Another Failed Ministry Project

No funds for laptops

It was a grand plan: To help every public university undergraduate own a laptop computer.

Minister Datuk Seri Shafie Salleh had announced the programme in November 2004, saying it would be implemented by last July. Shafie had said the cost of the programme, involving some 40,000 students in public universities, could reach RM200 million, and that the ministry was discussing the matter with PTPTN, which provides soft loans for students, and the Association of the Computer and Multimedia Industry of Malaysia (Pikom).

Now, it is found that there is inadequate funds and uncertain implementation have stymied the Higher Education Ministry’s best intentions.

A senior ministry official said the programme could not begin as planned last year for lack of money. The National Higher Education Fund Corporation (PTPTN) was to have funded the programme, but pulled out due to financial constraints. He admitted that another reason was that the ministry simply did not know how to go about implementing it.

"The programme was announced without proper planning to begin with, and now the ministry finds it hard to kick-start the programme because it has yet to find a source of finance. PTPTN cannot finance such a programme because it does not have much money, given that many student borrowers have not repaid their study loans," the official added.

What? programme announced without proper planning? What do you mean? Ministry don't know how to plan, or, they planned to fail?

Are Malaysian Ministers NUTs or F**kers? Didn't we elect them? So, we are the f**kers!!!!