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Selangor beli em pat syarikat airSHAH ALAM - Kerajaan Selangor kini ber-sedia membuat tawaran sebut harga untukmengambilalih aset dan ekuiti yang dimilikiempat syarikat konsesi air di negeri itu sekaligus melaksanakannya sebelum 31M[lc ini.

Empat syarikat itu ialah KonsortiumABASS ,Sdn. Bhd.., Puncak Niaga (M)Sdn.Bhd., Syal'ikat Pengeluar Air SelangorHoldings Berhad (Splash) dan Syal'lkat Be-kalan Air Selangor (Syabas).

Menteri Besar, Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ib-

rahim berkata, Majlis Mesyuarat KerajaanNegeri (MMKN) semalam bersetuju menge-luarkan surat sebut harga itu dalam tempohdua har! kepada syarikat terlibat.

Bagaimananapun beliau enggan mendedah-kan jumlah sebut harga itu namun berpen-dapat, tawaran kepada semua syarikat ter-babit adalah berpatutan dan tidak akan me-rugikan .mana-mana pihak.

"Selepas enam bulan menjalankan prosespenstrukturan semula melibatkan rundip.gan

dengan pelbagai pihak, kerajaan negeri dahsedia buat tawaran sebut harga itu.

"Sebelum buat keputusan ini, kerajaan ne-geri melalui panel khas untuk mengkaji prosespenyusunan semula industri air telah buatkajian terperinci dalam penilaian dan pe-ngiraan nilai aset dan ekuitisemua syarikat,"katanya.

Beliau berkata demikian pada sidang akh-bar selepas mempengerusikan MMKN di Ba-ngunan Setiausaha Kerajaan Negeri (SUI\:)

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Selangor, di sini semalam.Abdul Khalid berharap semua pihak ber-

setuju dengan tawaran itu agar proses pen-strukturan s~mula dapat dilaksanakan se-belum 31 Mac ini mengikut ketetapan olehKementerian Tenaga, Air dan Komunikasi.

Beliau juga menambah, kerjasama itu bolehmengelakkan kenaikan tarif air yang sudahtentu akan membebankan rakyat terutamaketika keadaan ekonomi meruncing ketikaini.

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PUCHONG PRIMA - Beberapa pen-duduk di sini menggesa Majlis Per-bandaran Subang Jaya (MPSJ) membuatkajian semula bagi meWujudkan jalanaltematif menghubungkan KampungSeri Arnan dengan kawasan TamanPuchong Prima di sini.

Menurut penduduk, jalan yang di-buka kini tiada dalaIIl pelan pembangun-anMPSJ dan mendakwa, ia menyebabkanmasalah keselamatan di kalangan merekayang tinggal di kawasanperumahan.

Penduduk mendakwa, jalan yangmenghubun~an Kampung Sen Amandan Taman Puchong' di sini juga me-nyebabkan kesesakan berlaktt-pada waktu

puncak berdekatankawasan rumaIJ}ne.reka dan seolah-olah mengabaik1m 1:e-selamatan penghuni perumahan teres disitu sejak bertahun-tahun lalu.

Seorang daripada mereka yang

enggan dikenali berkata, masalah jalanberkenaan sudah beberapa kali diajukankepada MPSJ,namun sehingga kini nyatatiada penyelesaian.

"Jalan yang dibuka tanpa kebenaranpihak berlruasa tempatan (PBT) itu me-nyebabkan terlalu banyakkenderaan me-laluinyapada setiap masa.

"Apa yang kami bimbangkan adalahkeselamatan anak-anak yang berada di ka.wasan perumahan. Kita membeli rumahdi sini kerana dalam pelan tiada jalan ber-kenaan sepattitnya dibuka," katanya.

Dakwa penquduk, lebih mem-bin}bangkan rl1ereka apabila jalan itu tu-nit dilalui kenderaan berat yang memandulajtidi kawasanpernmahan. '

'''Kami sudaIi'bersabar walaupun me-ngetahui jaHlIlberkenaan dibukatanpa ke-benaranpih~terbabit. M< . .

