A truly independent specialist committee to investigate the Terengganu stadium roof collapse.

DAP National Deputy Chairman and MP for Kepong Dr Tan Seng Giaw calls for a genuinely independent specialist committee to investigate the roof collapse of the Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium, Gong Badak, Kuala Terengganu.

Once the causes of the collapse have been identified, the report should be submitted to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission and the Public Accounts Committee in Parliament.

Dr Tan reflects the feeling of most people who are not surprised at the repeated problems arising from public propjects. Cracks, collapse,leakage and so forth are commonplace. There have been criminal wastage of public fund.

The stadium was completed by the main contractors, Bina Struktur SdnBhd, Emarcon Sdn Bhd and Genggam Mercu in April, 2008. It cost RM 292million. Fortunately, the disaster caused no death or injury.

We have experienced major problems of public projects, starting from the repeated roof leakages of parliament building, the long-delayed Martrade building, the repeated cracks of Kepong MRR2, the much delayed flood mitigation project in Jinjang, Kepong, and the mystery of the Port of Klang Free Zone project. The public are angry.

We do not want the repeat of the episode of MRR2 cracks in which 8 foreign consultants were appointed, a report carried out by a professional company and a repair by yet another foreign company,ending in further cracks. Let us have a real independent specialist committee to find out the causes of the stadium roof collapse and its safety.

There have been unhappiness over the Federal Government's tender or non-tender system, the cost of projects, the effectiveness of the management and the maintenance. Does the country have reliable contractors? Because of poor supervision and management, hundreds of millions of public fund have been wasted.

Dr Tan Seng Giaw