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| Laporan audit: Sampai bila mahu begini? Posted: 05 Oct 2013 04:54 PM PDT
Kalau pendedahan kajian Ernst and Young minggu lalu tidak lagi menjadikan kita geram, marah dan berang, laporan Ketua Audit Negara yang dibentang minggu ini mungkin juga tidak lagi menimbulkan apa-apa reaksi keras dari rakyat. Ya, mungkin saja sebahagian besar rakyat sudah mangli atau bosan dengan paparan seperti ini. Mungkin ada juga yang mula berasa khasnya yang nekad memilih Umno-BN juga kerana takut kepada pemerintahan baru yang mengkesampingkan Melayu dan Islam, telah mula berasa tertipu. Propaganda menakut-nakutkan rakyat sudah reda dan tidak dimainkan sehebat ketika berkempen.Tampak jelas adalah daripada hal janji-janji sebelum pilihanraya semakin menyerlahkan belang sebenarnya. Satu persatu semacam dirungkaikan. Antaranya; isu subsidi petrol dan diesel yang janjinya tidak mahu membebankan rakyat, Akta Pencegahan Jenayah atau Preventive Crime Act (PCA) jelmaan baru ISA yang dulunya mahu dihapuskan, cukai GST yang tidak akan dilaksanakan disebut-sebut akan dimasukkan dalam Budget 2014, perbekalan tambahan sebanyak RM14 bilion yang memburukkan lagi defisit fiskal meskipun yang dijanji adalah perbelanjaan berhermat kerajaan untuk mengurangkan defisit belanjawaan. Janji PM Najib untuk memerangi rasuah sudah sedia dimaklumi rakyat. Ia adalah semacam sumpahnya dalam pelancaran NKRA dan Pemandu bertanggungjawab mempastikan janji dan sumpahnya ditunaikan. Najib nyata gagal! Terkini, Ernst and Young, salah satu daripada empat firma audit terbesar di dunia, dalam kajian mereka 'Asia-Pacific Fraud Survey Report Series', mendapati Malaysia adalah antara negara paling korup di antara yang dikaji selidik. Dapatan yang lebih mendetail boleh ditekuni dalam website E&Y (www.ey.com/publication) yang melibatkan 681 pegawai eksekutif China, Singapura, Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia, Vietnam, Korea Selatan dan Malaysia. Pendedahan keputusan kajian ini adalah sangat memalukan Najib dan Pemandu. Dapatan ini mengaibkan rakyat di negara ini. Jelasnya dalam satu soalan yang ditanya: Apakah anda bersedia melakukan rasuah dan mengambil jalan-jalan pintas, seandai suasana persekitaran perniagaan menekan, 54% eksekutif di Malaysia mengesahkan mereka bersedia, diikuti China 34%, Indonesia 29%, Vietnam 27%, New Zealand 13%, Singapura 11%, Australia 10% dan Korea Selatan 6%. Ternyata kita pada ranking teratas – juara! Untuk pengetahuan umum, pertama kali kajian agensi antarabangsa anti-rasuah 'Transparency International' menerbitkan 'Indeks Persepsi Rasuah' (CPI) pada tahun 1995, Malaysia diletakkan pada ranking ke-23 dari 43 negara seluruh dunia yang dibuat kajian. Kedudukan Malaysia dalam Negara-negara Asia-Pasifik adalah pada tangga ke-6, selepas Jepun (5), Hong Kong (4), Australia (3), Singapura (2) dan New Zealand yang menduduki tangga Pertama. Markah yang kita perolehi ialah 5.28, dimana markah 10 paling bersih dan 0 paling korup. Selepas 17 tahun, dalam laporan CPI tahun 2011, dengan pelbagai program, kempen dan kaedah termasuk sejak Najib ambil aleh pada 2009, kedudukan Malaysia jatuh ke tangga 11 di Asia-Pasifik dengan markah 4.3 dan ke-60 di dunia. Adalah diakui bahawa Malaysia membuat sedikit penambahbaikan dalam laporan 2012. Berlatarbelakangkan laporan CPI dan pendedahan tahun demi pendedahan dalam laporan Ketua Audit Negara termasuk yang terkini 2012, rakyat Malaysia sudah bosan dan kini hanya mahukan komitmen daripada Najib untuk bertindak. Betul bukan semua melibatkan rasuah atau penyelewangan namun kesemuanya paling tidaknya melibatkan ketidakpatuhan dan kecuaian dan paling buruknya ialah salah guna kuasa dan rasuah. Daripada pertikaian kontrak kempen Kementerian Kesihatan di Facebook dan Twitter yang melibatkan belanja sebanyak RM320,000, walkie-talkie sehinggalah ke kontrak keselamatan 35 sekolah yang tidak memuaskan menelan RM2.05 bilion. Daripada PDRM kehilangan 44 senjata api, kenderaan dan sampai pembelian 7,669 pasang kasut yang tidak sesuai, tidak boleh guna dan rosak menelan kos RM600,000. Pembelian 55 lukisan sebagai pelaburan mungkin yang tidak dipamerkan oleh Khazanah Nasional dengan kos RM3.05 juta sehinggalah bayaran RM1.6juta kepada artis K-Pop. Monopoli oleh tiga syarikat penyelenggara 64 bangunan persekutuan dan puluhan kes yang melibatkan pengurusan pincang badan-badan berkanun Persekutuan yang kosnya RM1.446 bilion. Ksemuanya termaktub dalam erti tuntutan untuk diaudit tata-kelola Akta Badan Berkanun (Akta dan Laporan Tahunan) 1980 (Akta 240). Berapakah jumlah kesan dalam laporan tahun ini? Apakah yang terlibat akan diadili dan kalau sabit dihukum? Apakah jaminan Najib bahawa ia tidak lagi menjadi retorik politik dan pilihanraya sahaja? Sekarang rakyat mahukan kerajaan Najib dan BN memberi jaminan bahawa tindakan akan diambil dan amalan buruk yang telah 'membudaya' atau lebih tepat 'membarah' ini akan dapat ditangani secara serius dan berkesan. Kegiatan audit oleh Jabatan Audit Negara tidak lagi boleh dijadikan satu amalan rutin tahunan yang tidak membawa apa-apa manfaat pun kepada amalan tadbir-urus negara. Kebejatan ini mesti ditamatkan segera dan segala penambahbaikan yang diperlukan untuk memulihkan tata-kelola dan pengurusan dikesemua badan dan seuruh jentera kerajaan dalam Persekutuan ini mesti ditangani. Dalam bahasa anak muda, cukup-cukup sudah! Enuf is Enuf! PM mesti beri jaminan kepada seluruh rakyat bahawa Laporan Audit Tahun depan akan mengalami penambahbaikan yang ketara mengikut KPI yang Najib perlu letakkan. Rakyat telah tertipu dengan slogan-slogan molok sebelum pilihanraya dan rakyat tidak mahu terus tertipu! - 6 Oktober, 2013. * Ini adalah pendapat peribadi penulis dan tidak semestinya mewakili pandangan The Malaysian Insider. | |
