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PUCHONG:Orangramaidimintam~mberikankerjasamauntukmengurangkankesdenggiterma-

sukmembenarkankakitanganJabatanKesihatanMajlisPerbandaranSubangJaya(MPSJ)menjalankankerjapenyem-burankabusdi kediamanmereka.

YangDipertuaMPSJ,DatukAdnanMd Ikhsan,berkatausahabersepadupihakberkuasatempatan(PBT)bersamakementerianberkaitanmemerangiAedesdandenggitidakakanmencapaimatlamatjika kawasansasaransukarditembusi.

Beliauberk"ata,anggotapemusnahAedesdiperhebatsejakSubangJayadikatakanmencatatkankestertingginamunkeenggananpemilikrumahmembenarkankerjapenyemburanmengecewakanPBT. .'

"Pelbagaikaedahtermasukkempen

kesedaranselainmembekalkanAbatekepadapendudukdankerjapenyem-burankabusterutamadi kawasanperu-mahandilakukan.

"Namun,adapendudukengganmem-benarkankakitangankitamenjalankantugaskeranaberpendapatasapitumembahayakandanpadamasasamapendudukdimintaberadadi luarkawa-sansemburanuntuktempohtertentu,"katanya.

Beliauberkatademikianselepasmelancarkankempenmenanampokokdi perumahansekitarBandarPuteriPuchong,di sini,baru-baruini.

Kempenitu mensasarkan100,000pokokpelbagaijenisditanammenjelangakhir2008denganMPSJmengagihkan-nyakepadaresidenuntukditanamseki-tar kawasanperumahanmasing-masing.

Adnanberkata,buatjulung kaliMPSJmembekalkanbenihpokokbuah-bua-hansepertimangga,rambutan,durian

Belanda,jambudanpulasansupayahasiltanamandapatdinikmatijirantetangga.

"Aktivitigotong-royongsepertiinimampumengeratkanhubunganpen-dudukdanPBTberpeluangmendekatimasyarakatuntukmengenalpastiisuataupermasalahansetempat,"katanya.

Berhubungpeningkatankesdenggikhususnyadi SubangJaya,MPSJturutmenjalankanpembasmianaedesdirumahtidakberpenghuniuntukmenge-lakkanpembiakanjentik-jentik.

"Kebanyakanmasalahdenggikhususnyadi USJberpuncadi rumahtinggalyangdipenuhisemaksamunsertatinggalanbekasyangmenjaditempatpembiakanmenyebabkankitatidakpunyapilihanselainmemecahpintuuntukmembersihdanmembasminyamuk.

"Tindakanit!Jdiambilmengikutundang-undangyangmembolehkanPBTmembersihkankediamanterbiar

demikeselamatanoranglaindankitatidakmemerlukankebenaranpemilikyangkosnyakemudianakandituntutdaripadamereka,"katanya,

Katanya,bil akandihantarkepada. pemilikrumahdanlot terbabitmengikut

perkhidmatanyangdiberikanselainkompaunmaksimumRM500sekaligusmemberipengajarankepadapemilikrumahkosongsupayamenjagaperseki-tarankediamanataulot kosong.

StatistikkesdenggiseluruhnegarasejakawaltahuninimenunjukkanSelangormasihmenjadinegeripalingtinggi mencatatkankesdenggiberiku-tan beberapafaktorterutamakepadatanpendudukdanpembangunanpesatdinegeriitu.

MPSJpulamencatatkankesdenggipalingtinggiapabilamerekodkan1,023keshingga17Maclalumembabitkan145denggimanakalaselebihnyadenggiberdarahdenganlimakematian.

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SUBANG JAYA - Majlis PerbandaranSubang Jaya (MPSJ) menetapkan sa-saran untuk menanam 103 juta batangpokok di sekitar kawasan pentadbiran-nya.

Yang Dipertua MPSJ, Adnan Md. Iks-han berkata, program itu bukan sahajauntuk mengindahkan persekitaran, ma-lah mengurangkan pemanasan global.

"MPSJ amat komited dalam menjagaalam sekitar, sekali gus memupuk rasatanggungjawab di kalangan orangawam.

"Selain menanam pokok, MPSJ jugaakan menyita kilang haram yang degiluntuk bekerjasama dalam program pe-mutihan kilang di kawasan itu," katanya

ketika mempengerusikan mesyuarat bu-lanan pihak berkuasa tempatan itu di sinisemalam.

Mengenai kewujudan kilang-kilang ha-ram, Adnan berkata, kira-kira 400 pe-milik kilang haram yang masih men-jalankan operasi tanpa mempunyai lesenyang sah.

"Untuk itu, MPSJ menyeru agar me-reka datang untuk berbincang untuk me-nyelesaikan masalah tersebut," jelasnyalagi. -

Sementara itu, kaunter pembayaranjuga akan dibuka setiap Sabtu bermula 8pagi sehingga 1 tengah hari bagi me-mudahkan pembayar cukai menunaikantanggungjawao mereka.

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Kata Adnan, kaunter-kaunter itu jugadibuka di kompleks membeli-belah un-tuk memudahkan pelanggan menjelas-kan pembayaran.

Dalam pada itu, MPSJ akan menu-runkan papan iklan sekiranya pihak ter-babit masih gagal menjelaskan tungga-kan.

Tambah beliau, MPSJ telah menetap-kan syarat bahawa pemilik perlu me-ngemukakan lesen menduduki semen-tara (TOL).

