KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 10 -- Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has called for flood mitigation projects to be given flexibility by the Treasury to speed up their implementation through immediate allocations in collaboration with the Ministry of Economy.
He said the initial screening process for projects must also be expedited, and awarding of contracts should ideally be done through tenders, as negotiated procurement methods have been prone to mismanagement and leakages, according to a report published in Utusan Malaysia today.
"It is best that we use the tender process, but under normal procedures, Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof knows it would take too long.
"The people affected by floods cannot afford to wait. I hope...