KUALA LUMPUR - WHO in their right mind would pay RM42,320 (S$17,424) for a laptop?

Kolej Kemahiran Tinggi Mara Balik Pulau in Penang not only paid the price but bought two units of the same brand - Acer Aspire, at a whopping price of RM84,640, said the Auditor-General's Report.

The college also purchased 450 units of computer CAD with network card at RM3.45mil for 12 labs.

Each 19-inch monitor costs RM8,500 while a 17-inch monitor costs RM7,500.

'A check with local companies showed that the market price for the latest model is between RM5,350 to RM6,500 each. Worse still the computers, Precision 390 Dell, that were supplied are no longer in the market,' it said.

Mara also spent RM2.08mil buying computer software it didn't need. -- THE STAR