No action taken on 32 recommendations

Thirty-two recommendations made under the 2008 and 2009 Auditor-General’s Report have yet to be acted upon and those concerned have been told to take action. As of April, ministries, departments, government-linked companies had acted on 172 (98.9%) recommendations of the 174 made in 2008 and 220 (88%) of the 250 made in 2009.
The AG’s report for 2008, among others, pointed out that no action had been taken to implement plans for the Langkawi International Shooting Range Malaysia complex.
The Home Ministry was informed that discussions had been held with the Youth and Sports Ministry and the National Sports Council to turn the complex into a tourist attraction or be handed over to the ministry but no decision had been made.
The ministry was supposed to turn the complex into the Transnational Organised Crime Academy (Matoc) but policy decisions were still at the discussion stage.
The Tanjong City Marina in Penang had incurred losses of between RM690,000 and RM990,000 from 2006 till 2009 because it was seldom used.
Only 39 ships used the berthing bay each month although it had the capacity to accommodate 140 vessels.
The AG’s report in 2008 had recommended that the Tanjong City Marina damages be repaired immediately while efforts be made to ensure that the marina was fully utilised.
Following the report, the Penang Port Sdn Bhd (PPSB) board of directors approved RM8.5mil to upgrade the wave attenuator corner system and pontoon but no follow-up action had been taken.