According to Housing and Local Government Minister, Ong Ka Ting, more than half of the 38 municipal councils in the country have not installed CCTV cameras at crime prone areas as required by his Ministry in line with the Safe City Concept implemented by the government 18 months ago.
Ong Ka Ting said the councils should not claim lack of funds to install the cameras because the revenue collected by them was more than RM10 million annually. “There were even Councils with an annual revenue of more than RM20 million, thus there is no justification for them to claim they have inadequate allocation to install CCTVs,” Ong said.
Ong Ka Ting said the councils should not claim lack of funds to install the cameras because the revenue collected by them was more than RM10 million annually. “There were even Councils with an annual revenue of more than RM20 million, thus there is no justification for them to claim they have inadequate allocation to install CCTVs,” Ong said.
10 decorative clocks costing the Sungei Petani Municipal Council RM390,000 are not working.
The Sun had reported on page one on Feb 6, 2006, that the Selayang Municipal Council paid RM240,000 for 14 Selayang Municipal Councillors and 10 Departmental Heads to go for a study trip to Mauritius and to the Indian Ocean islands, as well as to Cape Town and Johannesburg in South Africa. This is despite the fact that the council has not paid its dues to contractors servicing the municipality, citing "lack of funds". The council had also recently raised its assessment rate by between 6% and 8.5%. The group led by MPS president Zainal Abidin Azim left on Jan 31, 2006, and will return on Feb 8, 2006. Sources told theSun that the trip which cost RM10,000 per head includes five-star accommodation and leisure activities such as golf and fishing.
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Turning the Heat on Selayang councilmen
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Read more from our Amoiblog:
Turning the Heat on Selayang councilmen
The Honourable Toilet Inspectors (Selayang pt 2)
No Let Up (Selayang Pt 3)
On 12th November 2004, The Star reported that the Perlis Government has short-listed former gangsters and village bullies for temporary job with Kangar Municipal Council enforcement unit. Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Shahidan Kassim said the 20, included ex-servicemen, would be called for interview soon.
“Nowadays, people do not heed the council’s by-laws, that’s why we see squatter area mushrooming, land encroachment and assessment arrears accumulating. With a more physical presence in the enforcement unit, the council may be able to get more ratepayers to settle their dues promptly,” Shahidan said.
“Nowadays, people do not heed the council’s by-laws, that’s why we see squatter area mushrooming, land encroachment and assessment arrears accumulating. With a more physical presence in the enforcement unit, the council may be able to get more ratepayers to settle their dues promptly,” Shahidan said.
17th June 2005, The Star Reports:
RM51.5 million for landscaping and RM1.5 million for poverty eradication. This is what the Kuala Kangsar Municipal Council requested under the Ninth Malaysia Plan. Kuala Kangsar MP Datuk Seri Rafidah Aziz was puzzled why the council allocated RM11.2 million to landscape its Sayong river front, RM8 million to set up a pocket park, RM3.6 million to upgrade housing areas and RM1.8 million for "greening" the roads.
"Tourists won’t come into housing areas to see the flowers. They have better flowers back where they come from," she said. She said that the council should focus on basic amenities, schools, infrastructure and socio-economic activities. During a meeting with Chinese community leaders today, she was told that the National Landscape Department paid RM300,000 in consultancy fees to a company owned by a university lecturer to propose landscaping ideas for Kuala Kangsar.
"Even to plant flowers, we need consultants?“ She noted that the allocations requested for landscaping and beautification projects made up almost half the RM118 million requested by the council under the Ninth Malaysia Plan. The council requested only RM7 million for schools, RM7.6 million for socio-economic purposes, RM13.5 million for city services and RM32 million for infrastructure development.
Boleh? :Lagi Boleh ka? Mesti Boleh!
Most Municipal councils are contemplating raising assessement tax, parking fees, licence fees, etc, to improve their revenue due to the cost of inflation and the high fuel price increase.
"Tourists won’t come into housing areas to see the flowers. They have better flowers back where they come from," she said. She said that the council should focus on basic amenities, schools, infrastructure and socio-economic activities. During a meeting with Chinese community leaders today, she was told that the National Landscape Department paid RM300,000 in consultancy fees to a company owned by a university lecturer to propose landscaping ideas for Kuala Kangsar.
"Even to plant flowers, we need consultants?“ She noted that the allocations requested for landscaping and beautification projects made up almost half the RM118 million requested by the council under the Ninth Malaysia Plan. The council requested only RM7 million for schools, RM7.6 million for socio-economic purposes, RM13.5 million for city services and RM32 million for infrastructure development.
Boleh? :Lagi Boleh ka? Mesti Boleh!
Most Municipal councils are contemplating raising assessement tax, parking fees, licence fees, etc, to improve their revenue due to the cost of inflation and the high fuel price increase.
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