Petition for Truth Behind Jobs Commissioned and Cost Breakdown for the Tourism Malaysia fan page
We request Datuk Seri Dr Ng Yen Yen to present the details of jobs commissioned and the breakdown of costs for the fan page and campaigns. The time given to Datuk Seri Dr Ng Yen Yen to prepare the report is 72 hours, starting at 12 midnight, 20th June 2011 and expiring at 12 midnight of 23rd June 2011.
By Curi-curi Wang Malaysia
YAB Datuk Seri Najib Razak, Cabinet Ministers and Malaysia Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC),
YAB/YB 19 June 2011
We are writing on behalf of the undersigned Malaysians to ask that YAB raise with the Tourism Minister, Datuk Seri Dr Ng Yen Yen, the case of the Ministry of Tourism’s expenditure of RM1,758,432 to start and maintain their Tourim Malaysia ~ Cuti-cuti 1Malaysia Facebook fan page at http://www.facebook.com/CutiCuti1Malaysia.
According to the answer provided by the Deputy Tourism Minister, James Dawos Mamit in Parliament, each of the 6 Facebook applications cost RM293,072 — Cuti-Cuti 1 Malaysia, Citrawarna 1Malaysia, Karnival Jualan Mega 1 Malaysia, Festival Pelancongan Seni Kontemporari 1 Malaysia, Kempen 1 Malaysia Bersih and Fabulous Food 1 Malaysia. James Dawos Mamit explained that the almost RM1.8 million included costs for designing, flash programming and coding, testing and debugging, uploading and launching the application, system server deployment and campaign management.
Nevertheless, a Facebook fan page does not need most of the above. The cost for testing and debugging, uploading and launching of application and system server deployment is negligible since these are processes done by Facebook itself. So the amount may account for the non-Facebook sites that the ministry had commissioned for. Until and unless the Tourism Minister releases the details of jobs commissioned and completed, we will never know how the expenditure was allocated for work done on the fan page.
We request Datuk Seri Dr Ng Yen Yen to present the details of jobs commissioned and the breakdown of costs for the fan page and campaigns. The time given to Datuk Seri Dr Ng Yen Yen to prepare the report is 72 hours, starting at 12 midnight, 20th June 2011 and expiring at 12 midnight of 23rd June 2011. If Datuk Seri Dr Ng Yen Yen fails to present a satisfactory written report on her personal website (http://www.drngyenyen.com/) within the abovementioned period, we strongly request her to step down from her position as Tourism Minister immediately.
For this reason, we urge the Prime Minister, Cabinet members and MACC to investigate if there is any mismanagement of funds or corruption involved. If it is found that the expenses cannot be justified for the work to be done, we strongly request for suspension of the contract and an immediate refund from the beneficial company, Impact Creations Sdn Bhd. And we strongly request the Tourism Minister, Datuk Seri Ng Yen Yen to accept responsibility and resign from her position as Tourism Minister immediately.
We trust and hope that the Prime Minister, Cabinet members and MACC will take these actions through liberalistic, transparent, accountable and professional procedures.
“SEMOGA MALAYSIA MAJU JAYA”
(English version) http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=161146723951078
(Malay version) http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=161143110618106
Update: We reached 120k fans at 23:17pm 19 June 2011.
Letter sent to PM 1malaysia email account.
Link: http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=161190490613368
