2 SITES FOR TWO SIDES OF THE COIN: ISSUE PKFZ

PKFZ: Ong and Kit Siang to face off tomorrow?



KUALA LUMPUR (June 21, 2009) : The battle between Transport Minister Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat and DAP veteran Lim Kit Siang over the Port Klang Free Zone is set to spill over into parliament tomorrow.

The two politicians who in the past weeks have been trading barbs and
comments in the media and cyberspace over the PKFZ, are set to face off when Ong presents his ministerial statement on the matter.

Lim has criticised Ong in parliament for what he termed as "his failure for being present in the House to take questions on the PKFZ scandal" on how the project's initial development cost of RM2 billion could have ballooned to over RM12.5 billion.

He has also launched the website www.pkfz-scandal.org as against the official www.pkfznews.com.my, featuring articles on PKFZ compiled from various sources to challenge official explanations and reports by the Transport Ministry.

Lim's move to table an emergency motion to require a royal commission of inquiry into the PKFZ was rejected by Speaker Tan Sri Pandikar Amin Mulia for lacking urgency.

Ong will take the opportunity tomorrow to answer points raised by opposition MPs, while outlining measures taken by the government to salvage the project.

The ministry has also agreed to distribute Pricewaterhouse Coopers' audit report on the PKFZ, together with appendices, to all MPs following a request from the parliamentary secretary.

Bernama