RM30 million lamppost project not paid for with public funds, firm says

Updated 3 years ago · Published on 13 Jun 2022 2:24PM · 3 Comments

Reports say public funds were not used in the RM30.8 million street lamp project in Kuala Lumpur awarded to Sarawak Consolidated Industries Bhd. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, June 13, 2022.

PUBLIC funds were not used in the RM30.8 million street lamp project in Kuala Lumpur awarded to Sarawak Consolidated Industries Bhd (SCIB), The Star reports.

The report also stated that the company has no links to Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL).

In the report, Ennova Sdn Bhd chief operating officer Megat Rozaimi Jaafar said reports gave the impression that DBKL was paying for the project.

“We felt the need to set the record straight as this project is funded by our company and it involves engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning of 200 units of lamp poles or monopoles in Kuala Lumpur,” he told the news portal.

In the report, Megat said the project’s only link with DBKL was that Ennova was renting the site where the poles would be constructed from the local authority.

On Saturday Kepong MP Lim Lip Eng had  urged DBKL to explain why it was paying RM30.8 million for 200 lampposts.

That translated to RM153,750 per lamppost.

The contract for the project includes engineering, procurement, construction and operation work.

Lim also questioned why the government was awarding the contract through Ennova.

It was reported that Ennova had awarded the contract to SCIB.

DBKL had denied the claims, saying it had not authorised a third party to appoint SCIB nor any of its subsidiaries to carry out any of its projects.

“Any contract value or quantity stated by SCIB is beyond the knowledge of DBKL.”

Megat said this company will pay DBKL for the site and in return rent out to telecommunication companies.

“We are not the only company doing this. DBKL has appointed 20 other companies as they need the infrastructure to roll out 5G telecommunication networks,” he was quoted as saying. – June 13, 2022.

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  • Smells of corruption!

    Posted 3 years ago by Rupert Lum · Reply

  • Corrupt scoundrels have taken over everything in this country!! HELP!!

    Posted 3 years ago by Simple Sulaiman · Reply

  • Let me postulate a little. So it appears that Ennova is running a business where it builds tower/transmission sites which is the leased out to Telcos to rollout their 5G networks. For this, Ennova rents the sites from DBKL and pays a rent. Ennova's revenue will be from leasing charges it receives from the Telcos and its expenses will be in the form of maintenance and upkeep of the towers. Hopefully, revenue will exceed expenses for Ennova to make a profit.

    Have I got it right?? If this is so, why can't Ennova just come up with this explanation in the first instance??
    Why do you need SCIB to provide an explanation which actually draws more questions than provide answers.
    At the end of the day, the people just want to know who ultimately bears the RM30.0 million for a mere 200 poles.

    Posted 3 years ago by Super Duper · Reply