"Se~ubUngan itu, kami memohon sui.

paya jalan berkenaan ditutup, manakalasatu jalan altematif lain dibuka kepadapenduduk kampungyang ingin keluar kekawasan taman berdekatan," katanya.

Sementara itu, pada majlis sama, I

Ahli Majlis MPSJ, Hamdan Ismail ilberkata, pihaknya akan meneliti semula !aduan mengenai jalan yang menimbulkanmasalah keselamatan kepada penduduk dikawasan perumahan.

''Kita kena faham bahawajalanberkenaan sudah dibuka oleh pendudukkampoog sebelum pUllan perumahan :itu dibina dan tentulah amat sukar jikatindakan penutupan dibuat terhadapnya.

"Bagaimanapun MPSJ akan mengkajise~ya ada jalan altematif lain bolehdi:buka dan buat sementara, waktu, kitaakan meletakkan halangan bagi kenderaan I

"berat melaluinya deIni keselamatan, '"penduduk," katanya.

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SHAHAL~M- Kerajaannege-ri bersediamengartibilalihasetsyarikatkonsesi air' Selangorselepas enam 'bulan men-jalankan prosespenstruktltf-an semula yangmelibatkanrundingan deng~n pelbagai

\pihakberkaitan, ., Menteri BesarSelangor,Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim ber-kata, kerajaan negeri kiniber-sedia memhuattawaran sebutharga uIltltk nlel1gamhil,alihaset dan ekuiti'yang diIllilikiempat syarikat konsesi air se-perti mana yang ditetapkan

, olehKerajaanPusal.Menurutnya, Majlis

MesyuaratIZerajaanNegeri(MMKN) bersetuju me-ngeluarkansuratdalaillillasa

dua hari kepada empat s,yari!.mt

'lconsesiyang berkenaaniajtuKonsortluni ABASS SdnBhd(ABASS), PuncaJ('Niaga (M)SdnBhd,SyatikatcPengeliiara)!Air SelangorHoldingsBerhad(Splash)dan Syarikat BekalanAir Selangor (Syabas).

"Kerajaan l}.egeria'lllatse-rius dalam memastikan pen-strukturan setnula industriperkhidmatan air di Selangordapat dilaksanakan denganbaik bagi memastikan gen-strulcturan ini dapat memberifaedahmaksimum'kepadarak:yal.

"Sebelum .membuat'ke-putusan ini, kerajaan nege-ri, melalui panel khas yangditltbuhkan untuk mengkaji,proses penyusunan semula.industri air di Selangor, telah

.m~!J;lqnatlajia\\ terperinci

dalam penilaian dan pengira-an nilai aset danekltiti semua

syarikat,"katanyapada sidangmedia selepasmesyuaratExcodi sini, semalam.

Beliau berkata, keraja"an negeri berpendapattawar-an dibtiat kepada semua sya-ribt konsesi kepadasyarikatyang terliOatadalah berpatltt"an dan mengaIllbil; kira ke"pentingan semuapihak sertatidakakanmel1lgikan mana-manapihak,

Beliau berharap semua.pihak ~ka:P bersei\1ju de-ngan tawaran tersebltts!.lpa-

ya pr()$es'pe~~~1qt1ran se-illula indus!rl perIfuidinatanair diSelangot ~ap:;ttdilaku-kan sebelm,il.,3.tMac meng-ikut ketetapimyangdiberioleh.IZementbrian Tenaga, Air danKomunikasi.

"Kita 'akan merigadakantaklimat untltk orang rart).aipada satlt tarikh' yangakatldiumuIllkan kelak bagitnen-jylaskan proses ini.

