GEORGETOWN, May 5 – Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng said that the refusal of the Barisan Nasional (BN) for the election (PRK) Investment constituency, Suhaimi Shabudin answered his questions concerning the awarding of contracts involving Bumiputera contractors in Penang has explained the truth.
He said his reluctance (Suhaimi) tells the truth all at once denied earlier that the Bumiputera difficult to get contracts from the State Government. “I have asked him, as a Malay contractors can he find food in Penang, “The UMNO and BN deliberately play the contractor racist, supposedly in Penang Malay contractors can not project.
“Like I explained, that since the State Pakatan Rakyat (PR) took over, the number of Malay contractors who receive contractual increased eight-fold compared to before. “It is clearly stated in the tender procurement State from 2008 until 2014, which saw a total of 94 percent of projects awarded to Bumiputera contractors through open tender,” he said at a press conference here today.
According to CM Lim Guan Eng, through an open tender system, the State chose the contractor who offers the best and most reasonable price and not as claimed. He added that, from the period 2008 to 2014, the State Government has offered a total of 6,095 projects through open tender and the quotation,
Of these, a total of 5,688 projects were offered to Bumiputera contractors with a contract value of RM7,814,155,851.16 equivalent to 94% of the total. “Between 2008 and 2014, the contract was invited by the State Government amounted to RM8.31 billion to RM7.81 billion was offered to Bumiputera contractors.
“During this period (2008 to 2014), the State Government has offered a total of 6,095 project tenders and quotations. Of these, a total of 5,688 projects were offered to Bumiputera contractors with a contract value of RM7,814,155,8511.16 equivalent 94 per cent. “A total of 407 projects have been offered to non-Bumiputera contractors with the cost of RM496,354,874.44 equivalent to 6 per cent, ” he said.
