George Kent Awarded The Ampang MRT

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 fittings, 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...