Govt saves RM806 million by renegotiating 121 BN projects
The Finance Ministry says RM806 million has been saved by renegotiating 121 contracts awarded under the BN government. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, March 31, 2019.
A TOTAL of 121 infrastructure projects valued at RM13.93 billion nationwide offered through direct negotiations and limited tenders by the Barisan Nasional government will continue after price negotiations by the Pakatan Harapan government resulted in cost savings of RM805.99 million. These exclude mega projects such as the LRT3 project costing RM31.65 billion and MRT2 project costing RM39.35 billion, each was lowered to RM16.63 billion and RM30.53 billion, respectively. The total costs saved from both projects amounted to RM23.84 billion.
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