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Saturday, October 18, 2014

STAY OUT SYED MOKHTAR, OTHER UMNO CRONIES! Borneo highway should be built by Sabah contractors

STAY OUT SYED MOKHTAR, OTHER UMNO CRONIES! Borneo highway should be built by Sabah contractors
The Sabah government should insist that the Sabah section of the Pan-Borneo Highway be built without any peninsula companies as the main contractor to avoid skimming of the contract sum and ending with lower quality roads.
It should learn from the Sarawak road quality experience.
Datuk Ghafur Salleh has disclosed that UEM-MMC is to be the main contractor in Sabah unlike the Sarawak government’s insistence that no peninsula Umno companies or cronies be involved in the Sarawak section.
If one were to take a leisurely drive in Lawas, Sarawak, some 850km from Kuching, one would notice that the roads in Lawas are wider by 61cm and of better quality than similar roads in Sabah. Not only are Sabah roads narrower, they are full of potholes even in Kota Kinabalu.
Analysts suggest that the road quality problems in Sabah is mainly due to main contracts being awarded to Umno-linked non-Sabahan companies which then take large commissions and amounts from the contract sums, leaving razor-thin low margins for the sub-contractors.
When the sub-sub-sub-contracts reach the ultimate work sub-contractors in Sabah, many are forced to cut corners because of low prices and sub-standard and poor quality roads are the end result.
In Sarawak, they do not allow Umno-linked companies to be involved and because of the non-skimming at the top, there are better prices for Sarawak contractors.
Datuk Ghafur Salleh
It was not surprising and wise for the Sarawak government to name Lebuhraya Borneo Utara Sdn Bhd to undertake the Sarawak portion of the Pan-Borneo Highway and to reject any involvement by the peninsula Umno-linked companies.
Of course, there is no Umno in Sarawak and Sarawak Barisan Nasional is in a better position to dictate terms to Putrajaya compared with Sabah, which is managed by Sabah Umno.
Regardless of whether they are from Umno or not, the Sabah government should adopt a similar stand to reject any peninsula company involvement in the Sabah Pan-Borneo Highway, to ensure Sabah contractors benefit from the construction and to prevent skimming.
At the same time, perhaps, better quality roads will be built in Sabah. Better profits for Sabah contractors will also be a booster to the Sabah economy.
Will the Sabah government and Sabah Umno stand up to the bosses in Putrajaya for the benefit of Sabah and stop Umno peninsula companies from continuing to rob Sabah and Sabahans as said by Ghafur in Parliament? –TMI

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