Recently, Sdra Oh Tong Keong, Penang Gerakan Youth Chief raised various concerns regarding the poor management of the Asean Culture Centre (see Star report below).
However, there are other curiousities that boggle the mind, such as:-
Why did Matex deny that they are the organisor(in the Chinese press) when the banners proclaiming this event hanged around the island stated that they where the organisor?
The event was not promoted on their website.
If Matex is not the organisor, who is the actual organisor?
I have seen email promoting this event, it seem quite vague.
How much public fund was wasted in organising the flopped event?
Someone need to be held accountable...
Note:
MATEX (MALAYSIA TOURISM EXECUTIVE SDN. BHD) formerly known as Truly Consultancy & Development (M) Sdn. Bhd, is a joint venture company with Pembangunan Pelancongan Nasional (PEMPENA), a subsidiary of Tourism Malaysia (Ministry of Tourism).
Tuesday October 28, 2008
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THE state government should consider getting professional event management companies to organise the Penang Pesta Expo to prevent the annual year-end event from becoming a flop.
Penang Gerakan Youth chief Oh Tong Keong said the state government needed to be sincere about making the Pesta expo a success by not doing the job half-heartedly and end up turning it into an embarrassment.
“The Pesta Asean Culture Centre expo, which is currently ongoing, is a failure. It is poorly managed and the number of international stalls have dwindled since it opened early this month.
“Only the Indonesian and Thai stalls remain while the others from Asean countries like the Philippines, Myanmar, Vietnam and Cambodia had folded,” he told a press conference at the Pesta expo site in Sungai Nibong yesterday.
It was reported recently that the newly-introduced expo, which opens daily from 3pm to 11pm, had suffered poor visitor turnout during the non-school holiday season.
State Tourism, Development, Culture, Arts and Heritage Committee chairman Danny Law Heng Kiang had cited poor publicity on the expo by event manager Malaysia Tourism Executive Sdn Bhd (MATEX) as one of the causes.
Oh said Law was pushing the responsibility to Matex, which was said to have told a Chinese daily that it was not the orga niser of the Asean Culture Centre expo.
“The Pesta expo has been in the local scene for about four decades and it would be ashamed to see it end up like this. We do not want it to be an embarrassment to Penangites,” he said.
He hoped pulic funds were not used to organise the event in view of its failure.
Law had announced last week that the expo, scheduled for non-school holiday season, would be scrapped next year due to its poor showing now.
The expo, to be held until Oct 31, was introduced this year in addition to the one in December by the state government to fully utilise the pesta site.
3 comments:
Of course, NO one is deemed or regarded, to be perfect or having all the required elements, qualities and characteristics, on this earth.
Malaysians have started expressing dissatisfaction and criticizing on the BN Government, whether at State or Federal levels, after 50 years or slightly earlier, of its ruling tenure.
But, it's very sad to have noticed Malaysians have commenced the same dissatisfaction on the PR government, after 6 months of its ruling opportunity???
Free parking issue, road signs, business or 1st class travel, regular overseas trips, poor promotion or management for the Asean Culture EXPO, mis-planning or management of funds etc are lack of satisfaction/ fulfillment for the time being.
The PR government is being seen useless in ruling the state of Penang???
I believe many would agree they should buck up immediately, otherwise, we should change them in the next General Election.
A good opposition does NOT mean a good ruling party, if opportunity is granted!!!
Why dont Gerakan raise this in the state assembly.....
Oh I forgot....Penang people have kicked each and every Gerakan anjing out of Penang to be dogs elsewhere.
Hey dogs, want to make allegation go to state assembly and ask the help of UMNO ( if they dont slap your Gerakan sorry asses) to raise this issue as Penang people hate to see your corrupt faces!
Wow! Is the pesta always a successful event during Gerakan times?
I dont think so. I stay in Taman Lip Sin, and i know the Pesta Pulau Pinang already in its sorry state many donkey years ago.
How much public $$ gerakan spent to promote a failure event then? huh?
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