| Posted: 05 Oct 2013 04:39 PM PDT
There are a lot of ways to air your feelings. People like me sometimes become known as a professional complainer because I air my thoughts through the media. Recently, I was touched by a different medium of expression. Singing. We all know a good song sung when we hear it. It's full of passion, heart and emotion. It moves you. Fox International Channel has been organising the K-Pop Star Hunt for a few times now and they did it again recently for the third time at Berjaya Times Square. Yes – K-pop – that foreign Korean import that brought us catchy music with hip dance moves and sometimes slow beats. You may not understand the language but you know a good song when you hear it because it travels up your spine. As I watched the performance of the final ten, I was touched by the sincerity of the participants – belting their best in front of a cheering audience. These were individuals who look like normal Average Joes. They dressed with those Asian influence you've come to associate with K-pop. They stand without confidence, all fearing the judging panel consisting of Mr. Eddy Tan, vice-president, Original Productions – Entertainment, Fox International Channels (FIC); Mr. Michael Jung, head of Channel M, FIC, and representative for CJ E&M; Mr. Jeremy Kung, executive vice-president, TM New Media; Malaysia's guest judge, home-grown singer and songwriter, Atilia Harun. With a judge panel like that – and an amazing grand prize of flying to Seoul in mid-October 2013 to train under FNC Entertainment (regarded as one of the top tier agencies in South Korea, FNC Entertainment has churned out the likes of Korean music powerhouses like CNBLUE, Juniel, FT Island and AOA) – who wouldn't be silently praying for divine intervention? But what impressed me was watching these Average Joes transform into the most energetic, passionate performers the moment they stretch their vocals. The participants, mostly young, ranging from as young as 15 to mid twenties, swayed to the music like local pros, oblivious to the glaring eyes of the tough competition standards that Fox International Channels had set. They gave it their all! The deserving winner was Putri Norizah and Ryan Thoo, who showcased vocal prowess obtained through passionate practice. I was already intrigued by their spirit – humble individuals with dreams who turn into superstars on stage – but when I heard their stories, I came away motivated with the spark that remains in Malaysian youths. Both Putri and Ryan spoke positively of their ambition to break into the Korean market. The K-Pop Star Hunt – with its opportunity to train under FNC Entertainment – was the ticket to this. They deservedly won the competition and were enthusiastic about the opportunity granted by an already established entertainment corporation that is Fox International Channels. Chances like this don't come often, and when you get it – you grab onto it with both hands, hang tight and fly with the wind. I was extremely intrigued by the K-pop wave. How do people get out of their comfort zone to try to understand a different language? So I spoke to the participants and came away impressed with what moves young Malaysians. Their answer: when you have a passion, you're not afraid of getting out of your comfort zone, even if it means having to prove yourself among other able contestants, practising consistently – and in the case of Ryan who made it to Top 10 in last year's K-Pop Hunt – wait an entire year for the chance to come along again; quietly tinkering with his skills, silently improving day by day for 365 days before the spotlights come on. These are what our youths are made of – and it gives me great pride to know that there are people out there with the determination and drive to set their eyes on their goals and are rewarded with an extraordinary opportunity to train abroad. For that, I came away equally impressed that FIC took it upon themselves to open the pathways for aspiring singers in Malaysia. FIC is already well established and well known for its impressive line-up of entertainment shows. For a large corporation like that to build a platform for mostly unknown and hidden talents in Malaysia only means that entertainment is in their corporate veins. And having been in the corporate world myself, it's refreshing when companies move from its concrete bricks and mortar of the bottom line to something with heart and people in its mind. It started out as a stroll in Berjaya Times Square. But it ended with a blazing performance of pop frenetic capped with inspiration. I guess there's a time for aspiring and there's a time for perspiring. Because sometimes, when the music is in you, you just got to sing your heart out. – October 6, 2013. |
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