Update: 03-11-2010 Translation into Mandarin is at the bottom. Thank you Sem for translating this posting – Tsieh Tsieh.
Last evening at about 8:30 pm, the “Tourist” Minister, YB Datuk Seri Dr Ng Yen Yen was not present in Parliament to answer questions here on her “holiday trips” to 21 countries and 61 cities throughout her tenure as Minister of Tourism since 4th April 2009 and Homestay Programe. She has spent public fund totaling RM3.2 million for the “holiday trips”. She left it to the Deputy Minister, YB Datuk Dawos to face the music on her behalf.
The Deputy Minister was unable to answer many questions except to defend the indensible. I have asked several questions and received no satisfactory answers and they were as follows:
1. the RM3 million donation to the Shoe Makers Association by the Ministry to sponsor the Shoes Festival in PWTC KL in March/April 2010?
2. the damning report by the Auditor General regarding Homestay Programe where upgrading works of the houses were not carried out according to specifications with no supervision at all and issuance of Certificate of Registration for participants for such programe without proper check and control;
3. what are the benefits/results of the “Tourist” Minister’s “holidays trips” with her husband to the 21 countries that caused the nation RM3.2 millions;
4, the total cost of the Malaysian Pavilion in Shanghai Expo which has escalated to about RM45 million and the poor reception from the poor reception.
YB Anthony Loke, MP for Rasah, who has visited the Malaysian Pavilion was disgusted with the Malaysian Pavilion where the leaflets were printed with numerous mistakes like “We incite you to visit Malaysian Pavilion”. The poor Deputy Minister had to defend the mistake by saying the “incite” was the right word to use under the circumstances i.e. to to make visitors to the expo to come to visit our Malaysian Pavilion. What a poor try! May be he was instructed by the “Tourist” Minister to defend her.
If the “Tourist” Minister thought that she could get away by missing in action then she is up for surprises next week. During the Committee Stage of the Budget Debate I shall pursue the above and I am sure my fellow MP, YB Anthony Loke, and others will also do so.
‘旅客’部长的失踪！
昨天晚上大约八点三十分，‘旅客’部长拿督斯里黄燕燕并没有出现在国会以解释关于其自二零零九年四月四号担任旅游部长所推行的民宿计划时，为何飞往二十一个国家六十一个城市‘度假’。她共花费了三百二十万令吉‘度假’。她把这个任务留给了副部长拿督达瓦斯，让他代替自己面对质问。
副部长无法回答许多问题。我问了一些问题却都没有收到满意的答复，问题如下：
1． 该部捐了三百万令吉给制鞋公会是为了赞助2010年3月/4月在吉隆坡太子世界贸易中心鞋子嘉年华？
2． 由审计局的确凿报告指出民宿计划中房子的升级工作是在没有任何监督下进行，而且注册证明书的颁发也没有经过正确的审查及控制
3． ‘旅客’部长花费3百20万在21国的‘度假’有什么成绩/利益？
4． 耗资4千5百万的上海世博会大马馆却没有收到大效用及利益。
拉萨国会议员安东尼洛克在拜访大马馆后觉得很反感，因为大马馆所派的传单上有许多错误，例如，‘我们煽动您驾临大马馆’。可怜的副部长被迫反驳说‘煽动’这个字用在那时是对的，例如这是为了让世博会的旅客参观大马馆。这真是可悲的举动。可能他是受了‘旅客’部长的指示来帮她辩护。
如果‘旅客’部长以为她闹失踪就可以了事那么下星期她会非常惊讶。在预算辩论时的委員會審議階段我会继续追究以上事项，而且我很肯定资深国会议员，安东尼洛克和其他人也会这么做。
