Thursday, May 18, 2006

same ol same ol...

Some days back there was this pic in the papers about our Minister of Housing and Local Government officiating some sports event for the Town and Country Planning Department. Didnt pay much attention to it.

Two days back, I asked one of my staff to urgently head to the Johor Town and Country Planning Department. We needed to check details of a new housing development. It was needed to completed an urgent assignment.

After an hour, my staff got back. Guess what....

"Sorry ya. Semua pegawai pergi bersukan. Tolong datang balik hari Khamis (or is it ..lepas Khamis)"

That was the sorry ass reply. Theyre one of the more friendlier departments.

So much for paradigm shifts in mentalities. So much for aspirations to be in the First World league. So much for civil servants serving the public. Theyre still having social events with tax payers money, during office hours.


Updated noon:

Went to the said planner's office. The file was being used by someone. So they cant offer us any information. Simultaneously, another staff who went to the Majlis Daerah about 22 kilometres away, calls back to say the pegawai in charge was not around and the staff cannot release information to us.

$%$#@@!@$%&**#!!@#! just as i had feared.

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