The Star, Saturday September 1, 2012

Development projects in Kajang to go ahead, says council

THE development projects in the Kajang municipality will go on with or without Syabas’ approval, says Kajang Municipal Council (MPKj) president Datuk Hasan Nawawi Abdul Rahman.

He was replying to councillor Lee Kee Hiong’s question about stalled development projects because Syarikat Bekalan Air Selangor Sdn Bhd (Syabas) claimed that it does not have the capacity to provide treated water.

The approval from certain bodies, such as Syabas, is needed for issuing planning approvals for development projects.

However, Hasan told pressmen after the council full board meeting that there were no stalled projects.

“We do not need approval from Syabas. If needed, this matter will be taken to the state level,” he said.

On a separate issue, he said the council was looking for a new dump site for construction and bulk waste.

“Some claim that the site in Dengkil is too far and this could be one of the factors for illegal dumping,” he said, adding that 39 lorries were impounded for illegal dumping recently.

Councillor Tan Boon Wah pointed out that a resident was recently denied entry to the council’s monthly public complaints monitoring meeting.

Councillor S.T. Chandra Mohan said under Section 23 of the Local Governemnt Act, the public is allowed to attend the full board meeting as an observer.

However, the status of the public complaints monitoring meeting is undetermined as to whether it falls under the same category of a full board meeting or a committee meeting, in which the public cannot attend.

MPKj is the only council with such a meeting; it is held specifically to monitor public complaints.

This issue was discussed for around 30 minutes and Hasan said this will be decided at another meeting.

Councillor Lee Learn Eng suggested for a multi-storey car park to be built as there was insufficient parking areas for the public at Menara MPKj.