George Kent, a company specializing in making meters for water meters was awarded the contract to upgrade the Ampang LRT.
About George Kent..."George Kent is an engineering company involved in manufacturing, trading and investment and development of water infrastructure projects. The core business is in the water industry. It has contributed to the nation’s manufacturing growth by building up over the years to become the leader in the region in brass products manufacturing. George Kent is the market leader in the supply of control instrumentation, telemetry, pipes, valves and ļ¬ttings, industrial and domestic water meters, boilers, incinerators and building automation systems..." ... extracted from 2011 annual report..
The Star paper on 31 July published the news about the awards... KUALA LUMPUR: Syarikat Prasarana Negara Bhd has awarded the George Kent-Lion Pacific joint venture the contract to undertake the system works for the Ampang LRT line extension project.
Prasarana, which is the project and asset owner of the LRT line extension project, had on Tuesday said the contract would involve the engineering, procurement, construction, testing and commissioning. "The JV is 100% locally-owned companies and is well supported by reputable local and international multi-disciplinary technical partners; all with proven track records in their respective field of systems implementation expertise," it said.
The general public are screeching the heads wondering the basis of the tender award. The government is saying that they company will be working with established and experience international organisations to implement the project. The will draw upon the experiences of these organisations.
I wonder what strategies these people in power are thinking about..
But then the results show.. we are well behind Singapore in almost all fields.. That reflect the leadership we are having...
Friday, August 31, 2012
Thursday, August 23, 2012
Sarawak Aquatics Center Not Up to Standard
It was reported in the Star on Friday August 24, 2012 that Sarawak State's aquatics centre not up to Olympic standards. The report was made by YU JI (yuji@thestar.com.my)
So much for the euphoria and celebration to mark the opening of the RM36mil National Center of Excellence as part of the Youth Sport Complex. It was published as one of the best swimming and diving facilities in this country. Even the Federal Sport Minister was visiting the facilities to give support and get some free publicity.
The center was opened with much a fanfare, for the "great effort of the Federal Government to recognize the mould the local talents". What a anti-climax, they cannot even learn how to build a diving platform, a structure so basic that even an undergraduate would be able to design one, provided he is given the freedom to choose.
It is not UNCOMMON to find building build by Malaysia Federal Government, cracking and cannot be used. The most recent was, the ceiling of a public hospital felled off and injured the hospital workers...see
Another well known case was the MRR2 pillars that cracked. 31 out of the 33 pillars needed repair costing million. Although it was clear that it was not caused by nature, the peoples money was used to repair. The inconvenience and traffic delays was causing million MR, but there was no explanation by the contractors, and not even an apology.
Back to the issue in Sarawak.. it seem that they are asking for more of the Federal Funds... remind me of the speech by our PM..." I screeched your back and your screech my back....how much Lu want??"
So much for the euphoria and celebration to mark the opening of the RM36mil National Center of Excellence as part of the Youth Sport Complex. It was published as one of the best swimming and diving facilities in this country. Even the Federal Sport Minister was visiting the facilities to give support and get some free publicity.
The center was opened with much a fanfare, for the "great effort of the Federal Government to recognize the mould the local talents". What a anti-climax, they cannot even learn how to build a diving platform, a structure so basic that even an undergraduate would be able to design one, provided he is given the freedom to choose.
It is not UNCOMMON to find building build by Malaysia Federal Government, cracking and cannot be used. The most recent was, the ceiling of a public hospital felled off and injured the hospital workers...see
Aug 13, 2012 ... SERDANG: Three nurses and a female medical officer at the Serdang Hospitals' Emergency Department were injured when 15 ceiling pieces ...
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Another well known case was the MRR2 pillars that cracked. 31 out of the 33 pillars needed repair costing million. Although it was clear that it was not caused by nature, the peoples money was used to repair. The inconvenience and traffic delays was causing million MR, but there was no explanation by the contractors, and not even an apology.
Back to the issue in Sarawak.. it seem that they are asking for more of the Federal Funds... remind me of the speech by our PM..." I screeched your back and your screech my back....how much Lu want??"
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Tanjung Bin TNB Plants
Malakoff, the biggest IPP (independent power producer) with the net generating capacity of 5020MW was given the contract to construct another 1000MW coal power station at Tanjung Bin in Johor. The contract was quoted priced at RM6.5bil (Starbiz page 6 14 Aug 20120).
Currently, Malakoff operates six Power Generation Plants in Malaysia. They are:
1. Tanjung Bin at Johor - coal fired - 2,100MW
2. Port Dickson - Gas Turbine - 440MW
3. Kapar in Selangor - Coal, Oil and Gas
4. GB 3 Perak - 640MW
5. Lumut Perak - Gas Turbine - 1303MW
6. PERAI - Gas Turbine - 350MW
The project is scheduled to complete on 2016. Under the secret agreement with the government, Malakoff will be making the generating capability for Tenaga National for 25 years. It is unknown whether the purchase rate is lower or higher than the market value.
Currently, Malakoff operates six Power Generation Plants in Malaysia. They are:
1. Tanjung Bin at Johor - coal fired - 2,100MW
2. Port Dickson - Gas Turbine - 440MW
3. Kapar in Selangor - Coal, Oil and Gas
4. GB 3 Perak - 640MW
5. Lumut Perak - Gas Turbine - 1303MW
6. PERAI - Gas Turbine - 350MW
The project is scheduled to complete on 2016. Under the secret agreement with the government, Malakoff will be making the generating capability for Tenaga National for 25 years. It is unknown whether the purchase rate is lower or higher than the market value.
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