Let More Participate 让更多人参与2012.7.17 Chinese & Eng Text

民主行動党民都魯支部主席,砂羅越州民主行動党署理主席及砂羅越州吉都隆區立委周政新2012年7月18日文告如下:

 我呼吁州政府立刻插手处理，沙玛拉如工业区，把该处全部工人住宿，交由一间私人公司去经营的做法。

该工人营现住有四千多民的员工，全为一家公司包办。

当此概念一出现，市面就已产出了许多反对声，他们说政府不能就这样 的让一家公司包办所有沙玛拉如工业区工人的吃和住等的生意。而我也多次在州议会里外呼吁政府有必要把此生意机会让更多的人参与，包括政府撇出土地及批准执照让他人经营。

如今己清楚垄断式的生意除了致富了垄断公司，所带来给工人的好处是不会以公开式经营的好。因为没有竞争那里会有进步，那会有更好的服务。

垄断公司在有人撑腰之下，钱入了口袋之后，到底工作又做的如何呢？其实垄断了生意也垄断了消费者的选择。今天我们看到，听到许多宿舍营内的事情，除了水供，卫生，食物与程序安排等等，连其基本管理的问题及连锁性带来许许多多的问题也很多。如情绪问题的处理，集体生活，不同背景，文化等，人们一起生活所带来的等等问题。前天发生了严重群众殴打事件，但还好未演变成种族事件。

当我在五月的州议会提出有关沙玛拉如工业区的工人营为何在没有招标的情况下而由一间公司去包办时，工业发展部长Awang Tengah则说沙玛拉如工人营的推行是由一家私人公司进行，所以不必要按照正常政府承包与投标的程序，政府只伴促成的角色。

我相信如果有通过正常的承包及招标程序，并把工作分给多一些人去做，许多承包，招标的条件和需求就会被包括在工作服务条件的范围内，包括承包商的办事能力，处理不同文化，国情一起生活的谅解与尊敬，情绪处理，工作压力的发泄，及其他各民族的风俗习惯等的准绳与认识，还有在本州工作，其人力资源的需要又有那些等等，保安又如何。

我向所有牵涉此殴打事件受伤的人慰问，希望他们早日康复回到工作岗位，并谴责一切要不得的暴力行为。马来西亚是个以法治国的国家任何事件都可通过法制给与解决与处理，而暴力也必被受惩罚。

因此我呼吁政府在执行任何一项工程工作时一定要合理化，与透明化其程序，以避免许多不必要的事情发生。

周政新

 Media Statement by Chiew Chin Sing, Chairman DAP Bintulu Branch , DAP Sarawak Deputy Chairman and Sarawak State Assemblyman for Kidurong on 18.7.2012

 

I call on the government to stop allowing a single, private firm to house all the workers  at the Samalaju project in their workers camp.

There are over 4000 workers now living in the workers camp, all being handled by a single company.

When this concept first came out, the general public were already against it. They said that the government should not allow a single company to control all the business of lodging and food of the workers at the Samalaju Industrial Park. I have also said both in and outside the State Legislative council that  the government must allow more people to participate in this business including allocating venues and licenses for people to operate.

It is now clear that monopoly business only make the company rich while the benefits it brings to the workers may not be better than that by open market business. This is because if there is no competition how could there be progress and better services.

Monopoly business has a supporting hand behind and when the money is received how is the service? Monopoly business also monopolized the choices of the consumer.  To day, we are seeing and hearing so much about the problems at the workers camp from water supply, hygiene, food, queuing and others. In fact the problems related to management  like people of many backgrounds and culture living together are many. Day before, a  serious fighting had broken out and it is fortunate that the matter had not turned into an racial issue.

 At the May State Legislative Council meeting I had  brought up the question of open tender for the operating workers camp in Samalaju Industrial Park.  The Minister of Industrial Development Datuk Amar Haji Awang Tengah said then that the development of the workers camp there was implemented by the private sector and does not have to follow the normal Government contract and tender procedures in the implementation of this project. He added that the role of the government is purely to facilitate the project like in any other private sector project.

I believe that had there been the normal contract and tender procedures while allowing more to participate in this work, many of the contract requirements would be included in the scope of work, like  contractor capability, handling of understanding and respect for people of different cultures staying together including emotion, tension management,  as well as  others like human resource requirement  and security too.

I went and visited the injured and I hope that they would recover soon and be back to work. This act of violence must be condemned as Malaysia is a nation of rule by law and matters could be resolved through process of the law while those involved with violence must be punished.

I therefore call on the government to be reasonable and transparent when implementing projects so as to avoided all the  necessaries happenings.

Chiew Chin sing.