State funding 909 projects worth a total of RM20 billion under 11MP

A TOTAL of 909 state funded programmes and projects worth a total of RM20 billion have been approved for implementation under the 11th Malaysia Plan (2016-2020).

Second Finance Minister Dato Sri Wong Soon Koh said 441 of these projects were being implemented by government departments while the rest were in the form of programmes as well as grants to statutory bodies and local authorities.

“To date, out of 441 physical projects, 67 projects had been completed while the remaining 374 projects are still at various stages of implementation.

“The cumulative expenditure was RM3.163 billion or 15.8 per cent against the total ceiling of the 11th Malaysian Plan over the same period,” he said when winding up his ministerial speech at the 18th State Legislative Assembly ( DUN) sitting yesterday.

On the performance of federal funded projects, Wong said 527 federal funded projects had been approved for implementation in the state under the first rolling plan of the 11th Malaysia Plan.

“As at Oct 31, 48 projects or 9.1 per cent of the total number of projects have been completed. The remaining 479 projects or 90.9 per cent are still at various stages of implementation,” he said, adding that the cumulative expenditure for federal funded projects was RM2.108 billion or 50.9 per cent of the total allocation of RM4.144 billion approved under the first rolling plan.

Wong also noted that currently 1,436 state and federal funded projects were being implemented in the state by various ministries, departments and agencies.

“These programmes and projects must be implemented and delivered on time to stimulate the economy and to benefit our rakyat. At the same time, we should not compromise on quality and safety; and any cost over-run.”

He said the successful implementation of government programmes and projects hinged on the effectiveness and efficiency on project planning, execution, monitoring and coordination by all stakeholders.

“In this connection, I would like to call upon all the implementing agencies to continue to step up effort to ensure project executive and delivery excellence.

“With the dedication, commitment and enhanced capacity of the civil service together with the transformation initiatives that have been put in place, I am confident that the programmes and projects would be implemented and completed successfully as planned.”