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Don'tturn homeintoa poultryfarmJ'I LODGEDa complaint with thecouncil about a neighbour who isrearing chicken as pets. Your of-ficers had issued warnings to theoccupant but it has fallen on deafears.

I have nothjng ag;:J,instone ortwo chickens be'" as petsbut to have morl;] 10runningaround is just too much,. This ispoultry farming. On behalf of theother neighbours, I hope 'you canlook into the matter.

CHACKO V. PHIII POSE

USJ3, Subang Jaya

Datuk Adnan Md lkshan: Thecouncil occasionally receives com-plaints of disturbances in neigh-

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bourhoods causea by pets. FromJanuary to November '.this year,643 of 14,6&?complaints were re-lated to disturban~s caused bypets.

Although com]sance makes upof the overall creflects our cosensitivity towarlbours.

oJ;1,petnm-4.4,per centainis, it stillities' lack of

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With regard toyollI' case, theC011llcil.received aqomplaiP,t OIlSept 15 this year ott the 61Stur.bances caused by the pets that h9dcaused discomfort to the nt;\igh-bours.

Upon receiving the (011);Pl@lt,the council's healthdepartiIlentofficers had goJJetot;l1ehouse)mdfound 10 chicJ<'ensand two geeseroaming in the compli11md.

The house owner was given anotice under Section 82 of the Lo-cal Government Act which re-quired him to relocate the aninlalsto a more appropriate area.

On Oct 11 this year, the councilfollowed up by visiting the homeand found the owner had failed to .adhere to the instructions as stat-ed in the notice.

As a result, the owner was com-pounded a maximunlOfRMl,OOOfor flouting thela.ws under Section82(51for disobeying the notice.

We have also taken action bytak:iqgetwaythe aninlals and theowner had been advised not torepeat t;l1emistake.

We will continue to J,1}onitor thesituation. fJ.$1 \1{\ l.2

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Solveillegaltemples'woesLocal author.ities urged to setaside land for places of worship

By STUART MICHAEL J move into shoplotsbut that is notmetro@thestar.com.my " how a temple is supposed to be

located."Wehope the state hears us out

before makingtheir decisions,"hesaid.

Subang]aya Buddhist Associa-tion (S]BA)president (him SiewChoon said there were only sixtemples in the Subang]ayamunic-ipality.

"Under the state allocation, atemple canbebuiltforevery2,600Buddhists. We estimate thereshould be 114 temples by 2020with a population of 600,000 inSubang]aya and its surroundingareas.

He said placeslikeSubang]aya,US], Putra Heights, Subang Hi-Tech, Puchong, Seri Kembangan,Kinraraand Bandar Putra Permaiwere developingrapidly,

"There are 1,023 residents inPutra Heightsand US]Subang]ayaand the Putra Heights BuddhistSociety.has requested that theland applicationbe given consid-eration," saidChim.

HE Selangor BuddhistDevelopment Committee(SBDC)wants land to be set

aside for the building of templesin all localauthorities in Selangor.

SBDCchairman LokaNgSaiKaisaid the Subang ]aya MunicipalCouncil (MPS])Local Plan 2020was expected to be publishedsoon with minimal considerationto the committee's proposal andobjections.

Lokasaid sites for temples hadnot been gazetted and the placesof worship were now facingprob-lems relating to ownership.

''This is the reason many tem-ples are being built without per-mission from the local authori-ties.

"The state government shouldrectifyits mistake by settingasideland for places of worship Uliderlocal draft plans of localauthori-ties.

"Someare sayingthat we should

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SampahharamdariluarPUCHONG - Masalah longgokan sam-pah berdekatan pejabat seorang wakil rakyat

, di TamanKinraraSeksyen3di sini dikatakanberpunca daripada sikap segelintir pihak yangmembuang sisa buangatl itu secara haram.

Pembantukhas Ahli Dewan UndanganNegeri (ADUN) Kinrara, M Siva berkata, ka-wasan komersil itu adalah salah sebuahprojekdimajukan Talam Corporation sebelum diam-bil alih syarikat lain.

Katanya, kawasan itu tidak mempunyai sy-arikat pengurusan yang menguruskan peny-elenggaraan bangunan tiga tingkat rumah ke-dai itu.