"Ia untuk memberi kebenaran meran-cang dan permit untuk mendirikan pa- .pan tanda sebelum MPSJ boleh menge-luarkap lesen untuk papan iklan ber-kenaan," katanya.

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Janganbelibaranganjika ragui-statushalalKUALA LUMPUR - Orang ramaikhususnya yang beragama Islam di-nasihatkan supaya tidak membelisesuatu produk makanan yang tidak

mempunyai logo halal jika statusnyadiragui.

Menurut Pengarah Bahagian HabHalal Jabatan Kemajuan Islam Ma-

laysia (Jakim), Zainal Abidin Jaafar,pengguna Islam juga perlu peka ter-hadap kandungan serta label se-suatu makanan sebelum membeli-

nya dan jikatimbul kera-guan, mere-ka boleh me-ngelak mem-beli makanantersebut.

"Apa yangboleh dilaku-kan, Jakim

mengesyorkan orang ramai supayamenggunakan suara mereka sebagaipengguna untuk menggesa sese-buah syarikat berkenaan supayamemohon sijil halal.

"Sekiranya ia melepasi piawaianhalal yang ditetapkan, Jakim akanmengeluarkan lesen logo halal dantiada lagi keraguan yang akan tim-bul," katanya.

Zainal Abidin berkata demikiansebagai mengulas laporan Kosrrw!se-malam mengenai keraguan seorangpengguna di Seremban yang terkejut

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kerana kerepek kentang yang dibe-linya tiada logohalal.

Mengulas mengenai perkara termenurutnya, pengguna mungkin bo-leh mendesak pengeluar kerepek ken-tang berkenaan memohon sijil halaldaripada Jaldm.

Beliaukemudian memberitahu, per-mohonan sijilhalal bukan satu sym-atwajib kepada mana-mana pengeluarmakanan dan ia sebenarnya terpuhmgkepada syarikat terbabit untuk men-dapatkan sijil berkenaan wltuk me-yakinkan pelanggan mereka.

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Pihaknyajugaakanmenambahbilangankameralitartertutup(CCTV)bagimeningkatkankawalanpencegahanjenayahdikawasanMPSJ.

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SUBANGJAVA-Pelbagaicarabakal dilaksanakan bagi me-mastikan hasrat kerajaan ne- .geri dalam usaha menjadikanSelangor hijau, bersih dan se-lamat untuk diduduki ter-capaI.

Ahli Jawatankuasa TetapKerajaan Tempatan, Kajiandan Penyelidikan, ROlmieLiuTian Khiew berkata, sasaranitu bagi menjadikan tiga asaspenting' berkenaan dapat di-laksanakan sepenuhnya.

Katanya, dalam konsep hi-jau pihaknya menyasarkan se-..hingga hujung tahun ini lebih 1

juta pokok dapat ditanam di se-luruh kawasan negeri Selangormelalui kerjasama pihak ber-kuasa tempatan.

"Kita akan bekeljasamadengan pihak berkuasa tempat-an malah tumt menggalakkanpembabitan masyarakat dalamkempen menanam pokok di ka-wasan sekitar.

"Apa yang pasti, ini akanmemberi suasana kehijauan Ie-bih baik kepada negeri ini danmenjamin persekitaran sihat ke-pada rakyat," katanya.

Menjelaskan 1l1engenaikon-sep bersih pula, beliau berkatapihaknya akan 1l1engkajisemulasistem pengumsan sisa pepejalsedia ada untuk 1l1enaiktaraf se-

kiranya wujud kekurangan."Malah, kami akan cuba

mengetengahkan kembali kem-pen kitar semula untuk dijadi-kan amalan kepada penduduksetempat supaya lebih ban yaksampah dapat dikurangkan.

"Selain itu, konsep kitarsel11ula ini juga dapat men-

jimatkan kos pelupusan sam-pah l11alah mungkin dapatmerealisasikan matlamat ne-geri Selangor yang bersih,"katanya selepas menghadiriPerhimpunan Bulanan MajlisPerbandaran Subang Jaya(MPSJ)di sini, semalam.

Jelas Ronnielagi,pihaknyajuga akan menambahbilangankamera litar tertutup (CCTV) .bagi meningkatkan kawalanpencegahan jenayah di kawa-san MPSJ.

Tumt hadir Ahli ParlimenKelana Jaya, G~o B¥me Loh,Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri(ADUN)SubangJaya,HannahYeoh Tseow Suan dan ADUNSeri Kembangan, Ean YangHian Wah.

Mengulas mengenai isu ki-lang serta iklan haram yang ba-nyak terdapat di kawasan MPSJ,Ronnie berkata pihaknya akancuba l11encarijalan penyelesai-an.

"Kita juga akan me:-nimbangkan untuk memberi

Ronnie(kanan)semasasesitaklimat bersamaPengarahJabatanMPSJ,semalam.

kebenaran kepada pemilik ki-lang yang masih tidak mem-punyai permit untlikmemasti-kan tiada yang hilang tempat

pergantungan jika kilang me-reka diarah tutup.

"Namun mereka' perlumembayarcukaidan danme-

matuhiperaturandanjika gagalkitatidak teragak-agak meng-ambil tindakan perobohan,"katanya. ..jJINA,f fAc-vAN

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Federal Hill folks fear political interferencEiByBAVANIM

ISthe KualaLumpurmayor underpoliticalinfluence?TheresidentsofFederalHillKualaLumpurseem tothink so.