"Tujuan taklimat tersebutdiadakan bagi menjelaskanmaklumat yang diOerikanke-pada pemegang saham dalamnegeri, terutamariya disebab".k:anisu tersebutmemerhlkanbeberapa analisis kompleksdan penjelasan," katanya

, Menul1ltnya,taklimat ter-sebut akan diberikanmerekaterlibat industri air Selangor,tel1l1asuk mereka datipadabeberapa industtiyang'ber-gantltng pada bekalan air,pe1)1buatdasardi peringkatke-rajaan negeri dan Pusat, badanawam dan pertubuhall peng-guna, ahli akadellli, pemilikin-dustri air dan sektor swasta.

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ABDULMANAN premis yang sudah beroperasisecaraharam melebihi setahunbertopengkan It;senjenis pet-niagaan lain.

P~ngerusiiKPZon 4yangIi Majlis

.ng Jaya eM .Sbahir Mohd Shahitber-kata, operasibersarna JabatanPelesenan MPSJ itu sebenarnyabertujuah mc:ndidjkgolongappeniaga untuk beroperasi de,ngan sempuma dan memilikilesen.

Menurutnya, dalarn ope-J:asibersama 15 ahli JKP itubagaimanapun mengejutkansemua pihak, apabi:lanasib ti-dak menyebelahi dua peng-usaha yang diperiksa'JabatanPelesenan kerana mereka di-dapati menyalahgunakan Ie-'sen dan adayang berniaga tan-pa lesen sah.

"Oleh kerana salah satu

pengusaha y_ang;mempliTIyailesen itu menyalahgunakan-nya, .kitatiaqa pilihan lain se-lainmengarnbil tindakan pe-nutupan premis, manakala

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s~buah lagi pusat siber yangberoperasi dikenak~n kom-paun.

'''Apabila masalah ini mem-babjtkanpenduduk, gejala so'-sialda aitanj~na-yal;1, mang tidakakan i.lllinbahan

lagi mereka Slid~hberoperasidalam temIJoh agak lamase-beltlll1ini/'katanya.. Ros.1~ berkata, mem,~ng

tldak dDangkakan kebetu1an, (pada haii yang sarna mereka

mengadakan operasi itu, fldakegiatan tidakh:retika peng-usah~yang dapat:dibongkar.

"Mereka diberi lesen un-tukpenjualankomputer, tetapimenyalahgunakannya denganmenjualcakeravideodigitallu-cahdanmenjalankanpemiaga-anpusat siber.

"Perkara sebegini, jikatidak dikawal akan merosakkan

rnlisyanikat. Tambahan iagi; iadibuka di kawasan pangsapuriyang mempunyai rib~anpenduduk," katanya.

Beliau berkata, operaSl

Roslan(k~n!ln) melihat barangan dalam.kedai yang menyalah.gunakan lesen.',.

membabitka,:p: 30 premis

pern:iagaan ita ,mrut djadakanbagi.liIemberip.enqedahandanpeneranga1+\J\epa§a,,"komunitip~U)1ag~n. niengenaigarispaMuan dilaksan~a1+'

"Kita memberipenerang-ankepada pengus:ibaresto-ran yang melakukan kesalahan

menyebabkanhalangan.;de- letakkan.kerusi.danmejadingilnmeletakkan.kefUsimeja kawasanpatkir,"katanya.supayamereka tidakmeng" Operasiyallg<dijalankall

,,'.ylangtu¥a. . di .Pimgsapurl Angsana USJ"Ini disebabkan ada anta- 1 itu bermulilpada jam 8 ma-

ramerekayangmungkin tidak laJ.1ldanberakhirkira.,kiraduatahumellgenaiundang-undang jam selepas itudengan dibantuitnatauterlupauntukmembuat kawalan anggota Balai Polispermohonan lesen bagi me- USJ 8.

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ficer Mohd Kamil told theSun that thestructure was built without approvalon a plot of land that did not belong tothe businessman. He said MPSJ acted

following a complaint from a residentin the vicinity.

However, he said MPSJ did not de-molish the entire structure yesterdaybecause the owner had appealed tothe authorities. The wall, measuring 20

metres long, was erectedat the entrance of thebungalow. .

