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“As a director, he is supposed to take direction from us and not make press statements. All of this is cakap-cakap sahaja (empty talk),” he said.<end quote>
if your subordinate don’t listen to you…that sounds like trouble!
Shut up and do your work, Samy tells PWD director
http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/4/18/nation/17469893&sec=nation
KUALA LUMPUR: Keep your mouth shut and do your work, Works Minister Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu has told Putrajaya Public Works Department (PWD) director Abdul Rahim Ahmad.
“I’ve told him before not to simply open his mouth and focus instead on his duties. He is in no position to issue statements.
“As a director, he is supposed to take direction from us and not make press statements. All of this is cakap-cakap sahaja (empty talk),” he said.
On April 12, Abdul Rahim cited poor design, shoddy workmanship and bad supervision and maintenance as the cause of the burst pipe at the Immigration headquarters in Putrajaya, which saw services halted for the day.
The PWD director also claimed to have seen similar shoddy workmanship at several other buildings in the administrative capital.
A clearly irritated Samy Vellu cautioned the director not to simply shoot his mouth off without facts to back him, adding that the incident at the Immigration office was still under investigation.
“We have sent the pipe to a laboratory to be tested and we are still awaiting results.
“What I can say now however is that the pipes supplied by Syabas are not the usual cast-iron ones,” he said.
Speaking after the handing over ceremony of the new Kuala Lumpur Courts Complex in Jalan Duta here yesterday, Samy Vellu announced that the Government had compensated RM222.4mil in two payments to Gerbang Perdana Sdn Bhd for the cancellation of the Causeway bridge project.
An additional RM35mil will be paid soon for the cancellation of the project, work done before the cancellation and the construction of a new bridge linking the Customs, Immigration and Quarantine (CIQ) Complex and the Causeway.
He also said the Cabinet had approved RM350mil for the building of an additional road linking the CIQ and Causeway.