When letters from the mayor'soffice informed them of the post-ponement of the objectionhearingfor the proposed commercialpro-ject in Federal Hill to May 15, tocoincidewith the exhibitionof theDraft Kuala Lumpur Local Plan2020- allthey couldthinkwas thatit was just another excuse by theKualaLumpur CityHall (DBKL)toshrug offresponsibility.

But what irked residents morethen anything was the revelationthat one of the directors ofPrimamudaHoldingsSdnBhd- thedeveloper who is applying for adevelopment order for the com-mercial project in Federal Hill - isthe Wanita Umno Bukit Bintangchiefand was a formerDBKLadvi-sory boardmember.

A check with the Companies. Commission of Malaysia (CCM)

shows that Mariany Mohamad Yitis listed as one of the directors ofPrimamuda Holdings Sdn Bhd.

The DBKL website also showsthat Mariany was also a DBKLadvi-soryboard member.

'This screams of political inter-ference," said Federal Hill residentPook LiYoon.

'This shows that DBKLis notaccountable to the citizens of KLand seems to be taking orders fromother sources," Pook said.

Li added that the postponementwas just another ploy by DBKLtochange the draft local plan to incor-porate the proposed developmentas after all, nQ one has seen thedraft plan anyway," said Pook.

Another resident S.Visvalingamsaid: ''The postponement does notshow coherence at all. We areafraid that they are merely buyingtime to make changes to the draftplan and jeopardise our case:'

"By right, the mayor shouldreject the proposal outright as it isdirectly inconsistent withKLSP2020.In fact, there shouldn'tbe an objection hearing in ~he first

place. I do believe that he may beunder political pressure,"Visvalingam said.

Another resident, who onlywished to be named as Chan, ques-tioned why the development pro-ject was not awarded on an opentender basis.

Local government and TownPlanning expert Derek Fernandezsaid that policy CF3 of the KualaLumpur Structure Plan 2020(KLSP2020)ensures that land des-ignated under Institutional use(Police reserve) must only be usedfor public purposes.

"Public purpose means publicfacilities such as parks, museum,educational facilities, recreation,police station, fire brigade and sim-ilar facilities for the public," he said.

'The mayor is obligated to rejectthe application because it directlycontradicts policy CF3 which pro-hibits institutional land from beingused for any other purpose exceptfor public facilities.

'There can be no change of theland in question for commercialpurpose nor can the draft local plan

be prepared proposing this land ascommercial as the Planning andDevelopment Act 1984 requires thedraft local plan to be consistentwith the KLSP2020.

Pook said that she was puzzledover DBKL'sreluctance to give resi-dents basic information like trafficassessment, structural impactassessment, development proposalplans and even the address andcontact number of the developer.

"When we asked for it the lasttime we visited City Hall,we practi-cally had to beg for these informa-tion. It seems like they have some-thing to hide," said Pook.

"I will not be surprised if themayor is under tremendous politi-cal pressure to see this projectthroughas it is estimatedto gener-ate RMIbil in profit.

Meanwhile, the MalaysianNature Society (MNS)and BadanWarisan Malaysia (BWM) havecalled for the 2.1ha of land at Lot55PlotA, Section70 in jalan TraversFederalHillto be incorporatedforthe Natural History Museum and,serve as a green lung for KL i

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Dalam membentuk modal insanyang terbaik, kecergasan mentaldan tizika! adalah sama pentingdan kedua-dua faktor itu pel'iudibentuk sejak dari kedl lagi.

Menyedari perkara itu, keraja-an mewajibkan setiap pemajusupaya mewujudkan kawasan la-pang dan taman permainan disetiap taman perumahan sebagaitambahan kepada taman-tamanawmnyang disedialmn di bebe,'a-pa tempat.

Fungsi taman-tanlan permai-nml ini sebagai lokasi pembentu-kat1fizikalyang sihat dan ak1:ivitisosia! yang lain sememangnya ti-dak dinafikan telah membawa ba-nyak faedah kepada masyarakat.

Namun, kemud311an tamanpermainan ini kepada kanak-ka-nak ada k31anya boleh menda-tangkan risiko kepada keselama-tan mereka seperti dalam kesSharlinie Mohd. Nashm' dan Mu-Itamad Asmawi Jal31udin yangmasih belum dijumpai seltinggahari ini.

Inilah yang menimbulkan ke-resahan kepada penduduk USJ22 di sini terhadap lokasi padmlgpem1ainan yang baru dibina disitu.

Ia menil11bulkankebil11bangm1kepada kebanyakan ibu bapa ke-rana tel'ietak berdekatan dengania;Dnutal11adan boleh ll1emudah-~,;a"berlakunya kes penculikan.

Tinjauan Utllsan Malaysia dipadang pel'lnainan tersebut men-dapati lokasinya l11el11angkuranggesuai kerana terpinggir dm'i ka-wasan penun311andi samping ke-h"diran ramai warga asing di situDada 8ebelahpetaug.

Diiahal11kan, padang permai-11Z,":1angdibina dengan kos seba-nyak R,Yl120,OOOitu baru sahajadibuka kepada umum pada bulanJanuari lalu walaupuu belum siapsepenuhnya.

W 31aupun mendapat bantahandaripada sebahagian pendudukUSJ 22, projek padang pem1ai-nan berkenaan tetap diteruskm1oleh Majlis Perbandaran SubangJaya (MPSJ).