The owner of thebungalow, Jacob ChanTeng Mong, said he built.the wall at a cost of morethan RM100,OOO,to pre-vent water from enteringhis property as the areabecame a water catch-ment area whenever itrained.

"I complained manytimes to the manage-ment that water wasflooding the area tomy house but no ac-tion was taken, so Idecided to build thewall," he said.

Part ofthe wallthat wasdemolishedby MPSJyesterday.

SERI KEMBANGAN: As part ofits cracktlown on illegal structures,the subang Jaya Municipal Council(MPSJ)demo~!>hed a brick wall builtat a businessman's bungalow at theexclusive enclave of The Mines nearhere yesterday.

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SHAH ALAM: After sixmonths of negotiations, theSelangor government is readyto make an offer to the state's.fOlJrwater concessionaires. totake over their assets and. eq-uities to restructure the waterindustry.

Menteri Besar Tan Sri AbdulKhalid Ibrahitn said a letter

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tirun Abass Sdn Bhd (Abass),Puncak Niaga (M) Sdn BM(PNSB), SyarikatPeJ1$elu~Air SungaiSelangor SctpBM(Splash) and Syarikat BekalaJ1Air Selangor Sdn Bhd (SJ"abas)-intwodays.

KhaliMefused.to reveal de-tails of the offer saying it was asensitive issue as some of theconcessionaires were publiclisted companies.

'We will not make the an-nouncelIlellttmtihilie processis cOmplete. We arenegotiat-ing within the spirit ofilie law

as well as .thelleed to restruc-ture the water industry for thebenefit of the people," he said,after chaiJjngthe weekly ex-eCl.ltivecquucil meeting hereyesterday.

He said the state govern-ment, tl)rough a$peciaJpaIielsetup to oversee therestruc-turing, had thorOUghly as-sessedand evaluated. the as-set§and. equities of. the fourcompanie~. . ..,'

"The offer made to the con-cessionaires was fair and hadtak,eniI).t6.acco'untall partie~

inYQlved. The profit rate give,llto the companies was alsovery reas0nable."

Khalid said he hoped. allparties involved would agreeto the offer to enable the stategovernment to restructure thestate's "Yllter.industry before

'March 31.The Energy, Water and

.Communications Ministrygave the state gove~!:llUentun-tilMarch31 to restructure thestate's waterindnstry orSyabas would increase thetariffby,up to 37 per cent.

Khalid said the MenteriBe,.sar's Office woUld conduct a

briefing la.terfQr!he public tounderstandthe;issue better.

The briefing'would be givenby policy makers at the stateand federal level, governmentand private bodies, consumerassodati(i)I1S, academiciansand water industry owners.

On aI).othermaiter,.KhaUdsaid the. state governmentwould llold more frequentmeetings with the police to in:-crease cooperation and en-slife publicsafety.

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SUBANG JAYA: The Suba,ngJaya MUIiicipal Council and'Public Works Institute ofMalaysia (Ikram) have beenurged to speed up their reporton the t:r.afficcongestion here.

Subang Jaya assemblymanHannah Yeoh said yesterdaythat the report had been de-.layed for a few months andthe traffic condition in Sub-ang Jaya is worsehing by theday.

"This report revolvesaround the heavy traffic con-dition along PeJ;siaran Thjuan"especially,in areas such asSSi9 where a.school is locat.ed. Ikr-am's services weresought to study the situatit>Iland' to suggestmetbods.to"mal the daily congestion,espe yduringpeakhours,"

,she toldStreetsyesterday.. Thehighvolume aftlcinSubang Jaya, s . , doesnot origiilatefrom t°"P-shipitself.

Instead,theerated are ofveto the to . .

Sheattribthe 'problem t<i?:urroundi.ng.such asDainansara Pucho:ril!New Kla;ilgValhwExpreSS,way

HanmlhYeoh s"ystl1e high,volume of traffic 'comes fromvehideS:el1terihg.S~~angJaya:. . !