"Sayakesal kerana Ketua PKR Cabang Pu-chong yan~ bam memenangi kerusi itu q).em-beri kenya.taan di akhbar sebelum mengambiltahu latar.belakang kawasan komersil itu.

"Sebagaiseorang Ketua Cabang, pemikiranbeliau terlalu cetek clansungguh menyedihkanapabila beliau sendiri tidak tahu latar belakangkawasan sendiri:' katanya dalani. satu kenyata-an kepada Sinar Harian.

Siva berkata, masalah timbunan sampahadalah.isu yang berlanjutansejaklima tahunlalu. Katanya, setelah Pakatan Rakyat menangdi Selangor,keadaan sudah dapatdiperbaiki se-dikit demi sedikit. -

"Namun begitu, sejak awal tahun lalu ma-salah pembuangan sampah bertambah burukdi mana sampah bukan domestik dibuang se-cara haram di kawasan ini

"Dengan usaha ADUN Kinrara, Alam Flo-

ra telah dipertanggui1gjawabkan untuk mem-bersihkan longgokkansampah sebanyaktiga .

1kali seminggu; katanya yang memberitahu ti-claksampai dua hari tempat itu pasti akan dipe-i1uhi semula dengan longgokan sampah yangbukan miIik penghunikawasan komersil itu.

Siva berkata, pagi semalam pihaknya ada

menahansebuahloriyangdidapatimembuang 1kaca-kaca pembinaan dan sisa industri berde-katan rumah sampah.-

'1\pabila ditanya mengapa mereka mem-buang sampah di sini, jawapan diterima ada- Ilah rakan yang membawa lori juga membu-ang sampah di situ. Justeru, kami beranggapania mungkin angkara pihak yang sengaja inginmenjatuhkan imej Pakatan Rakyat.

"Malah hasil makluman Alam Flora, kamidifahamJ.<:ansal11pahbertimbun jelas seka.libu-kan samp1lhdari l<:awasanini;' katanya.

Sementara itu, semalam akhbar ini me-laporkan sebuah Iokasi timbunan sampaJ,1diTaman Kinrara Seksyen 3 yang hanya terletakbeberapa meter daripada pejabat seorang wa-

kilrakyatdi sini. IDifahamKan, masalah berkenaan isu sam-

pah yang membukit dari hari ke sehari itu ber-lanjutan lebih setahun lalu tanpa ada pihakyang ambil peduli.

Ketua PKRCabang Puchong, SMurali ber-kata, beliau kesal tiada ahli majIisdan juga wa-kil rakyat yang 'perasan' dengan masalah ter-babit meskipun ia sepatutnya dipandang seriusdandiambil tinaakan. 5\()C\( I 4( \.::)

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. Kumaran (kir!)ketika niendengar aduanpenduduk di Kampung Melor Batu 14 berhubungmasalah banjir yang membelenggu mereka sebelum ini.

PUCHONG - Hampa apa-bila masalah yang membe-lenggu mereka bertahun-tahun sebelum ini gagalcliselesaikan, mangsa ban-jir Kampung Melor Batu 14,menyerahkan petisyen kepa-da PKR Cabang Puchong.

Difahamkan, ia bagimenggesa pimpinan partipolitik itu untuk mengajukanmasalah kepada pihak ber-tanggungjawab supaya masa-lah dapat diselesaikan segera.

Tlmbalan Ketua Angka-tan Muda Keadilan (AMK)PKR Cabang Puchong, EllanS Kumaran berkata, pendu-duk mengadu masalah ber-kenaan kerana sudah me-

nimbulkan kesukaran kepadamereka sejak lima tahun lalu.

Katanya, lebih mengece-wakan ia bukan sahaja meru-gikan masa dan tenaga ma-

~ Salahsatu..faktor~ngdin~kanpenyebabkepada kejadianbanjir adalah saluran'perparitan aliran airyang kedl!'. Kumaran

lah harta benda milik merekaturut musnah akibat bencana

yang pasti akari berlaku se-kiranya hujan lebat melandakawasan itu.

