PUTRAJAYA (Aug 24): The National Audit Department has proposed 23 recommendations for three ministries and seven federal departments in the 2019 Auditor-General's Report Series 1, said Auditor-General Datuk Nik Azman Nik Abdul Majid. The departments meanwhile comprise the Prisons Department; Marine Department; Polytechnics; Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF); Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM); Customs Department and Inland Revenue Board (IRB). Meanwhile, he said the department also proposed 50 recommendations for federal-level government companies in order for them to rectify weaknesses identified in the report. Nik Azman said nine management audits were conducted on federal government companies for the Auditor-General's Report 2019 Series 1. He said the government companies were TH Hotel & Residence Sdn Bhd, Amanah Raya Bhd, Small Medium Enterprises Development Bank Malaysia Bhd, Technology Park Malaysia Corporation Sdn Bhd, UDA Holdings Bhd, CIDB E-Construct Services Sdn Bhd, Talent Corporation Malaysia Bhd, Malaysian Industry-Government Group For High Technology and National Institutes of Biotechnology Malaysia.

Source: The Edge Markets August 24, 2020 09:53 UTC