Rafizi, in war, the first line of defend is offend. At the rate of ‘expose’ BN is fully preoccupied in fighting rear battles going into GE13. Keep it up. Don’t just stop at asking George Kent to disclose if they have been awarded a LOI for the project. Ask the chairman Tan Kay Hock if he also plays golf and drinks alcohol with Najib, and whether that is the primary reason why George Kent is back in the running despite failing the technical evaluation of the project. Rafizi is very confident of his facts unlike CTY. Infact the damage to Najib and UMNO’s reputation is so bad in this LRT case that MACC and PDRM had to scramble to Najib’s defence. And what an irony that the MACC and the PDRM is protecting the culprit and harassing the whistle blower. Rafizi should continue this weekly exposé to the end.
Azhar, please deny the following 1. that the committee decided to award the LRT project to Balfour in Jan 2012 2.that GeorgeKent was declared not-qualified by the consultants 3. That GeorgeKent’s tender deposit was refunded to them 4. that Najib unilaterally reversed the decision of the committee to award the LRT project to Balfour and decided instead to award the project to George Kent. Azhar Ghazali seems to be making a pathetic attempt to fool the public and cover Najib’s wrongdoing by beating around the bush. He has completely avoided answering Rafizi’s allegation that the letter of intent (LOI) has been issued to George Kent to allow the company to undertake planning and other preparations.This shady deal in the making is exactly how the filthy hand of umno reaches out to siphon taxpayer funds from every multi-million ringgit project in the country, Its always done with collusion from the umno appointees sitting on boards and it has always involved the umno PM. PKFZ, Matrade, Bank Bumi, MAS …you name it and you’ll find umno’s fingerprints all over the place Azhar Ghazali, cut the long-winded non-explanation and elaborate on the issuance of the LOI to George Kent, when it has been declared technically ill qualified and that its bid was the highest, and why Thales has been allowed to submit what essentially amounts to multiple bids. And remember the KISS rule when you write. AZHAR, we want NAJIB to answer, so can you just let him do it. I am sure he is a big boy and does not need you to answer for him.T.Q.
PKR’s Rafizi Ramli today challenged the George Kent consortium, which had allegedly won the multi-billion Ampang LRT extension contract, to deny that it was given a letter of intent (LOI).He insisted that George Kent had received an LOI, which he says is the “second last step” before the Letter of Award for the contract. added that George Kent “has been going around soliciting contractors indicating that they’ve received the LOI.” (George Kent) should answer whether they have received the LOI,” said Rafizi (picture), the party’s strategic chief.was responding to George Kent chairman Tan Sri Tan Kay Hock’s denial yesterday that the company won the contract, as the contract is “still under evaluation”.Rafizi also urged Syarikat Prasarana Negara Bhd (SPNB) to refute his claims that the contract has already been awarded to the George Kent consortium.”The ball is in Prasarana’s court…Prasarana should come up if they’re so confident that they have not issued the LOI.”"We’ve raised the issue almost a month ago. The only response we’ve got so far is they(Prasarana) dispute the authenticity of the document that we disclosed,” he added. Rafizi had recently showed copies of what looked like Ministry of Finance approval letters dated June 25 2012 agreeing to appoint George Kent for the job at a cost of RM1.18 billion, which Rafizi said was RM167 million more than the bids put in by other parties.Rafizi declined to show “third-party” documents that could prove the existence of the LOI, saying that his sources were “uncomfortable” and wanted to “lie low”.The police recently questioned him about the leakage of documents related to the contract, which are classified under the Official Secrets Act (OSA).He had in recent weeks applied pressure on the prime minister for the alleged interference in the Ampang LRT extension tender, claiming that not only was George Kent’s bid more expensive than others, but the company, which is best known for making water meters lacked sufficient track record for a major rail transit project.
President Obama is slamming Mitt Romney for heading companies that were “pioneers in outsourcing U.S. jobs,” while Romney is accusing Obama of being “the real outsourcer-in-chief.”These are the dog days of summer and the silly season of presidential campaigns. But can we get real, please?The American economy has moved way beyond outsourcing abroad or even “in-sourcing.” Most big companies headquartered in America don’t send jobs overseas and don’t bring jobs here from abroad.That’s because most are no longer really “American” companies. They’ve become global networks that design, make, buy, and sell things wherever around the world it’s most profitable for them to do so.
As an Apple executive told the New York Times, “we don’t have an obligation to solve America’s problems. Our only obligation is making the best product possible.” He might have added “and showing profits big enough to continually increase our share price.”Forget the debate over outsourcing. The real question is how to make Americans so competitive that all global companies — whether or not headquartered in the United States — will create good jobs in America.Apple employs 43,000 people in the United States but contracts with over 700,000 workers overseas. It assembles iPhones in China both because wages are low there and because Apple’s Chinese contractors can quickly mobilize workers from company dorms at almost any hour of the day or night.But low wages aren’t the major force driving Apple or any other American-based corporate network abroad. The components Apple’s Chinese contractors assemble come from many places around the world with wages as high if not higher than in the United States.More than a third of what you pay for an iPhone ends up in Japan, because that’s where some of its most advanced components are made. Seventeen percent goes to Germany, whose precision manufacturers pay wages higher than those paid to American manufacturing workers, on average, because German workers are more highly skilled. Thirteen percent comes from South Korea, whose median wage isn’t far from our own.readmorehttp://themalaybusinesstribune.blogspot.com/2012/07/azhar-ghazaliinliers-we-are-here-for.html
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