SO GENEROUS! Zambry appoints 20 ADUNS to assist state excos

IPOH - Perak has appointed 20 assemblymen from Barisan Nasional (BN) to the committees chaired by the state executive council (exco) members to ease government administration.

Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir said the appointments were part of the transformation initiatives to further smoothen administration and implementation of the decisions made by the state exco.

"All these 20 assemblymen will assist the state exco members in carrying out their tasks more effectively. We have appointed them based on their experience and inclinations," he said after handing out the letters of appointment to the assemblymen, here, today.

Zambry said the state government had also agreed to form three special committees involving policies and public interest, namely women's development, public transportation and crime prevention comprising BN and opposition assemblymen.

He said the three special committees whose effectiveness would be monitored, also involved the participation of non-governmental organisations as members to give views towards providing the best public service delivery.

"Although the appointment of the assemblymen is to smoothen administration, important decisions which need the state government's attention are to be brought to the state exco meetings," he added.

Zambry said all the 10 state exco members including himself had their respective jurisdiction to ensure the exco decisions were implemented by the committees concerned as long as the decisions did not involve the state government's policies.

The 10 state excos include the Religion, Finance, Security, Land, Natural Resources, Economic Planning, Public Transportation and Non-Islamic Affairs Committee (chaired by Zambry), Rural Development, Plantations, Agriculture, Housing and Local Government (Datuk Saarani Mohamad), Industry, Investment and Development Corridor Committee (Datuk Mohamad Zahir Abdul Khalid), Public Amenities, Infrastructure, Energy and Water Committee (Datuk Zainol Fadzi Paharuddin) and Women and Community Development, Social Welfare and National Integration (Datuk Rusnah Kassim).

The others are the Consumer Affairs, Human Resources and Civil Society Committee (Datuk Samsudin Abu Hassan), Islamic Education, Character Building, Entrepreneurial Development and Cooperatives Committee (Mohd Nizar Zakaria), Health, Tourism and Culture Committee (Nolee Ashilin Mohammed Radzi), Education, Science, Environment and Green Technology Committee (Dr Muhammad Amin Zakaria) and Youth, Sports, Communications and Multimedia Committee (Datuk Shahrul Zaman Yahya). – Bernama