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iJilayin the morning, lea;rng ,a.' 1 of,bac~og up to USJl2,

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had. forwarded theirgroU$esto the police.

to'mmenting on the matter,council president DatUk Ad-nan Mohd Ikhsan said thecouncil had met with Ikrain

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severalmattersolved.

'''Wehope to come up Withan in-depthreport onthemat-ter soon,"hesaid.

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Schoolstoldto keepcompounddeanSUBANG JAYA: School ad-ministrators havebeell urgedto check.their compowlds formosquito{breedin~gJ;~:mads.

Subang Jaya MunicipalCouncH,presidentDl.tfukAd"naQ MoM Ikbsan said the

, councilb.ad foundmosquitQbreeding grounds iila school<lJJl'inga spot-cb.fJck lastweek.

Dec~.~to givefu.rthercle-ta.ils,Adiiansa:idthe school\Y~.s,e.fveda:compound ofRM200.

Echpiilg Adnl.tti, Subang.JayaasseInblymanHannahYeohstressed that the coUncilshouldnot be blamed if there

- was a mosquito breedingground in aschool. .. .'

"There. are tim,eswhen chil-dren falliillbecause Of dengueand their parents woUldpointfingers atthe council~little dothey know that the childrennrlgpt .have .beeI} })ttten whiletheywerwin scho61.

"Therefore, schQ(JlsshQuldcarry out preventiye'mea.sures," Sl.tidYeoh.

IJJptoFeh 7, 33s11specteddengue cases wereJ,'eported

inSubang Jayawit1l22teste,dpositive, 65 in KihFara with25 cases tested pQf)jtiye,1~4cases '~ere repeJpted ill SriSerdang with 42 tested Posi~tive.

Adnannamed Taman Pu-cpongPerd.ana,:raman, Ser"dang Perdana, Taman Pu-qhong.II1~.ah,J3an<;l~PuchongJaya,Lestari,Putraand Lestariperdana ,.as areas that have'1>e~Ridentitiedas hQtSpots.

Tb.e'co?llcilhad, on Eeb 1,carried out large.~'caile fog'~gingiilJ.'nchong J?et~ana~Pli-dhoIlgIj;idooaRd P\1chol!lgln~tan,. COy~ringab()ut 7,500hOIWeholdsbut t1fey.,face<;lil~problemssuchas the lackofc,?oJ;?era,<'tign . womireside:tlt$whoternsed to allowtbem intotheir hO\1SecQInp(xunds.

"OI1Feb6, We,~o foggedmore than 2,500b.o.usesiiltheLestari Putra area and cOII-ducted ,a lO-rnjnute cam-paign.

"We vvill al$'obe making'hOUse-tO;'l1Quse..cp~,Ck$'inhighrisk areas with Yeoh and thecOUncil;sMaith (iepartm.ehtofficers," said Adnan.

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, Assessment paymentSUBANGJaya MunicipalCouncil. yesterdayannounced the councilhas added more mobilecounters, a drive-throughand an electronicpaymentkiosk to enable the publicto pay the assessmentdues for the .first half of2009.

These Irtob"ilecounterswould operate at severalmajor shoppingcomplexes

duriI.1g weeke:ilds. Theyare at:

. AEON at Ta~anEquine" Sri KeropaI;lganon,Saturday and Sunday,

.:roIMall Puchong OI;lFeb'2~ and 23 as well asFeb,28 1ll1dMarch1.

The mobile counterswould operatetrom t2pm.to 9P~ ang.tiansactionscan be, made via cash orcredit card.

The aTIve-through coun-ter is at the council head-qUWie:rs,in USJ 5, operat-ingfromMondayto Fridayfrom Sam t05pm, exceptduring .lunch break.

Fr@ID M,onilaytoThursdays, the drive-through counter would bedosed from $pmto 2]>m.ang..112-45pmto;~A!5pmon Ji'ridays:

Payment of assessment"iI1

dues are limited to fiverecent bills per transac-tion and payments call,bemade via cheque, creditcard or cash.

