e-Tanah probe begins
GEORGE TOWN (Sept 25, 2013): The Penang
Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has begun an inquiry into the RM66
million e-Tanah facility, a computerised land administration and
management system, as only four of the nine programme modules are up and
running.
State PAC chairman Wong Hon Wai said the federal funded pilot project
started in 2005 but only the revenue, strata title, registration and
consent modules were working.
He said problems encountered with the land development, land
disposal, land acquisition, and enforcement and auction modules were
highlighted in the 2011 Auditor-General's Report.
"We are duty bound to investigate anything pointed out in the audit
report. The Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources project did
not pass the integrity, economy, effectiveness and efficiency (IEEE)
tests
which were the terms outlined by the state PAC in conducting their
tasks," Wong said after chairing this term's first PAC meeting
yesterday.
In the meeting, State Land and Mines Office director Datuk Arifin
Awang, South and North Seberang Perai district officers Rohani Hassan
and Shadah Nawawi were called to give their statements.
According to the e-Tanah portal, the system was to handle the
administration and management of land offices, with Penang chosen as the
state for the pilot project.
Last updated in 2009, the FAQ portion of the portal stated that there
were 72,160 transactions and some RM385 million in revenue collected.
Wong said the PAC will be tabling a report and the recommended
solutions on the matter in a future session of the state legislative
assembly.
"Some of the issues we are looking for are possible leakages in the procurement process as well as loopholes," he said.
As reported in Buletin Mutiara
GEORGE
TOWN, Sept 25 — The Penang Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has kicked
off its probe on the RM66 million e-Tanah land administration system, a
ministry-approved project that was meant to be fully operational by
2007.
PAC chairman Wong Hon Wai said the system was implemented in Penang as a
pilot project and the computerised system was supposed to replace all
manual documentation and paperwork in relations to the work processes of
the state Lands and Mines Department.
“The Auditor-General’s Report for 2011 had pointed out the faults in the
system in which out of nine modules in the system, only four were fully
operational while the other five were not operational and does not
cater to the needs of the department,” he told a press conference today
after chairing Penang PAC’s first meeting.
The RM66 million e-Tanah system was originally designed to be a
fully-computerised land administration system for the state Land and
Mines Department by the Natural Resources and Environment Ministry.
“Despite the implementation of the computerised system, some processes
are still being done manually because the relevant modules were not
operational in the system,” Wong said.
The PAC will be inviting the e-Tanah taskforce to give their input into the issues that were causing the faults in the system.
“We have already invited the South Seberang Perai district officer
Rohani Hasan, North Seberang Perai district officer Saodah Nawawi and
the Land and Mines Department director Datuk Ariffin Awang to give their
input,” he said.
The five faulty modules had been upgraded several times but Wong claimed
that despite the upgrades, these were still faulty and could not be
used so the Land and Mines Department is still using the manual
processing methods.
The five modules cover areas such as land development, enforcement and auction, land disposal and land acquisition.
“The development of this electronic system involved the use of public
money so PAC will investigate this by calling in all the related parties
to get their input and statements on why the system failed and also
find ways to rectify it,” he said.
The PAC will be holding monthly and bi-monthly meetings in investigating
this issue and hopes to reach a conclusion with a way to resolve the
issue by end of next year.
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Penang PAC investigates faulty e-Tanah system
Penang PAC investigates faulty e-Tanah system
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