SUNGAI PETANI: The Housing and Local Government Ministry will act as a supervisor to ensure local authorities cut red tape and strengthen the civil service to fight corruption and deliver quality service to the people.
Heeding the recent call by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi for government departments to cut red tape and bureaucracy, Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk Seri Ong Ka Ting said his ministry would play a supervisory role as such matters came under the jurisdiction of the respective state governments.