Source from: New Straits Times, Original Article
LANGKAWI: The Communications and Digital Ministry takes a serious view of its unfinished development projects, categorised as ‘sick’ because they have not been completed on schedule.
Minister Fahmi Fadzil said there are currently two ‘sick’ projects under the ministry — construction of the Langkawi RTM building here and the Bintulu RTM building in Sarawak.
“We view seriously any projects which have been given allocations and issued with letters of acceptance but could not be implemented.
“This project in Langkawi is one of the two sick projects under the ministry, and I will try to visit the other project site in Bintulu later,” he told reporters after inspecting the project site for the Langkawi RTM building in Kampung Buluh Penyumpit, Kuah, here today.
He said the Langkawi project should have been completed on Sept 19 last year but had to be re-tendered after the contractor failed to complete it despite three extensions.
He said the ministry and the Public Works Department terminated the contractor’s contract in April this year and would undertake a fresh tender process to appoint a new contractor.
“Site works are expected to begin once the project has been tendered out again. We expect the Langkawi RTM project to resume in October or November this year and to be completed in two years, he said.
Earlier, Fahmi, who was accompanied by secretary-general Datuk Mohamad Fauzi Md Isa, also visited the Langkawi District Information Office at the Langkawi Development Authority Complex. –BERNAMA