Tambaltan pula, Pangsapuri Fla-ville yang terIetak bersebelaltansudah mempunyai padang per-mainan sendiri dan langkah MP-SJ itu dilihat sebagai tindakan yangagak ganjil.

Kebanyakan penduduk di situmahukan padang permainan bagiUSJ 22 itu dipindaltkatl ke satutapak lain yang lebih strategik danselamal.

Tapak yatlg dimaksudkan ha-nya terletak beberapa meter salta-ja dm'ipada lokasi perumahatl me-reka dan dipisahkan dengan ta-nah perkuburan.

Ketua UMNO cawatlgan USJ16 - 27, Amrm1 Ahmad, 43, berka-

ta, pihaknya sudah dua kali meng-hantar surat bantahatl kepadaMPSJ agar projek tersebut tidakditeruskan.

"SUI'at bantaltan yatlg turut di-tandatangani oleh kesemua pen-duduk di sini kerana kami maltuMPSJ bersikap lebih peka terha-dap keselamatan katlak-kanakyang baka! menggnnakan padangpermainan di sini," katatlya.

Katatlya, surat jawapatl yangditerima daripada MPSJ memak-lumkatl b311awa projek tidak bo-leh ditarik balik kerana surat kon-trak dan tawaran telalt dikeluar-

kml kepada kontrak1:or."Tetapi apa yang saya kes31kan

ialalt pihak MPSJ tidak mematl-tau sepenuhnya daltulu kawasanini sebelum meluluskan projekpadang permainan tersebut," ka-tanya.

Selain itu. fak1:or muka bumiyang curam dan tidak rata me-nambahkatl lagi faktor bahawatempat tersebut tidak sesuai un-tuk dijadikan kawasan rekreasi.

Seorang pendnduk, ZainuddinIsmail, 36, berkata, MPSJ seha-!'Usnya memahami dan mengam-bil kira faktor kebanyakan ibu

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bapa di sini bekerja dan tidakmungkin dapat. memantau anakmereka sepanjatlg masa.

"Sekiranya padang permainatlini diletakkan di tapak yatlg dica-dangkan oleh penduduk di sini, iadilihat lebih selmnat kerana pen-duduk lain dapat memerhatikatlkanak-kmlak yatlg bermain," ka-tanya.

Katatlya, sekiranya MPSJ men-dapatkan daltulu pandangan pen-duduk dan mempertimbangkancadangan mereka dahulu, dia me-rasakan tidak akan timbulmasa-lah sepelti sekarmlg.

Seoratlg lagi penduduk, FazliShoob, 33, berpendapat, kos yatlgdikeluarkan untuk membina pa-datlg petmainatl itu adal311 mem-bazir kerana ia jarang digun31mn.

"Sukar bagi kebanyakan ibu ba-pa dm1 tetmasuk saya sendirimemberi kelonggaratl kepada

atlak-atlak mereka bermain di sa-na kerana tiadajantinatl dati fak-tor keselmnatan," katanya.

Katanya, kehadiran wargaMyan-mar datl Bangladesh yatlg seringmenghabiskan l11asa di situ me-nambaltkan ketakutatl ibu bapa.

"Banyak kes jenayalt sepecti ca-bul kehormatan dan rogol ka-nak-kanak yang melibatkan war-ga asing beriaku sekaratlg ini,"katanya.

Bagi Raja Ayob Raja Ibraltim,42, pula, dia melihatkan projektersebut sebagai 'tangkap muat'kermta tidak dibuat kajian de-ngatl teliti dan tinjauan pendapatdi kalatlgan penduduk.

Katanya, MPSJ tidak seharns-nya hanya mahu melepaskantanggnngjawab membina padatlgperl11ainm1 tetapi juga periu me-ngambil kira faktor keselamatandan kesesuaian lokasi.

Katanya, pembinaan tamanpermainan itu juga menyebabkanlongkang berhampir311 terpaksaditimbus U11tuk dijadikan l31uatljalan masuJ<.

"Ia ternyata boleh menjejaskans31iran longkang berhampiranApattmen FlavilIe dan boleh me-nyebabkan batljir kHat.

"Sepatutnya longkang itu tidakditimbus semata-mata untukmembuat j31an masuk keratla ba-nyak cara lain yang boleh diguna-kan," katanya.

Katanya, masih belum terIam-bat untuk MPSJ memindahkanlokasi taman permainatl itu kera-na projek itu masih belum siapsepenuhnya.

"W31aupun mungkin MPSJ ter-paksa mengeluarkan peruntukantamb311an tetapi demi keselama-tan penduduk terutama katlak-ka-nak, ia ada1a1t wajar," katanya.

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PerkhidmatanRakyatDewanUndanganNegeri(DUN)

Subang Jayaakan dirasmikanhari ini di 24 A,Tingkat 1,Jalan SS14/1Adi sini.

Mereka yang mempunyaisebarang aduan mahupunpertanyaan boleh ber-kunjung ke pusat khdimat iniyang sudah mula dibuka oleh

$I\.JW tf"{1.1orang ramai sejak 18 Maclalu.

Program ini dijangkabermula jam 6 petang dan iaakan memulakan operasisepertibiasa setiap hariSelasadan Khamis daripadajam 7 hingga 10 malam.

