By Moses Lim
The recent roof collapse of the Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium in Trengganu is another accumulated proof of a sickening malady in Malaysia – that the ruling politicians have overstepped their bounds of duty and responsibility and taken over the role of the professionals in public projects.
The skeleton has now come out that the State PWD has not yet issued issue the Works Completion Order (Certificate of Practical Completion) which then leads to the next stage of testing and commissioning the facilties. If everything passed this stage, then the professionals will recommend the issue the CF for use of the facility. Obviously in the case of the Trengganu stadium, the ruling politicians have deemed it fit for use despite the lack of the issue of the recommendation from the professionals.
In our days in the University, we were taught to do a feasibiltiy study before launching into a project. But in Bolehland, it is the ruling politicians that had first decided on the project and then the professionals come in to do the necessary justifications to suit the prior decision of the ruling politician. Reflect back on the Kuantan Port, the Bakun Hydro-Electric Dam, the ‘Crooked Bridge ‘ and other projects carried out in the country not based on technical best fit but on political best fit.
Two groups of people are now called to make a difference in our land: to the ruling politician, will you respect the input of the professional in the decision making of public projects? to the professional, will you stand up to the politician and not commit technical suicide?
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