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Working Visit By YB Dato' Seri S. Samy Vellu, Minister Of Works |
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23 April 2005 - GSB Project Site, Johor Bahru
By Shendia Chan |
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On 23 April 2005, The Minister of Works Malaysia, YB Dato' Seri S. Samy Vellu made a working visit to the Gerbang Selatan Bersepadu (GSB) project office at Johor Bahru. Accompanying the Minister was YB Dato' Palaniel a/l K. Govindasamy, Deputy Minister of Women & Family Development, YB Dato' Veerasingam a/l Suppiah, Deputy Minister of Domestic Trade & Consumer Affiars, Tan Sri Dato' Ir. Hj. Zaini Omar, Director General of Public Works Department (PWD) and his deputy, Ir. Dr Judin Abdul Karim.
His arrival at the airport was received by YBhg Dato' Ir. Mohd Noor Yaacob, Director of PWD Johor, Ir. Anton Sebastian, Construction Director of JKR for GSB Project, YBhg Dato Yahya A. Jalil, Managing Director of Gerbang Perdana Sdn Bhd (GPSB), YB Dato' K.S. Balakrishnan, Chairman, MIC Johor State and YB Datuk Krishnasamy a/l Shiman, ADUN Johor (Tenggaroh).
On arrival at JB Office, YB Dato' Seri was greeted by Tn. Hj. Azahar Abdul Aziz, Finance Director of Gerbang Perdana Sdn Bhd (GPSB), Tn Hj Rostam Razali, Operations Director of GPSB and representatives of PWD and staff of GPSB. |
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His visit commenced at 11.20a.m. with a GSB Project Progress briefing and visual presentation by Ir. Anton Sebastian. The one-hour presentation included current work progress, a 4D visual scheduling model of the entire GSB project and Q&A session.
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Subsequently, YB Dato' Seri attended a 20 minutes press conference whereby YB Dato' Seri expressed the need to have an alternative design of a bridge on Malaysian side of the causeway if talks between Malaysia and Singapore fail. GPSB and PWD were given until May 3 to submit the alternative design of the bridge.
Before ending the visit, YB Dato' Seri and his entourage proceeded to the exhibition hall where they viewed the project model of GSB. Later, all guests bid their farewell at 1.00 p.m. |
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