IPOH, Nov 30 – According to Auditor-General Tan Sri Ambrin Buang, Perak is the best example in financial management by state government. While praising the state government’s efficiency, Ambrin said Perak was also among the first states in the country to prepare and submit their financial reports to the National Audit Department.
“Apart from its good financial management, Perak is also the state with high level of financial reserves in 20 years and it has also continued to increase consistently over the last five years. Perak also managed to record a surplus even after tabling a deficit budget, and based on this achievement, indeed the state government has a competency to make optimal use of available financial resources in implementing various activities,” he said.
He told this to the reporters after opening the Malaysian Audit Day and Public Sector Auditors Conference 2015 here Monday. A total of 13 government departments in Perak received a four-star rating, which is the highest rating, for their excellent financial management.
The departments are the State Secretary Office, Department of Syariah Judiciary, Department of Social Welfare, Taiping Municipal Council, Batu Gajah District Council, Perak Water Authority, Kerian District and Land Office, Kinta District and Land Office and State Sports Council.
Also State Drainage and Irrigation Department, Kampung Gajah District and Land Office, Selama District Council and Pengkalan Hulu District Council. Meanwhile, Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir announced that the state government would give some incentives to the departments which had received the four-star rating. He said this was to enable the departments to continue pursuing excellence in financial management.
