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Port
Klang Authority (PKA) is prepared to face all
eventualities including legal action from any
party, board chairman Datuk Lee Hwa Beng said.
He said PKA would do whatever it could to defend
itself in the interest of the people.
"Port Klang Authority is not my company; it is a
federal agency. I will carry out my duty with
the best of my ability because I am representing
the Federal Government and the money comes from
taxpayers," he said on Sunday, when asked to
comment about a possible lawsuit by Kuala
Dimensi Sdn Bhd, the developer for the Port
Klang Free Zone (PKFZ).
The company’s deputy chief executive officer
Datuk Faizal Abdullah was quoted as saying on
Saturday that the report by
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) was baseless and
had affected the reputation of the company,
which was planning to file a suit this week.
Lee said he could not comment further till he
received details on the suit.
Asked whether he felt the PwC report was
reliable, Lee said: "PKA is ready to accept
challenges from any party."
On the Selangor government’s request to have its
exco in the PKA, Lee said the port authority did
not require more than one representative from
the state.
He said the Transport Ministry had renewed the
contract of Selangor state Economic Planning
Unit (Upen) director Datuk Noordin Sulaiman, who
is also the state deputy secretary
(development), as one of the PKA directors.
Noordin’s term expired early this year. He has
been PKA director for the last two years.
Lee said the Selangor always had its state
deputy secretary in PKA and "the practice
continues till now."
"For me, there is no need for an exco to be in
PKA. I’m an accountant by profession, I was a
chairman of a public-listed logistic company
before I resigned. I know the business well."
Lee said the Selangor government also had a
representative in PKFZ - Norazmie Biron, who is
Upen committee member.
Meanwhile, Selangor Mentri Besar Tan Sri Khalid
Ibrahim said the state should have a seat in PKA
because that person could provide direct input
compared to someone from Upen.
This, he said, was not something new because the
previous government used to have its exco in PKA.
"Now with the PKFZ issue, it is better to put an
exco there so that they can make decisions
faster and have better communication between PKA
and the state government."
Source: The STAR
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