The councilis also mak~ingpossible,the paymentof assessment dues via two24-lumr electroIlic,kiosksP

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infected. peoplewould nonnallyassume he was

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we investigate,we find thatsometimes. hecould have beeninfected in school

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Subang Jayacouncil to huntdowAiel!rantadvertisers

By DARSHINI KANDASAMYdarshini@mmail.com.my

HAVING finally had enaugh€If illegal advertisements inthe farm of bunting and .ban-ners papping up, Subang .Jaya

1'Ipnicit>al .COP~C!j1!X~Sidenti)atuk AdnaID.Mii"ikshanhasvpwed to came dbwn hard onthps~respm1sible.

During Ii. Press canferenceheld at'thecouncil's headquar-ters yesterdaY,.Adnan'said theywould nat hesitate tp trackdawn those respansible forpptting up illegaladvertise~mffit~.\h"'th~imuni~ip"1ity andserve them with summonses.

"At times; you can find upto six or seven bunting on onelamp post. I have.asked my of-ficers to rempve these illegaladvertS," Adnan'said.

The rilaJdffium fine under the2.oa7 cbtnicil advertisement.l.)ylaw'is

'He.S . OunoiJ.]iitd 'con-ducted r-and-a+h.alfhaur

operation "n Jan 1,0)1' whichcouncil staff pulled downmorethan 7,aaa illegal bunti"gandbanners' in- Subang. Jaya,SeriKembangan, Kinrara and S~r-dang;

"~f;.th.~adv~rI: ha$no councilsticker, thatmealJ!' it isJll~gal,"the council president. stressedand urged those with informa-tion On such adverts in their.area to contact the council so

that remedial actian could betaken:'

When pointed aut that some;unscrupulous parties had takenta cutting out the cauncil stick-er from lel?~ bunting and ban-j;l~rs and ;s~cking them ontotJ:1eir own advert,)\.dnan saidtheobrinCi] would 'n0t stand forsuch'actions.

He said those fOUlldresponsi-

.ble would not be givel,l~eh~nc"and would be sent straight tacourt without officers having tofine them first. .

"After all, it only costs RM2afor a licence and sticker for one

punting qr banner adverti""e-ment and the comicil has re-cently been using a new typeof sticker which is.not easily~transferable."

Other measures the council isconsidering adopting in its waragainst illegal advertisementS'is the use of a special coat ofpaint on bnildings and publicproperty which would make iteasy for stickers to be removed.Then, the work of removingthese ads can be contracted towaste collectors or such.

Adnan added if members ofthe public bripg down any il-legal bmiting they come across,they need notfear retributionfrom those responsible forplaCing the adverts as the lattercannot possibly go after every-one and ",ill not know who togo after.

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EYESORE:Illegal advertisements popping up in Subang Jayo likemushrooms after the rain has fast become a problem

Coulncll setsu,pi(ndllstria;1

park committeeRECOGNISING the impor-tance of the industrial sectorin it§municipality, the Subang.J~¥\l Ml\picipal COlll,lcil hasformed .a 'committee focusedon addressing and fonnulatingimmediate solutions to prob-lems faced by industrial parksthere.

The formation of the 'Indus-trial Park Management Com~mittee (IPMC) was anl,lollnc~dyesterday by conncil preSidentDatuk AdnanMd Ikshandur'ing a P,'ess conference at thecouncil headquarters at USJ 5.

Adnan stated the committee,comprising no more than 25people, would also have repre-sentatives from other agenCieslike the Federation of Malay-sian Manufacturers (FMM)and Selangbr State InvestmentCentre (SSIC) and wonld meet

once every two months.IPMC's maiden meeting yes-

terday.was attended by; vari-bps authoriti~s including theFire and Rescue . Department,Syabas, police representatives,Alam Flora, State assembly-men, WorIq; Departroent aswell as Subang Jaya counCil-lors.