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baru bang untanah tinggiSHAH ALAM Kerajaan negeri Se-langor bakal mengeluarkan garis pan-duan barn dalampengurusan pemba-ngun;in di kawasan tanahtinggi yangsensitif,

Pengenisi ." .Ja,wataJ1k\1~a '. TetaPKerajaan Tempatan, Kajiap dan Pe..nyelidikan, Ronnie Liu berkata, bagitujuan tersebut, pihaknya akan turj:mpadang untuk l1'l~nipjau status pem-,bangtinan,tapahtipggiyal1g $edJaada. .

Menurut beHau," k.aWasan tanah

tinggi yang diba~gtin~:,in tahpa pe7rancangan ibarat 'kawasan hitam'yang terdedah' kepada IIla,la petakaseperti tanah111nfuh. .

Katanya, $etakat ini, beliau telahmenerima aduan orang ramai. ya,ngbill1bang terhadap dua projek pem-bangunan di kawasan tanah tinggidinegeri Selangor.

"Jllstel1l, kfl.ll1itelah mengarahkfl.npemaju perumahan. terbabit agarmemberhentikan kerjabuat s.emen~tara waktu.

"Kall1i akan meninjau Bukit¥ta-rabapgsa bersama Yang DipertuaMajlis Perbandaran Ampang Jayadan Ahli Parlimen Gpmbak, l\,ZminAli untuk mengumpulka,nll1ak.}umatberkaitan sebeluI11membuat k.e~utu-san akhir," katanya. kepada UtusanMalaysia di pejabatnya di sini, ba-ru-baru ini.

Projek terbabii merangkumi 194unit banglo dan 410 unit pejabatserta lot kedai dalam bangtinan 10tingkat di Taman Hijall.

Turut terlibat ialah pembinaan21unit banglo di Jalan Kelab UkaY,5.

Ronnie Liu yang juga Ahli DewanUndangan Negeri (ADUN) Panda-maran ll1enegaskan, kerajaan negeriQukan membatalkan projek tersebuttetapi memperlahankan perlaksana~annya.

Katanya, pemaju kawasan tersebut "cuma memperoleh kelulusan pada 10 ,,'dan 18 Mac lalu.

"Projek di JalanKelab Ukay 5 dilu- iiiluskan terlebih dahulu pada 10 Mac ~sementara projek dJTaman l;Iijallpula ,,"mendapat kelulus1j.l1pada 18 Mac.

"Kami juga ingin tahu kenapa ja ",(projek) diluluskan sejurus selepasJPilihan Raya Umum Ke-12," kata-nya.

Sementara itU, Ronnie Uu mem-beritahu, beliau akan melawat semuapihak berkuasa tempatan (PBT) untukberkenalan dengan k.akitangan danahli majlis sebelum memikirkan ca-ra-cara meningkatkan prestasi setiapPBT.

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ConcernoverSepangpig farmKUALALUMPUR:Aproposed II

RMIOO million pig farm inSepang is causing some con-cern.

AlthQugh details have notbeen revealed,MalaysianNa- II

ture Society communicationshead Andrew Sebastian cau-tioned that the project must beimplemented with a high stan-dard of environmental condi-tions.

"This project must comewith a proper implementationplan because I'm sure thatresidents in the area will beworried about water qualityonce the project starts.

"I hope the -state govern-ment has put much thoughtinto this project so that it willnot cause environmentaldamage and affect the qualityof water," he said. ,

Sebastian added the gov-ernment must also co-operatewith environmental organisa-tions to monitor the project.

Neither state executive fOun-cillor Teresa Kok,who revealedthe approvalof the project by Ii

the state government, or Agri-culture Modernisation, Natural IiResources and Entrepreneuri-al Development Committeechairman Yaakob Sapari couldbe reached for comments.

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Residentsscepticalofnewsystem. By Halim Said

halimsaid@nst.com.my

MAKEit work. This is whatresidents of Subang Jaya wantfrom their local authorityfollowing the implementation ofSubang Jaya Municipal Council'snew zoning system to monitor theareas under its jurisdiction.

Under the system, which hasbeen implemented since

February, the municipality isdivided into 16 zones. The newsystem is aimed at improvingefficiency in handling problems.

MPSJ president Datuk AdnanMd Ikhsanwas quoted by Streetsyesterday as saying that underthe system, all the residentialareas in the zOnewere under theresponsibility of a departmenthead.

He had said department heads

were told to monitor the five essentialutility services such as streets andtraffic lights maintenance, potholeworks, garbage disposal service, .drainage maintenance and mowingof the grass in common areas.

The departments, Adnan had said,would oversee these issues in theirrespective areas and would forwardthe problems to the relevantdepartments for further actioninstead of waiting for complaintsfrom residents.

USJ Residents' Associationchairman P.c. Yeoh, 54, sma therewas no point in introducing a newmonitoring system, if it was notimplemented wholeheartedly.

"It will fail to achieve its aim if thecouncil's staff remain inefficient."

He claimed that there were stillcomplaints by residents which had

, yet to see any actionfromthe council.I Yeohsaid the councilpresident

must ensure that the new systembenefited the council and residents.

He said although each councillorwas tasked to oversee several areas,

! some of them did not do a good job.Subang Jaya ResidentS' Association

chairman Pritpal Singh, 54, said sucha pro-active initiative by the councilwas welcomed.

