Sunday 16 June 2013

STRINGENT REQUIREMENTS ON PUBLIC WORKS






VISITING.....Datuk Fadilah visiting the scene of the recent landslide at KM20 of the Penampang Tambunan Road.

By : NOVA RENATA

DATUK Fadillah Yusof had a busy schedule on his first visit to Kota Kinabalu as Federal Minister of Works yesterday. He paid a courtesy call on Chief Minister Datuk Seri Panglima Musa Hj. Aman and then Deputy Chief Minister / Minister of Infrastructure Development, Tan Sri Joseph Pairin Kitingan before making a quick tour of some road projects.

He inspected the upgrading work on the KK-Papar Road at Petagas which is part of the Trans-Borneo Highway that will connect Sabah with Sarawak through Brunei. He then went to KM20 of the Penampang–Tambunan Road, scene of a recent landslide that disrupted traffic between Kota Kinabalu and the interior towns of Sabah.

Speaking to reporters who followed him to the landslide site he said that the landslide occurred because  there was no  ‘proper construction practice’ on the part of the Public Works Department, the concession contractors and developers in general.

He said that in the future, the Public Works Department has to form a team of qualified personnel who will be able to conduct risk assessments and lay down ground rules for good construction practices. He called for a standard construction procedure which will be part of the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) that contractors and developers must strictly adhere to.

Apart from good work practices in general, he also advised contractors and developers to be mindful of good governance, calling it a 'social responsibility' to ensure good ethics in in construction works. He considered the hiring of skilled workers as part of good governance.

He  warned contractors and developers that his Ministry would take legal action against those who carry out their works without concern for public safety.

Datuk Fadillah also said that his Ministry is considering upgrading more roads in Sabah by adding more carriageways to ease  traffic flow. This road expansion project is necessary to meet the growing needs of road users in Sabah,“ he said. (Insight Sabah)

14 comments:

  1. jangan berlembut dengan pihak kontraktor atau pemaju.. jika didapati mereka melakukan kerja tanpa memenuhi standard piawaian, ambil tindakan tegas atau senaraihitamkan lesen mereka..

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  2. Pihak yang bertanggungjawab terhadap penyelenggaraan jalan raya di negeri ini khususnya Jabatan Kerja Raya (JKR) dan kontraktor diminta menyegerakan pembaikan kerosakan di beberapa laluan jalan raya di seluruh negeri ini.

    Pengarah Jabatan Keselamatan Jalan Raya (JKJR) Sabah, Herdiansah Abdul Karim berkata, ini terutamanya di beberapa laluan jalan raya utama di kawasan Pantai Timur negeri ini yang mengalami masalah kerosakan.

    “Saya dapati banyak jalan raya yang menjadi laluan utama di kawasan Pantai Timur tidak elok dan berlubang-lubang, ia boleh menyebabkan kemalangan terutamanya ketika memandu pada waktu malam,” katanya.

    Bercakap kepada pemberita selepas menghadiri kempen Keselamaan Jalan Raya “Salam Kasih Ramadan” peringkat negeri di sini, hari ini, Herdiansah berkata, pihak berkenaan perlu pro aktif menjalankan kerja-kerja penyelenggaraan jalan raya terutamanya pada musim-musim perayaan.

    “Walaupun faktor kecuaian manusia menjadi penyumbang utama kepada kejadian kemalangan jalan raya, tetapi perkara-perkara seperti itu perlu juga diberi perhatian penting bagi memastikan pengguna jalan raya berasa selesa ketika berada di jalan raya,” katanya.

    Hedriansah berkata, kebanyakan kes kemalangan jalan raya berprofil tinggi yang melibatkan kes kematian lebih tiga orang pada tahun lalu di negeri ini daripada 10 kes yang dilaporkan, lapan kes berlaku di laluan jalan raya di Pantai Timur.

    Beliau yang juga Setiausaha Majlis Keselamatan Jalan Raya (MKJR) Sabah juga meminta supaya pihak yang bertanggungjawab meletakkan papan-papan tanda amaran yang jelas di tempat tempat yang strategik sekiranya ada kerja-kerja penyelenggaraan di jalan raya dibuat.

    Ini katanya, bagi memudakan para pengguna jalan raya terutamanya mereka yang pertama kali melalui jalan berkenaan khususnya para pelancong supaya mereka berhati-hati ketika melalui laluan berkenaan.

    “Di samping itu,ada juga tanda garisan di tengah-tengah laluan jalan sudah pudar dan tidak kelihatan dan ianya menyukarkan para pengguna jalan raya itu sendiri terutamanya apabila memandu pada waktu malam,” tambahnya.

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  3. The Kota Kinabalu Industrial Park (KKIP) has to date attracted more than RM2 billion in investment value in various industry clusters, mainly from small and medium industries (SMIs)

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  4. Chief Minister Datuk Seri Musa Haji Aman said this value is anticipated to increase by year-end and would further boost the state’s economy.

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  5. Being the leading industrial park in Sabah, KKIP has a distinct role in contributing towards achieving the state’s target in economic growth.

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  6. KKIP had succeeded in developing a capable team of professionals, who had also contributed greatly in bringing industrialisation to places such as Sipitang and Lahad Datu.

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  7. over 6,000 jobs have been created, mainly from the manufacturing sector and annually, some 10,000 trainees undergo professional skills training at various local institutions. Some of them are affiliated to KKIP

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  8. CM urged KKIP to keep abreast of trends in manpower development to ensure new tailor-made courses are introduced in the skills and research institutions, to meet Sabah’s specific human resources needs.

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  9. Musa said it was also the fervent hope of the Sabah government that KKIP Sdn Bhd undertake appropriate steps to achieve a much higher and faster rate of progress in promoting industrial initiatives.

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  10. The state government is fully committed to the development of KKIP through the provision of basic supporting manufacturing infrastructure

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  11. Rubber smallholders in Sabah and Sarawak now have the opportunity to voice out their needs and problems when the 2013 Rubber Industries Smallholders Authority (Risda) Smallholder Census, which starts next week, will be engaging them for the first time.

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  12. Rural and Regional Development Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal said the move to include rubber smallholders from both states compared to those in the peninsula before, was intented to strengthen Risda’s database with information on the latest statistics on land ownership, operators, smallholdings and socio-economic status.

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  13. Previously, RISDA conducted the census three times, in 1977, 1992 and 2002.

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  14. perlu atasi masalah tanah runtuh seperti ini.

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