BY: NORHAYATI UMOR
SHAH ALAM, AUG 5: Tan Sri Noh Omar admitted to breaking his promise to provide RM1.8 million to repair faulty electrical wiring and grills of Kota Damansara Projek Perumahan Rakyat (PPR).
Housing, Building Management and Urban Settlement Exco Dato’ Iskandar Abdul Samad said Noh withdrew the budget upon the State Government’s announcement regarding the repair works.
This contradicted his earlier promise, which he made when he was Selangor Federal Action Council Chairman in January 2015.
“The provision was in the State Government Budget but if that was his excuse, well then it is a convenient way of gaining publicity.
“Noh had announced the provision for repair works, which were in fact an allocation by State Government. But when we did the work, they (Federal Government) withdrew the budget,” he said.
At the same time, Iskandar reiterated his call for Noh to behave like a statesman and not act like a Branch Chief.
Noh - who is also the Urban Wellbeing, Housing and Local Government Minister - had previously denied breaking his promise to allocate RM1.8 million to repair faulty electrical wires and grills at the Kota Damanasara PPR.
“Since the State Government had announced that they will provide a special allocation for this, we postponed giving the money. Meanwhile, the Federal Government had also spent RM800,000 for developments in that PPR area.
“It was not that we broke our promise. The question is why didn’t they (State Government) announce (budget) earlier,” he said in a media conference.
