{"id":1512,"date":"2009-12-12T04:41:48","date_gmt":"2009-12-11T20:41:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/buletinonline.net\/v7\/index.php\/2009\/12\/pwd-director-deputy-and-even-technicians-to-go-in-shake-up\/"},"modified":"2009-12-12T04:41:48","modified_gmt":"2009-12-11T20:41:48","slug":"pwd-director-deputy-and-even-technicians-to-go-in-shake-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buletinonlines.net\/v7\/index.php\/pwd-director-deputy-and-even-technicians-to-go-in-shake-up\/","title":{"rendered":"PWD Director, deputy and even technicians to go in shake-up"},"content":{"rendered":"

KUALA TERENGGANU<\/strong>: Several senior officials from Terengganu\u2019s Public Works Department (PWD) are expected to be transferred out of the state or re-designated by the end of the year in a massive management shake-up.<\/p>\n

A number of its architects and technicians have received letters this month informing them of their transfers and re-designations.<\/p>\n

It is also learnt that a new Terengganu PWD director and deputy will be named early next year.<\/p>\n

A source told The Star that the restructuring exercise was undertaken due to a series of roof collapses and cave-ins of major roads reported in the state since the beginning of the year.<\/p>\n

He said the exercise would also affect lower ranked officers, who were expected to be re-designated to other sections, including various divisions at the department\u2019s headquarters in Kuala Lumpur.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe exercise is seen as a drastic and major reconstitution of the department,\u201d the source revealed.<\/p>\n

An aide to a local assemblyman claimed to have been approached by a PWD technician who had appealed for his help to avoid being transferred.<\/p>\n

According to the aide, who requested anonymity, the technician had been in the state for more than a decade and felt inconvenienced at having to leave Terengganu.<\/p>\n

He said it was believed that some officers had been enjoying a posh lifestyle due to their alleged involvement in certain projects, which made it difficult for them to \u201clet go\u201d of such comforts.<\/p>\n

The Terengganu PWD has come under a barrage of criticism from several quarters, including Mentri Besar Datuk Ahmad Said after the roof collapse incident at the iconic Sultan Mizan stadium in Gong Badak in June.<\/p>\n

Defects have also been discovered at several other newly-constructed buildings, including mosques and Batu Burok Aquatic Complex here which had been blamed on poor supervision from the department\u2019s officers \u2013 The Star Online<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

KUALA TERENGGANU: Several senior officials from Terengganu\u2019s Public Works Department (PWD) are expected to be transferred out of the state or re-designated by the end of the year in a massive management shake-up. A number of its architects and technicians have received letters this month informing them of their transfers and re-designations. It is also […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"better_featured_image":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buletinonlines.net\/v7\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1512"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buletinonlines.net\/v7\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buletinonlines.net\/v7\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buletinonlines.net\/v7\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buletinonlines.net\/v7\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1512"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buletinonlines.net\/v7\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1512\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buletinonlines.net\/v7\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buletinonlines.net\/v7\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buletinonlines.net\/v7\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}