KUCHING, July 25 — Stampin MP Chong Chieng Jen today said that he will raise the issue of the alleged slow disbursement of funds by the Ministry of Education at the Parliamentary Select Committee’s next meeting on Education.
Chong, who is also the Sarawak DAP chairman, said Premier Tan Sri Abang Johari Openg should not have cried foul about the slow disbursement of funds for dilapidated schools in Sarawak when Gabungan Parti Sarawak has five ministers, including a deputy prime minister, and six deputy ministers at the federal government.“Furthermore, Abang Jo has direct access to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim who is also the finance minister,” he said in a statement.
“If no, why not, since the issue about the repair and upgrade of dilapidated schools had existed for many years, such slowness in the disbursement of funds, if true, would have been there for many years already,” Chong said. He said it is imperative that the Works Ministry inform the Sarawak State Assembly and the public of the detailed updates on repair works on dilapidated schools in the state.