Parking deal: royal patronage OK if company capable, says MB
The involvement of royalty in a state government initiative is not inherently wrong, as long as the company can deliver results, says Selangor menteri besar Amirudin Shari.
Commenting on reports about a state parking concession being linked to a member of the Selangor royal family, he said the state executive council was not involved in selecting the company.
The selection process was delegated to Menteri Besar Selangor Incorporated, which conducts a screening process “but it does not check who the ‘real owner’ is and so on”, he said. “If the company has the capacity, I don’t see anything wrong with royalty being involved, perhaps as a patron.”
Amirudin said what matters most is the company’s ability to contribute to better parking services rather than the…
