Fresh from churning out Pemandu reports, some of which proposed the building of the Mass Rapid Transit (MRT), consultancy firm McKinsey & Co has again been hired - this time to conduct a Land Public Transport Commission (Spad) study on the value management of such a project.<br /><br />Basing his question on a report in The Star today that said Mckinsey would now helm the Spad study into the matter, DAP Petaling Jaya Utara MP Tony Pua questioned the impartiality of the arrangement.<br /><br />"Will McKinsey do a fair analysis of the cost benefits of the MRT system, when it is part of the Pemandu project that, in the first place, proposed the MRT system?<br /><br />"While there may be no direct conflict of interest, one has to wonder how fair and unbiased the report is going to be," Pua told a press conference in the Parliament lobby today.<br /><br />Full Story: http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/158166
