Resign if eyeing council contracts, focus on serving Sibu, SMC chief warns councillors
Disiarkan pada 01 May 2025
Sumber Berita: The Borneo Post (Conny Banji)
Photo shows the meeting in session yesterday.
SIBU (May 1): Sibu Municipal Council (SMC) chairman Clarence Ting has warned councillors against having interest in securing a project contract with the council.
In giving this warning, he said they better resign immediately if they have such interest.
“Only then can we welcome you to tender for the SMC project contract,” he said during the council’s first full meeting here yesterday.
“This is a paramount condition as a councillor; therefore if you are caught with this, I will definitely bring you to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) myself and make sure that they investigate you thoroughly.”
Ting also reminded councillors to leave politics behind once they enter the council’s chamber, adding that they should focus on doing their work for the betterment of Sibu.
“Don’t conjure up all these political issues. I hope this spirit will maintain for the entirety of your appointment as councillor.
“As councillors, you must also remember that there is no constituency in SMC, only work. We work as a team, and you are assigned to work not based on your political party,” he said.
Additionally, he reminded councillors to work together with the council staff, saying: “The staff are not beneath us and we are not their boss. We make the policy by consulting the staff, since we are only here temporarily while they will be here for 30 years.”