The cbmmittee aims to raiseproblems affecting industrialparks in. the counc!!'s fourzone§"" Subang JaYa, ,Kinrara,Seri Serdang in Puchong andSeri Kembangan ~. witheachzone represented by a council-.lar and FMM representatives.

During its meeting yester-day, IPMC identified severalissues to be deliberated in fu-ture meetings, maiuly infra-stmctural" concerns" such asmaintenance, water, electricity,

flooding, fire and other seriousissnes such as those pertainingto strata titles.

Currently, there. ,are 7,177light, llledium and heavy reg-istered industries operatingwithin the muniCipality' andthey contribute SOme 60 percent to the'council's yearly as-sessment revenue, which w.assome RM94 million' ofRM157million up to this year, Adnansaid,

FMM . petallng Jaya ~hair-man Dr Neoh Vee Heng toldreporters, with the presence ofrepresentatives from variousauthorities and sectors, IPMC'srole would be to speCificallylook into and provide immedi-ate solutions to problems facedby the industli,!!sector.

"Il,ldustry is criticaI to eachState and many of our mem~

bers (FMM) have internationalclients and when our clientsvisit us, the conditions of ourindustrial parks .reflects nponthe State."

Subang Jaya assemblymanHaunaiI Yeoh, as deputy toTeresa Kok in .her capacity asSelangor executive councillorin charge of Investment, Tradeand Industry, stated IPMGwould function like a Residents'ASsociation and said Kok invit-

ed .all mapufactu~ers tohi!'ih-light their problems throughIPMCto "facilitate a good envi-ronmentfor business".

The.IPMC plans to conducttwo-way discussions, taking onissues beyond the welfare €Ifin-dustrial parks to include prob-lems afflicting the public such

as indiscli:winate disposal ofwaste and improper drainage.

Drivetoeradicate.denguemenace

IT is supposed to be a placewhere the young are exposedto knowledge and experiencesneeded to succeed in life. Itshouldn1 include being infectedwith dengue:. Sadly, accordh1g to SubangJaya assemblyman HannaiIYeoh, schools have been foundto harbour mosquito breedinggrounds dUring a spot-checkconducted last week aroundSS15.

Yeoh stated'. school gronndsdo pot fall under thejurisdic-'tibn of the local council and sourged school authorities to takeadditional care to ensure theircompound is free from the den-gue menace.

"When a child is infected,people would normally assumelie was bitten by the mosquitoat liis home.but when we inves-tigate, weAind that sometimes,he cbuld have been infected inschool," Yeoh told reportersduring a Press conference heldat the Subang Jaya MunicipalCouncil headquarters in USJ 5yesterday.

In fact, it was revealed bycouncil. presidept Dahlk AdnanMd Ikshan, a school had lastweek been' isslled a compoundwhen it was fonnd to have activeAedes Imvae breedipg grounds,although lie declined to identifythe school in question.

Adnan said the council con-duct fogging upon request froms<;!logl autJ:1orities, although itwllirnot nnder theirjm'isdiction,

Even so, it was stressed thatfogging ouly kills adult AedesmOsqnitoes and impressedupon school anthorities to en-sure their gronnds were .freefrom potential breeding sites.

;\dnan,stated wlien compm'edwith the sa\1le period last year,the' municipality had less thanhalf the .number of reporteddengue cases although it wasrevealed that Ta\1lan PuchongPerdana, Ta\1lan Serdapg Per-dana, Ta\1lan Puchong Indab,Bandar Puchong Jaya, Lestari'Putra :and Lestari Perdana hadbeen liSted.as hotspots,

The council had, on.Feb.1 and6, condncted mass fogging op-erations covering some 10,000houses. On top of that, Yeohadded she would be conductingspot-checks on random hous-ipg areas every fortnight andwould ask the council to finehouses which were found tocontain Aedes mosqnito breed-ing grounds.

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