'Heads must roll over Skip highway inclusion'
Published: Jul 16, 2014 5:16 PM | Updated: Jul 16, 2014 10:00 PM
The Say No to Kidex group has urged the Selangor government not to dismiss the matter of the insertion of the Serdang-Kinrara-Putrajaya (Skip) into the Subang Jaya Local Plan without public consultation.
UPDATED 6.13PM
It's alleged there wasn't consultation on its inclusion in local plan.
The Say No to Kidex group has urged the Selangor government not to dismiss the matter of the insertion of the Serdang-Kinrara-Putrajaya (Skip) into the Subang Jaya Local Plan without public consultation.
Instead of merely saying that the highway can be removed from the plans if irregularities are found, the group is demanding action be taken against the officers responsible.
Its committee member Mak Khuin Weng said in a statement today the whole point of the exercise of probing the highway under the Selangor Select Committee for Competency, Accountability and Transparency (Selcat) is to explain "how Skip was inserted into the local plan in the first place."
"If there is no punishment and no remedy to the process, the rakyat would have to be forever vigilant against such blatant abuses of power," Mak said.
State executive councillor for local government, research and development Teng Chang Kim was recently reported to have said that the local plan could be amended to remove any reference to Skip, provided a fresh public briefing is conducted on the highway.
"Instead of investigating the matter, Teng is making irresponsible and dodgy statements that Skip can be erased from the city plans," Mak added.
No fault found
In his letter, Mak gave examples alleging how Teng did not scrutinise town plans closely, even though he was the state exco in charge of local councils.
He held that when Teng chaired a Selcat meeting in 2012, he failed to find any fault in the Petaling Jaya city council (MBPJ) local plan, even though the officers admitted that a staggering 220 amendments were made without a public hearing exercise.
"That fiasco was discovered by Petaling Jaya residents when there was pressure to develop the PKNS Football Field in Kelana Jaya.
"The field was originally presented to the public as a green space and gazetted as such but was amended illegally to allow commercial development," Mak opined.
The town planning director who ordered the changes was even promoted without answering for this, Mak added.
These amendments had led to the first phase of the Icon City project, a commercial development implemented in Kelana Jaya, on land originally designated for industrial use.
Then in December 2013, MBPJ turned around and decided to propose that the same site to be converted to commercial status to suit the projects.
Mak urged Pakatan, which took over the state from BN in 2008, to stick to its election promise to be the vanguard against abuse of power and corruption, and not let that be just empty talk.
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Instead of merely saying that the highway can be removed from the plans if irregularities are found, the group is demanding action be taken against the officers responsible.
Its committee member Mak Khuin Weng said in a statement today the whole point of the exercise of probing the highway under the Selangor Select Committee for Competency, Accountability and Transparency (Selcat) is to explain "how Skip was inserted into the local plan in the first place."
"If there is no punishment and no remedy to the process, the rakyat would have to be forever vigilant against such blatant abuses of power," Mak said.
State executive councillor for local government, research and development Teng Chang Kim was recently reported to have said that the local plan could be amended to remove any reference to Skip, provided a fresh public briefing is conducted on the highway.
"Instead of investigating the matter, Teng is making irresponsible and dodgy statements that Skip can be erased from the city plans," Mak added.
No fault found
In his letter, Mak gave examples alleging how Teng did not scrutinise town plans closely, even though he was the state exco in charge of local councils.
He held that when Teng chaired a Selcat meeting in 2012, he failed to find any fault in the Petaling Jaya city council (MBPJ) local plan, even though the officers admitted that a staggering 220 amendments were made without a public hearing exercise.
"That fiasco was discovered by Petaling Jaya residents when there was pressure to develop the PKNS Football Field in Kelana Jaya.
"The field was originally presented to the public as a green space and gazetted as such but was amended illegally to allow commercial development," Mak opined.
The town planning director who ordered the changes was even promoted without answering for this, Mak added.
These amendments had led to the first phase of the Icon City project, a commercial development implemented in Kelana Jaya, on land originally designated for industrial use.
Then in December 2013, MBPJ turned around and decided to propose that the same site to be converted to commercial status to suit the projects.
Mak urged Pakatan, which took over the state from BN in 2008, to stick to its election promise to be the vanguard against abuse of power and corruption, and not let that be just empty talk.
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