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- Johor City Centre Transformation project right on track
- MP hope projects can be completed soon
- Marine Police gets tough with diesel smugglers
| Johor City Centre Transformation project right on track Posted: 16 Oct 2012 05:27 PM PDT JOHOR BARU: Phase one of the multi-billion ringgit Johor City Centre Transformation project will start in the first-quarter of next year. The opening up and cleaning of Sungai Segget would mark the ambitious plan to transform Johor Baru into a vibrant city within the next five to seven years. Iskandar Regional Development Authority (Irda) chief executive officer Datuk Ismail Ibrahim said RM270mil would be spent on the rehabilitation of the river including its beautification. He said the private sector would play a prominent role in the redevelopment project while the Government would facilitate and inject funds for infrastructure and facilities at public areas. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak had in April last year announced that the Government would allocate RM1.8bil for infrastructure development in the project. "It is vital to transform Johor Baru city centre in tandem with its position as one of the five flagship development zones in Iskandar Malaysia,'' said Ismail. The country's first economic corridor is divided into five flagship zones: the other four zones are Nusajaya, Eastern Gate Development, Western Gate Development and Kulai-Senai. He said this in a press conference at the opening of the Johor Baru Transformation Open Day by the state secretary Datuk Abdul Obet Tawil at Galleria@Kotaraya here. Ismail added it would take about 24 months to complete the rehabilitation and rejuvenation of Sungai Segget and the success of the project would be the focal point of the entire redevelopment project. "As of now, 70% of the land owners within the affected areas have agreed to participate in the transformation of the city centre,' he said. Ismail said the master plan of the project had taken into account feedback gathered from stakeholders from the Federal and Johor Governments as well as the business community in the area comprising of business operators and land owners. He said the city centre transformation plan was more challenging as all parties involved would be working on brown field instead of green field. The redevelopment covers 485.62ha in the central area including Bukit Timbalan, the former site of Lumba Kuda low-cost flats, Bukit Chagar Customs, Immigration and Quarantine complex, Tanjung Puteri Lorry Customs complex and areas within the Johor Zoo, the Ayer Molek prison and Hospital Sultanah Aminah. |
| MP hope projects can be completed soon Posted: 16 Oct 2012 05:28 PM PDT AYER HITAM: Residents of Taman Jelita in Yong Peng and those in Jalan Johor in Ayer Hitam are worried every time it rains heavy as it will cause floods. However the Government has spent a substantial amount for flood mitigation projects to prevent floods in the two areas that are the worst hit by flash floods in the Ayer Hitam constituency. Ayer Hitam MP Datuk Dr Wee Ka Siong said he hoped the two projects could be completed as soon as possible in view of the monsoon season looming. "The projects must be completed by November because the rainy season is coming," he said after visiting his constituency recently. It was reported recently that the full force of the northeast monsoon is expected to lash five states, including Johor, next month and the people are warned to be prepared for heavy flooding. Dr Wee, who is Deputy Education Minister, said the drainage upgrading works at Jalan Johor in Ayer Hitam started last week after residents gave the green light for the projects. Earlier, traders at Jalan Johor appealed for a delay of the project aas they had to relocate their stalls to a permanent business location. "We would like to thank the residents for their cooperation, allowing construction workers to demolish part of their stalls for the upgrading works," he said. Some 18 traders are affected by the RM350,000 project to upgrade 280m of drain underneath the stalls. As for project near Taman Jelita in Yong Peng to solve flash floods in the town area, Dr Wee said the project was being carried out smoothly. Part of the main road in Yong Peng town near Taman Jelita has been closed for traffic since early this month to give way to the flood mitigation project. The road closure takes place to facilitate the re-aligning of the underground fiber optic cables to allow the project to build an underground water channel across Jalan Besar. |
| Marine Police gets tough with diesel smugglers Posted: 16 Oct 2012 05:29 PM PDT JOHOR BARU: The marine police are coming down hard on diesel smugglers and so far they have seized about 150,000 litres totalling RM270,000 in at least five cases this year. Its region two deputy commander Supt N.Kalai Chelvan said that the number of arrests this year have increased compared with only two cases in 2011 involving 11,520 litres of diesel worth RM21,888. He added that the latest case was detected on Oct 9 when a police patrol boat detained a trawler carrying out an illegal oil transfer in the waters of Tanjung Stapa in Kota Tinggi at about 6.30pm. "We seized 70,000 worth of diesel from the vessel which was registered in Mongolia," Supt Kalai Chelvan said, adding that there were seven crew members on board the vessel. He added that investigations showed that the diesel was transferred to the boat from three tankers at the Johor port area. "All these diesel is then sold to vessels that are anchored around Kota Tinggi," Supt Kalai Chelvan added. He added that the offences committed were under Section 21 of the Control Items Act 1961 for carrying and possessing controlled items without proper documents from the Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism Ministry. He said that the police have since handed over the case to the Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMHE) for further investigations. Supt Kalai Chelvan urged the public to provide information on such activities including calling the police hotline at 07-2372222 or 07-2376122. |
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