If Putrajaya is to become a well recognised city, then the PICC should remain as a convention center. Meeting places are extremely important as starting points of introducing visitors to the city.
Converting this venue to a Parliament House is unwise in the long run. Is the current Parliament building so unusable as to necessitate a prolonged debate on the issue?
In view of the dire economic situation, perhaps only the utmost urgent renovations should be allowed. The Federal Government’s current dilemma leaves the public with a bad taste in the mouth as this came shortly after the Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department went to great lengths to convince Malaysians that subsidies have to removed to avoid bankrupcy in 9 years!
It is thus unfortunate that even the royals have no regard towards the welfare of the country. Cost overruns in the construction of the Agong’s palace comes at an untimely period. Apart from being a showcase, there is little function in a grandiose palace. Unfortunately our economic planners see it fit to build for our constitutional monarch, awarding the contract to well connected companies.
Cost overruns can occur anywhere but to have such frequent misjudgments which amount to double the original predictions, is unacceptable. Unfortunately, transparency in such issues is sorely lacking.
On top of that, the Government now tells its brightest students that they cannot get anymore financial assistance as funds are severely limited!
I have had enough of this nonsense. The current Federal Government appears jaded and confused. Their only preoccupation is ensuring that Anwar is convicted and removed from the political scene, hoping that he is the vital link to the stability of the opposition alliance.
As a fellow “shareholder” of this country, I say that it is indeed time to change the management team which is clearly no longer competent at managing the country!