"The department heads are morefamiliar with our problems comparedwith councillors, some of whom areoutsiders. "

Pritpal said in some cases,

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Yesterday's edition of 'Streets' highlighting the move to assign 16 departmentsof the Subang Jaya Municipal Council a zone to oversee.

complaints forwarded to councillorswere not attended to.

"Either the councillors do not careor are not familiar with theirassigned areas."

He said he hoped that the

additional responsibility would notaffect the department heads'productivity.

"However, it is good to know thatthe council is improving its services.This is what we want."

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One up for thenature loversEnvironmentalambassadorsto take partin torch relayBy NG WEI LOONweiloon@thestar.com.myPhotos by GLENN GUAN

LOCAL environmentalists willlead the pack as the Coca-ColaMalaysia torchbearers in the

Malaysian leg of the Beijing 2008OlympicTorch Relayscheduled at theDataran Merdeka in KualaLumpuronApril21.

The company's public affairs andcommunications director MohamedKadriMohamedTaibannounced theirrepresentatives recently.

Six environmental ambassadors inthe line-up are Malaysian NatureSociety vice-president Datuk DrHashim Abdul Wahab, Wild Asiafounder and director Dr Reza Azmi,Children's Environmental HeritageFoundation founder and executivechairperson KhadijahAbdul Rahman,KelahActionGroupof Malaysiachair-man Aznir Malek. nature conserva-tionist Datuk Dr Mikhaail Kavanaghand journalist KaramSinghWalia.

Kadri said they adopted the sameselection criteria by Coca-Cola toappoint their torchbearers around theworld to be part of the relay.

"TIle selection is in line with ourcommitment in Global Water Ste-wardshipinitiativeto preserveand pro-tect water resources.

"In Malaysia,we have demonstratedour effortsto providesustainablefreshwater supplies to rural villages inSabah,"he added.

In addition, the beverage companywill be providing climate-friendlycoolers and vending machines toimproveenergy efficiencyup to 35%atall the official venues at the Beijing

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Environmental appeal: Kadri (right) and Sieh (second right) are joinedby two of the Coca-Cola Malaysia torchbearers, Karam (third from right),Khadijah and Aznir at the announcement ceremony.

»The selection isin line with ourcommitment inGlobal WaterStewardshipinitiative topreserve andprotect waterresources«MOHAMEDKADRIMOHAMEDTAIB

Olympic Games.Olympic Council of Malaysia (OCM)

secretary Datuk Sieh Kok Chi and F&NCoca-Cola Malaysia event and spon-sorship manager Muhammad FauziAhmad were also present at the cere-mony.

"The environmental theme is part

of the Olympic movement We cannotI practise sports without good environ-

ment."It is also an opportunity for the

localunsung heroes in the fieldto cre-ate awareness on various environ-mental issues; said Sieh.

The Olympic Torch Relay will betravelling 137,OOOkm,including 22cities across five continents over 130days.

For the hosts China, the Olympicflame will be visiting 113 cities in 31Chinese provinces, regions andmunicipalities.

In Malaysia, the historic journeystarting at Dataran Merdeka will bepassing through the Golden Trianglebefore ending at KLCC.

On tl1eeve of the main event, OCMand their partners will be hosting afun run for the public to savour tl1eOlympic Flame's journey at DataranMerdeka in KualaLumpur.

Thbse interested in taking part inthe run can register at the venue onthe day of the event before 7.30am.

Fordetails,call03-2715 2678 or 03-2715 2843 (FederalTerritoryAmateurAthleticAssociation).

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Politicians identified ;;S l»/"

likely culprits in land scamBy EDWARD RAJENDRAedward@thestar.com,my

SHAHALAM:Politicianswith "sidekicks"inland officesare the likely culprits behind thenumerous land scam cases in Selangor.

LocalGovernment,Studyand Researchstatechairman Ronnie Uu said initial fact-findingmissions involving victims of such scamspointed to such practices.

"Most of the time, influential individualswould be involved with close connection ofinsiders in the District Land Office.Once thefact-findingJ;11issionon this issue leadsto realinvestigations, it will rattle many partiesincludingthe DistrictLandOfficeemployees,"he said.

Ronnie said the state government wasdetermined to resolve the land scams as peo-

pIe have lost their ownership to their landIthrough fraud and high-handed tactics.

"Employees in the Land Office who havebeen sidelined due to this corrupt practice cancome forward with information," he said.

OnApril3,TheStarfront-pageda storyon theSelangor Government opening investigationsinto allegations of massive land-cheating cases .

11said to run into hundred of millions of ringgit

Ronnie added that the district officers aresifting through reams of documents to build I!

up case files and among areas that are beinglooked into are Kapar and Pandamaran in I!Klang,Sungai Buloh,Ulu Yam and Kampung

I

iGurneyin KualaKubuBaru. .

Yesterday, Mentri Besar Tan Sri Khalid IIbrahim told reporters that he would hold apress conferencetoday at the State SecretariatBuildingto givean update on the land scam.

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Khalid and Lim criticise ending of pacts",.

Good read: Khalidpresenting a book on Selangor to Urn who paid him a courtesy call inShah Alam yesterday.

By WANI MUTHIAH

SHAH ALAM: Selangor Mentri Besar Tan SriKhalid Ibrahim and Penang Chief Minister LimGuan Eng have criticised the TourismMinistry's decision to terminate MoUs withPakatan Rakyat-led states.

Lim said the move was contradictory toPrime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad

Badawi's assurance that all federal pro-grammes would continue as planned in allstates.

