Tuesday, 14 June 2011

RM100 MILLION THAT NOBODY BLEW



By : ROCKY BRU

Less than RM100,000, ministry clarifies Bernama report.

Original posting:-

REPORTED: Rais' ministry allocated RM100 million to celebrate 2011 Artistes' Day held on May 29, 2011

PERCEPTION: Rais blew half year's budget in one day as spun by Lim Guan Eng and dad Lim Kit Siang

THE FACTS: 1. The ministry did not spend RM100 million [I heard it spent less than RM10 million for the event, but this is not a fact yet]

2. The RM200 million allocated last year comes under Creative Industry Fund and is a low-interest loan scheme. [see here for details as announced by Najib Razak last year]

BEATING PERCEPTION. Why Rais Yatim can't come out instantly to throw out the rubbish that the Lims have been dishing out on this matter beats me. Our Information Ministry must be able to act faster, or perception will be regarded as the truth (for example, see ..cut Rais Yatim's pay by Malaysiakini).

I hope the minister is not thinking of ANOTHER legal action because if he is, he would have to sue Bernama, the national news agency which came out with the erroneous report. Bernama comes directly under Rais, just in case he does not know that also.

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6 comments:

  1. Anonymous15 June 2011 at 08:27

    Hope that the truth will be revealed. The government needs to be more transparent to avoid this sort of perception from the public.

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  2. Anonymous15 June 2011 at 08:28

    Instead of suing everyone, why don't Rais try to clarify those accusations first.

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  3. Anonymous15 June 2011 at 08:30

    macam-macam isu yang ditimbulkan, sebaiknya jika penjelasan dibuat.

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  4. nickko15 June 2011 at 09:08

    Kementerian Penerangan Komunikasi dan Kebudayaan (KPKK) hanya membelanjakan RM97,800 untuk sambutan Hari Seniman 2011 pada 29 Mei lepas.. perbelanjaan RM100 juta digunakan bagi sambutan itu merupakan salah faham.

    jumlah RM100 juta itu sebenarnya merujuk kepada wang yang telah disalurkan sehingga kini kepada para penggiat seni di bawah Dana Industri Kreatif..

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  5. mandau15 June 2011 at 09:50

    ya. baik dijelaskan agar ia tak diperbesarkan lagi.

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  6. Unknown16 June 2011 at 09:12

    RM100 juta itu sungguh mustahil. Mungkin ada pihak lain yang cuba membuat penilaian mereka sendiri. RM100juta bagus beli terus bangunan yang disewa itu.

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