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| PKNS told to address concerns and resubmit application Posted: 17 Nov 2011 06:30 AM PST THE Petaling Jaya City Council (MBPJ) wants PKNS to prove that its plan to redevelop the sports complex in SS7, Petaling Jaya, is sensitive to its surrounding and residents before the council can consider their application. "The application has not been tabled at the OSC (One-Stop Centre). The public hearing was held last week and they will need to prove that the residents' concerns raised during the session have been addressed when they re-submit their application," said mayor Datuk Mohamad Roslan Sakiman. He said the developer would need to show that all issues arising from traffic, land use and high density had been considered and rectified. MBPJ councillor Derek Fernandez said they applied for a plot ratio of six which is legally impossible to give because the maximum allowable plot ratio for that area under optimum conditions was four, according to the gazetted local plan. "Besides, they are applying for apartments when the land title is commercial. They should apply for service apartments instead. Derek said if PKNS resubmitted their application, a public hearing would be called again to allow the residents to make comments especially in relation to the major issue of traffic congestion and lower quality of life. SS7 neighbourhood action committee chairman, Datuk Zul Mukhshar Md Shaari said he doubted that PKNS would withdraw their application as Selangor Mentri Besar Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim had mentioned that the land's high value could earn PKNS a profit to be invested into other social projects like building affordable homes. Selangor MCA Public Complaints Bureau chief Datuk Theng Book said the state government must ensure that the project would benefit the people, especially the middle income group. "The developer may be asked to reduce the density but we still want the project to benefit the middle- income group that struggles to have their own house, or keep the area green." Seri Setia assemblyman Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad said if the plan to redevelop the sport complex stayed, PKNS should start over with a clean slate. "I hope the state government and PKNS will hold a townhall meeting with the residents before they resubmit the plan," he said. The 30-year-old PKNS sports complex which has a field, six tennis courts and a clubhouse was planned to be redeveloped into a mixed-development project comprising seven 35-storey apartment blocks and two 10-storey office blocks and a 15-storey business block. The development on the 7.6ha site, a joint venture between Melati Ehsan Holdings Bhd and PKNS, is expected to cost more than RM1bil. PKNS stands to pocket some RM384mil, or 70% of the total projected gross profits from the actual sales value of the development over a period of eight years ending December 2019. The developer, Melati Ehsan, will also pocket a profit from the sales of whatever it builds on the site. Full content generated by Get Full RSS. |
| No proper guideline for swiftlet farming yet Posted: 17 Nov 2011 06:24 AM PST SWIFTLET farming in Selangor has become a popular business choice for many entrepreneurs, however, the state government has yet to come up with a proper guideline or issue licence to those involved in it. State local government, study and research committee chairman Ronnie Liu said at the Selangor state assembly that each council within the state was issuing only temporary licences for the business as they had yet to come up with a guideline that could be imposed across the state. Liu said the exco had also decided not to follow the guidelines used by the Federal Government as it was confusing. "Some of the points in it are confusing and we do not think it is suitable for us to use them, they have points like one can operate the swiftlet business in towns but not in the city. "This is confusing not only to us but to those who want to apply for licences as we do not know how to define it as city or town," he said when replying to a question by Gan Pei Nei (DAP-Rawang). Gan also asked how much were the returns received from each council from the temporary licensing of the swiftlet industry from 2009 to this year. Liu said total returns from the five municipal and district councils for the swiftlet industry came to RM436,355 with Sabak Bernam District Council receiving the highest amount of RM36,450 while the Kajang Municipal Council was the least obtaining just RM200. To another question by Ng Sue Lim (DAP-Sekinchan) on the possibility of the business operation on padi fields, Liu said padi was regarded as a great source of income for the state hence the exco did not want to lose the padi fields to the swiftlet industry. To another question by Lee Kee Sim (PKR-Kajang) who suggested introducing an interim guideline for the swiftlet industry to curb the mushrooming of the business similar to budget hotels and massage parlours, Liu said they were now utilising the temporary licences. "Business owners have to comply with the guidelines set by the different local councils accordingly. It takes time for us to set a standard guideline for all but we will look into it," he said. Full content generated by Get Full RSS. |
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