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Laporan Liputan Media Berkaitan LKAN 200821 October 2009 (Wednesday)Pengurusan Peralatan Pembelajaran Di Institut Latihan, Jabatan Tenaga Manusia - KementerianSumber ManusiaPaying RM28,500 More Than It’s WorthKUALA LUMPUR: Why did the Miri Industrial Training Institute (ILP) buy a pole platform for RM30,000when two similar institutions paid a little more than RM1,000 for it? Auditor-general Tan Sri AmbrinBuang said there was nearly RM28,500 difference between the prices and that paid by the Sandakanand Kepala Batas ILPs. This was among discrepancies pointed out in the auditor-general’s 2008report involving equipment bought by the manpower department of the Human Resource Ministry.He said the ministry had failed to compare the prices offered by the suppliers servicing their varioustraining centres across the country, overlooking such cases of blatant over-charging.The report pointed out that similar problems were discovered not only at ILPs but also at the AdvancedTechnology Training Centre and the Japan-Malaysia Technical Institute. Ambrin said between 2001and 2006, the ministry spent RM3.66 million on unused equipment on top of purchases not needed ornot fully used. Ambrin also rapped the ministry for approving contracts between 30 and 50 per centhigher than the ceiling value approved by the Finance Ministry.34Jabatan Audit Negara