29 February 2012

Oops...we visited the wrong shopping mall, admits Rafizi...

NONEPKR strategy director Rafizi Ramli has apologised for naming the wrong location in Singapore for a premier supermarket that the family of Women, Family and Community Development Minister Shahrizat Abdul Jalil is said to be developing.

Contacted today, he said the shopping mall - where the supermarket will be an anchor tenant - is Rochester Mall located in Rochester Drive and not Star Vista Mall, as he had claimed yesterday.


Rafizi explained that the two malls are next to each other, causing his staff who had gone to view the site, to make a mistake.


"Our men who went to recce made a mistake. They went to the wrong shopping mall. We have checked again. They found the location of supermarket in another shopping mall - Rochester Mall," he said.


In a statement issued later, Rafizi said a fresh check this morning with Malaysians living in Singapore had confirmed the correct shopping mall.


However he defended other allegations
made at a press conference yesterday, during which he had revealed his suspicion that Shahrizat's family members had misused the RM250 million government soft loan to the National Feedlot Corporation (NFC), to open the supermarket in their personal names.

‘No denial from NFC’


Farmhouse Supermarkets Pte Ltd, owned by Shahrizat's husband and two children, has rented 28 units on the second floor of the mall. The project, developed by UE One-North Developments Pte Ltd, consists of Rochester Mall and luxurious condominiums..

NONEThe website  of Rochester Mall lists Farmhouse Supermarket as its biggest tenant on the second floor.

“I'm of the view that since Rochester Mall is just next to Star Vista, the estimated rental made by me yesterday based on the report of Competition Commission of Singapore should not differ much," Rafizi commented.



 He cited a report published by English daily The Malay Mail today, in which NFC chairperson Mohamad Salleh Ismail did not deny the existence of the supermarket project.

"I openly apologise to (the owner of Star Vista Mall) CapitalMall and NFC for the factual mistake, but it does not dismiss the various questions arising from the involvement of NFC in operating a luxury supermarket in Singapore," he added.-malaysiakini



Oops...pasaraya NFC bukan di Star Villa tapi di Rochester Mall...

Pengarah strategi PKR, Rafizi Ramli mengakui kesilapannya berhubung lokasi pasaraya yang didakwa dimiliki National Feedlot Corporation (NFC) di Singapura.

Ketika ditanya, beliau hari ini mendakwa, lokasi sebenar pasaraya itu ialah Rochester Mall yang terletak di Rochester Drive, Singapura dan bukannya di Star Vista Mall seperti yang didakwanya semalam.

Jelasnya, kedua-dua pusat membeli-belah itu terletak berdekatan di antara satu sama lain dan petugasnya yang membuat pengesanan itu telah berkunjung ke lokasi yang salah.


NONE"Orang kita yang pergi kesan itu buat kesilapan. Mereka pergi ke pusat membeli belah yang salah.

"Kita telah periksa semula. Mereka dapati (lokasi pasaraya) itu di satu lagi pusat membeli-belah – Rochester Mall," katanya.


Bercakap ketika dihubungi Malaysiakini hari ini beliau berkata Rochester Mall juga telah dibuka dan beroperasi sejak beberapa lama.

Dalam kenyataannya, Rafizi berkata beliau memandang berat kesilapan tersebut, ekoran kenyataan daripada pemilik Star Vista bahawa kompleks beli belah itu tidak mempunyai kaitan dengan pasaraya berkenaan – Farmhouse Supermarket Pte Ltd.


Beliau turut memohon maaf secara terbuka kepada syarikat pemilik pusat membeli belah Star Vista  dan juga kepada NFC atas kesilapan fakta itu.

"(Namun) ia tidak memadamkan pelbagai persoalan yang timbul mengenai pembabitan NFC di dalam operasi pasaraya mewah di Singapura," katanya.

Beliau percaya bahawa kesilapan yang dilakukannya hanyalah berhubung alamat sebenar premis berkenaan manakala maklumat lain yang didedahkannya semalam adalah "tepat."

"Kenyataan Dato’ Seri Salleh Ismail yang disiarkan oleh The Malay Mail bertarikh 29 Februari 2012 juga mengesahkan bahawa NFC tidak menafikan kewujudan pasaraya mewah ini, malah masih mempertahankan hak mereka untuk menceburi apa-apa perniagaan yang mereka rasa sesuai," katanya.


Beliau juga mendakwa Farmhouse menyewa 28 unit kedai di kompleks menara berkembar tersebut.

"Semakan di laman rasmi Rochester Mall jelas menyenaraikan Farmhouse Supermarket sebagai salah satu penyewa mereka.

"Maklumat di laman itu juga mengesahkan bahawa Farmhouse Supermarket adalah penyewa terbesar di tingkat 2, berbanding kedai-kedai lain," katanya lagi.

Tambahnya beliau juga berpendapat bahawa anggaran sewa di Rochester Mall tidak banyak berbeza seperti Star Vista seperti laporan Competition Commission of Singapore.- malaysiakini




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