Lo Khere Chiang MPP Chairman says " Money allocated to MPP spent prudently"

KOTA PADAWAN : All the money allocated to Padawan Municipal  Council (MPP) has been spent efficiently and prudently.

This was disclosed by MPP Chairman, Councillor Lo Khere Chiang at a press conference  held  after the MPP Full Council Meeting here yesterday.

“Now we are coming to the end of the year. I am very pleased with the council’s development.

Lo said from Malaysian Road Record Information System (MARISS)  fund alone MPP  had RM13 million, from the federal government another RM 6 million in terms of projects (BB1, BB2 and  BOS projects) and other sources of funds from the federal government.

“From the state government another RM2 million, and from our Council’s own resources and fund, we spent RM 1 million on street lightings.

“So it is  RM22 million  altogether this year. I am very pleased because we have spent all our money. We have been very efficient and very prudent in our spending.

“We spent  the money very fairly among all the communities  within the Padawan  Municipal  Council, and that is something  that I am  very  proud of.”

Lo added: “In my Full Council Meeting, I have 32 Councillors, all of us work very well together.

“We are all working as a team – myself, my Deputy Chairman, my 30 Councillors and our Council Secretary, Andrew Joris.

“We  have been looking after all our areas very fairly, including the Padawan  Zone  and the Matang Zone.

“I am very proud that we did so many things, and that is why we get the 5-star rating this year,” he said.

Lo added that Padawan Municipal Council covered a big area.

“Even  RM20 million is not enough.So we also required a lot of help from the Members of Parliament. The areas with Members of Parliament are better looked after somehow,” he added.

The whole MPP area is 1,400 square kilometres, which is two times the size of Singapore. 

TheStar :01-Dec-2015