeting today. The Port Klang Authority will convene a board meeting tomorrow morning, followed by the release... »
Lim’s resignation linked to PKFZ’s slow growth
Tuesday, May 26th, 2009
KLANG: The slow pace of improvement at the Port Klang Free Zone as well as breach of confidentiality have been cited as the key reasons which led to the resignation of Lim Thean Shiang as PKFZ Sdn Bhd executive chairman and the port authority’s general manager. »
Najib is the primary target in Penanti by-election – referendum on his first 2 months as PM
Monday, May 25th, 2009
By Lim Kit Siang The Penanti by-election has been described as a dull and unexciting contest because of the absence of the Barisan Nasional candidate. The PKR and PR candidate, Mansor Othman is challenged by three independent candidates. The real battle however is not between Mansor and the three independent candidates, but with the... »
PKA chairman no longer has power to release PKFZ report
Thursday, May 21st, 2009
KUALA LUMPUR: Even though all technical issues have been cleared for the Port Klang Authority to release the controversial Port Klang Free Zone report, the PKA board meeting had on May 21 resolved that PKA chairman Datuk Lee Hwa Beng cannot make the report public since it is now being deliberated in Cabinet. Lee... »
PKFZ report now with ministers
Thursday, May 21st, 2009
PETALING JAYA: The cabinet is studying the Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) report pending its release to the public. In response to the numerous requests and enquiries from the press on the status of the PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) report on the controversial PKFZ project, Transport Minister Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat said, through his blog... »
Public release of PKFZ report up to Cabinet
Thursday, May 21st, 2009
PORT KLANG: The decision to make public the audit report on the Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) project lies with the Cabinet, said Port Klang Authority chairman Datuk Lee Hwa Beng. He said this was because the issue had been deliberated during the last two Cabinet meetings. »