Change Poor Govt Admin Systems, Says Kedah Mb

ALOR STAR, Aug 26 (Bernama) -- Kedah Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Mahdzir Khalid Sunday called for an overhaul of government working procedures so as to discard obsolete methods in the delivery system.
He said many aspects of the current administrative system should be replaced, and asked each aspect to be carefully weighed to determine whether they could really benefit the delivery system.
"If the systems hamper the delivery system, the government should have the courage to change them to speed up the implementation of tasks," he told reporters after opening a seminar organised by the Anti-Corruption Agency (ACA) here.
He cited the upgrading of the RM285-million Alor Setar-Kuala Nerang Road as an example and said it could not be implemented until today because the Land Office had not completed the acquisition of land.
"Why didn't the Public Works Department ask to carry out the land acquisition earlier instead of starting the acquisition process after the contractor had been appointed?" he asked.
He said finger-pointing among government departments happened often when projects were delayed and government officers were also blamed for the delay.
He said several obsolete procedures in Kedah had been abolished. For instance, at the Kulim High-Tech Park, investment procedures had been shortened from three months to one.
He said similar action would be taken in other departments in the state.

tunku : the leaders only talk,talk and talk.we had heard about the government wants delivery system made easier millions time since
couple of years ago....but till today there is not much done.our leaders should just stop reading the text that is written by someone else to them.they should also monitor the progress themselves not just making statement and that's it.we had heard so many big foreign companies withdrew their intention investment here just because of the red tapes.if our government is bold enough and really wants to solve this delivery system thing than we would not face these problems.the invest kedah promotion booklet should carry some interesting photo of kedah development not the mb face.the mb is not kedah and kedah is not about the mb.