"We feel that this action is not good fornational interest as well as the rakyat's inter-est," said Lim in ajoint press conference at thestate government building here yesterday.

Tourism Minister Datuk Seri Azalina

Othman Said announced recently that allMoUs with Pakatan Rakyat-led states wouldbe terminated due to the change in leadership.

She said the decision was in line with thetermination ofTourism Action Councils in the

Pakatan Rakyat states, which were previouslychaired by Barisan Nasional exco members incharge of tourism in each state.

Lim said it was not fair of Azalina to take it

out on tourists simply because she was unhap-py with the recent general election results.

"We hope that it (the decision) can be con-sidered so that it doesn't give the wrong.

impression that this was done because of what Ihad happenedwhen the peoplemadetheirchoice:'saidLim. .

Khalid said a minister could not discrimi- I

nate in such a manner because certain states

had different political leaderships. IIHe said it was time for all to know how to .differentiate between political funding and

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state funding. I'The most important part is the need to dis- I

tinguish between money for political activityand money through the consolidated funds of

Ithe federal government for the benefit of allstates," he said.

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He said state funds would also be chan-

n~lled to all regardlessof their political associ-atIOn.

"I think this standard of thinking must be

/applied to the whole country," he added

Earlier, Lim paid Khalid a courtesy visit at hisoffice at the state secretariat building here yes-

IIterday.According to Khalid, they discussed ways to II

collaborate on economic activities to improvethe domestic income of both states, includingissues related to water management, invest -

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'ments,tradeaswell asgeneralpolitics. .

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A fruitful meetingLiu and team outline solutions to solve MPSJ issuesBy LIM CHIA YING

" vi,,,,, 'the~tar.com.m'

PERTINENT issues like bill-boards. illegal factories andabandoned projects were dis-

cussed during the Selangor stateexco members' first official visit to

the Subang jaya Municipal Council(MPSJ) yesterday.

The delegation was led by statelocal government, research anddevelopment committee chairmanRonnie Liu along with new villagedevelopment and illegal factory taskforce committee chairman Ean YongHian Wah as well as Kelanajaya MPLoh Gwo Burne and Subang jayaassemblyman Hannah Yeoh.

TIle visit started off with a morn-

ing assembly at the MPSj stadiumwhere Uu gave a speech.

He said he wished to improve theimage of the state government bytaking immediate action for a clean-er, greener and safer Selangor.

"To increase safety, we are plan-ning to have more CCNs for all localcouncils in Selangor. As for thegreenery, we are targeting to plantone million trees by this year andeach council will have to do its partin the tree-planting programme.

"We are also keen to get the com-munity involved in more activities,"said Liu.

He added that the state was also

planning to revamp the rubbish col-lection and treatment system and toincrease recycling programmes.

After the assembly, MPSj presi-dent Datuk Adnan Md Ikhsanbriefed the group on the council'scurrent issues as well as other mat-ters.

The council's department direc-tors and officers were also presentat the meeting and responded toquestions from Liu.

On the issue of illegal factories,Liu said there were over 400 within

MPSJand more than 3,000 through-out Selangor.

"We want to legalise these illegalfactories and will find the shortest

-~;'.~Outlining plans for the ~ate: Liuaddressing the crowd during the assembly at the MPSJ stadium.

and best way to do so," he told the view will be taken down. posalof having more mobile teams."Adnan. "At the moment, no new bill- On the issue of the Millennium

Liualso proposed for this method boards should be put up unless this Park in Subangjaya, Adnan told liuto be applied to the illegalbillboards is done at an appropriate place. that the contractor's contract tothat had sprouted all over the state. "Wewill also look into reviewing develop the site ended on Appll.

"Wewillgivethem a chanceto be the billboards' licensingfee because "We kept extending their dead-legalisedor else we will not hesitate we feel the council should be col- line but nothing has been done toto bring the billboards down. If a lecting more," he explained da~. So now the council has takenbillboard is illegal,say, for the past Atthe meeting,Adnanalsoagreed back the site and we will restore thetwo years, this means that they have to Liu's proposal to open payment place to its original look with trees.not been paying anything during counters every Saturday from Sam "Appropriate action will also bethese years but continue to collect to 1pm for the people's conve- taken, especially since the contrac-money from advertisers. nience. tor has demolished the structures at

"The Sultan of Selangor and the This would be effective from this the site but failed to develop any-public are very concerned over this Saturday. thing,. said Adnan.issue. We will first get the billboard Liu also proposed that more Yeoh.meanwhile, said she wouldcompanies to pay the arrears they teams were sent to the ground to organise a dialogue between theowe and then we will help them to checkon areas that were ina state of residents and policeto get feedbackget the Temporary Occupational disrepair and in need of mainte- as to whether past crime preventionlicence (TOL)from the land office. nance instead of waiting for the programmes had been effective.

.We are not stopping them from ratepayers to complain. .We want to know why themaking money; they can continue Adnan said the council already break-in incidentsare still so high.Ifdoing so but it must be done the had put in place sum a system with past programmes have not beenproper way. It is unfair to simply put a team of contractors to do the work. effective,we want to find new waysup a billboard and force the council "MPSj monitors the contractors' to curb crime.to accept it,"said liu. performance and will penalise them "I also hope to get the traffic

He added that billboards that ifthey don't do a goodjob. However, policeto be part of this dialogueandpose a danger to motorists or block we will definitelylook into this pro- look into trafficproblems,"she said.

