Auntie Ng Yen Yen, Please Step Aside..

It's shameful.. Tourism Ministry in Malaysia has always been the subject of controversy. Providing direct contract has been the subject of contention. Recently Auntie Yen Yen has been under scrutiny again. Malaysia's Tourism Minister Dr Ng Yen Yen denied recently that her ministry had overpaid close to RM270 million worth of advertisements as reported in the 2010 Auditor-General’s (AG) Report, which is a breach of Treasury rules.

“The ministry did not overspend, did not spend more… The report says that the amount of direct buy is more but not the total amount of promotion is more, there’s a difference,” Ng, who is MCA vice-president, told reporters today after launching the 2011 Art Expo Malaysia here.

In the report, the AG had reported that the ministry had overpaid in advertising fees when it tendered out its contracts directly. Ng failed to reply to this but merely said direct negotiations were permitted and maintained that the prices paid were not above market rates. “With direct negotiation, you deal directly with the media, you do away with intermediary. The prices we paid are never above the market price. We did it to get as much value as possible”. According the Auditor-General, the advertisements could have cost only RM75.38 million if an open tender was carried out. Hhmm.. so Auntie Yen Yen, getting as much value as possible? If that's the case, the cost should be lower especially when there is no intermediary. Aiyoo.. kalu macam nie macamana MCA mahu menang itu General Election.. Please step down. Malaysians are not stupid.