PUTRAJAYA (Oct 26, 2011): The responsibility to fix the leaking Bukit Jalil National Stadium roof has been handed over to the Public Works Department (PWD), said Youth and Sports Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Shabery Cheek.
"We cannot repair just the part which is leaking. The whole roof needs to be replaced and the cost could reach up to as much as RM40 million," he said at a news conference here on Tuesday.
He was commenting on the Auditor General's Report 2010 which said that the 90,000-capacity stadium had a 10-year warranty for the German-made membrane roof cover which expired in 2008, but noted that a replacement roof could not be acquired as it was damaged by fireworks.
The A-G's Report also noted that the stadium, which has hosted over 2,100 events between 2008 and 2010, requires other immediate repairs and pointed out rusty and loose cable screws holding up the roof.
The government finally approved RM30 million to repair the damaged stadium in December last year, after the Merdeka Stadium Corporation applied four times for repair allocations, the report said.
Ahmad Shabery said the ministry had also asked the PWD to carry out an in-depth structural inspection of the stadium, which was built in 1998, to ascertain its safety.
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