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New hope for illegalfactories in Selangor

UByDARSHINIKANDASAMY

THE Selangor government ismulling over legalising unap-proved factories and billboardsthroughout the State soon.

State local government, studyand research committee chairman

Ronnie Liu said yesterday themove would allow local councilsto earn revenue from the factor-ies and billboards and deter cor-

ruption.Liu said there are more than

3,000 illegal factories operatingin Selangor.

"We want to legalise them tosolve the hassle.

"This way, the local councilscan collect.taxes and premiumsand which would be good for all,"he explained.

The same goes for illegal bill-boards. Liu said the State would

work closely with the land office

for the approval of temporary oc-cupation licences.

He said the move would curb

the practice of corruption, as op-erators would no longer have toresort to bribing officials.

"For example, if a billboard hasbeen up for two years, we willgive them a chance to have itlegalised and pay arrears.

"After all, it is not fair forthese structu res to be erected

anywhere and to have local coun-cils accept them by force: Liustressed.

Billboard owners who refused tohave their billboards authorisedby the local council, as well asthose deemed inappropriate anddangerous to the public, had beenwarned that they would be torndown.

The government will also re-strict the erection of new bill-boards, unless a suitable locationcan be found.

Liu was speaking to membersof the Press following a briefingsession for State assemblymenby the Subang Jaya MunicipalCouncil yesterday at theirheadquarters in Persiaran Per-paduan USJ 5.

The briefing was attended byNew Village Development andSolution for Unlicensed Factoriescommittee chairman and Sri

Kembangan State assemblymanEan Yong Hian Wah, SubangJaya State assemblyman HannahYeoh, Kelana Jaya member ofParliament Gwo Burne Loh, MPSJpresident Datuk Adnan Md Ikhsan,vice-president Muhammad YusoffGhazali, council secretary SlamatHamzah, as well as various de-partment directors.

During the briefing, Liu calledon local councils to be proactiveand send out mobile contractors

THIS IS WHAT WE DO: Adnan (leftl briefing Uu and other State assemblymen yesterday

to look at the amenities inSelangor and identify which werein need of repairs, without having

CCTVcost too high, says LiuSELANGOR's plan to blanket theState with closed-circuit tele-

vision cameras has hit a majorsnag - it costs too much!

"We are having problems. Therates quoted by the contractorsare too expensive," said State loc-al government, study and researchcommittee chairman Ronnie Liu

yesterday.Still, Liu said the State gov-

ernment was reviewing the CCTVprices with the contractors as partof effortS to increase securitymeasures within the State.

He said this was part of theState government's target formu-lated during the exco meeting twoweeks ago, in which it was de-cided that the State would be

turned into a "greener, cleanerand safer Selangor."

"To create a safer Selangor, wewill start with the installation ofCCTVs."

In keeping with a "greener"Selangor, one million trees wouldbe planted by the end of the year.

Also, the rubbish collection andtreatment systems in the Statewould be revamped in a bid toachieve a "cleaner" state.

"Wewill start a campaign to getpeople involved and bring backthe gotong-royong concept." saidLiu.

"Wewant to step up recyclingcampaigns as well."

Liustated that the public areurged to abide by the 3R's -reduce, reuse and recycle.

He was speaking to members ofthe Press following a briefing heldby the Subang Jaya MunicipalCouncilwith Liuand other Stateassemblymen on districts fallingunder MPSJ.

When questioned by the mediaon the usage of CCTVsin his dis-trict. MPSJpresident Datuk Adnan

Md Ikhsan stated that the councilhas rented 100 units at a cost of

RM1.3 million per year for thenext 15 years, beginning lastSeptember.

Adnan also announced that

commencing April 12, the coun-cil's tax payment counters wouldremain open every Saturday fromgam to lpm.

He was responding to the callby Liu, made during the briefing,for local councils to extend the

opening hours of payment coun-ters to include Saturdays as manywould find it more convenient.

Before the briefing, MPSJ hadlaunched its 'Mesra, Cekap andBerintegritr (Friendly, Efficientand With Integrity) campaignearlier that morning, which wasofficiated by Liu.

The campaign is aimed at in-creasing the corporate image forMPSJ and among its staff.

to wait for the public to lodge acomplaint.

"MPSJ is currently practicing

such measures and I would like allother councils in the State to do

likewise," he urged.

MPSJ wanted secrecySUBANGJaya municipalcouncil officers acted alonewhen conducting Friday'sraids on two unlicensedspas - without includingother relevantauthorities,as is normally the case -to avoid alerting the spaoperators.

MPSJpresident Datuk Ad-nan MdIkhsan told TheMalayMailyesterday: "Wedid not want word of theoperation to get out.

"Wehad to act fast and sowere unable to include otheragencies."

However,he stressed thatthey would call in the otheragencies for other raids, de-pending on the informationthey received.

The raid, which took placein The Summit shopping

complex in Subang Jaya, in-volved 36 enforcement of-ficers and four MPSJoffi-cials.

During the 3pm raid, twospas were found to be op-erating without a license.

Both were sealed and aRM1,000compound was tobe issued to the owners ofthe establishments con-cerned.

Apart from the closure, en-forcement officers alsoseized various items such asmattresses and massage kits.

However, a spokesmanstated that the council wasunable to take further actionagainst the owners as it wasbeyond the council's jurisdic-tion and no other relevantbodies or authorities werepresent.

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