"Selepas menerima adu-an itu Jumaat lalu, saya danpimpinan PKR Cabang Pu-chong meninjau kawasan ter-libat banjir.

"Salah satu faktor yangdinyatakan penyebab kepadakejadian banjir adalah saluranperparitan aliran air yang ke-

cil;'katanya kepada Sinar Ha-rian.

Kumaran berkata, se-

lain dariapada masalah salu-ran air kedl, pembangunandi kawasan berdekatan turut

menjadi punca pertambahanair melimpah masuk ke da-lam kampung.

"Saya difahamkan, den-gan perbincangan dilakukanAhli Parlimen Puchong, Go- I

bind Singh Deo, pemaju ber-setuju membiay<!i kos baikpulih saliran.

"Malah difahamkan, ker-

ja akan dirilUlakan minggudepan; katanya. .si f\C\i' \1..1JI~

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Siasat PBr gagal guna bahasa kebangsaanJL..JJEGARA

Oleh FAIZAH IZZANI ZAKARIA

KUALA LUMPUR 13 Dis. - SeorangAhli Dewan Negara hari ini meng-gesa Suruhanjaya Pencegahan Ra-suah Malaysia (SPRM) meneliti ke-gagalan pihak berkuasa tempatan(PBT) mematuhi dan melaksanakanundang-undang berkenaan penggu-naan bahasa kebangsaan di tempatawam.terutama papan-papan iklan.

SenatorDatuk Dr.FirdausAbdullah(gambar) berkata,sejakakhir-akhir inipenggunaanbahasaitu padapapan-pa-pan nama kedai, taman perumahan

cewadengan jawapan di-berikan timbalan men-terinya, DatukSeriLajimUkin.

Firdaus mahu menge-tahui sejauh manakahPBT melaksanakan un-dang-undangitu dan me-ngapa sejak akhir-akhir Iini penggunaan bahasa I

kebangsaan di tempatawam semakindiabaikan

pihak bertanggungjawab.Keadaanitu menyebabkankemen-

terian berkenaan ditegur Yang Di-pertua Dewan Negara, Tan Sri AbuZahar Ujang kerana tidak menye-diakan jawapan yangbersesuaian de-ngan soalan ditanya Ahli DewanN egara. u-\o .sfK'\ )v\ I\::>-,.

dan iklan terutama di ibunegarasemakinterabai.

"KecuaianPBTini sema-kin ketara dan jika ber-terusan akan menjejaskankeberkesanan GagasanIMalaysia kerana kitamengharapkan bahasa ke-bangsaan menjadi bahasapenyatuan kepada kita se-mua," katanya ketika sesisoal jawabpada sidang De-wan Negarahari ini.

Terdahulu, Firdaus yang menge-mukakan soalan kepada Kemente-rian Perumahan danKerajaan Tem-patan berhubung tindakan PBTbagimematuhi dan melaksanakan un-dang-undang kedl berkenaan peng-gunaan bahasa kebangsaan itu ke-

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IklanharamberleiluasaIILANG: Kewujudaniklanftharam di bandar diraja inisemakin berleluasa sehinggamenjejaskan pemandanganwalaupun pelbagai laIlgkahpenguatkuasaan dan pencega-han dijalankan pihak berkuasatempatan (PBT).

Kebanyakan iklan haram ituditampal pada pokok di bahujalan atau menggUnakan posterkecil yang dilekatkan pada tiangpenanda arah.

Kinimereka yang diupah ber-buat demikian bergerak agresifdengan menampal poster padadinding premis bangunandenganjumlah yang banyak.

Tinjauan Sentral di JalanPUlaLJ.Pin,ang~" disi);1i . men.-diJ,p~ti,.PQstet'ditari'l.Paldalamj1.1Il11anyangbanyak di sepan-j~g dinding lot kedai, selaink,otak,penjan;;ielel{tril{.T~~gaNasiQnal BetP1i<i(TNEJ <ianpapan.tanda jalan.

Pel\e);'ja.swasta, U;lf)GlJ.Qng

"pemilik premismungkinrnenga/amikesukaranmembersihkan

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Kee,20,berkata pemandanganitu adalahsesuatLJ.yang biasadi daerah ini dan ia amatmen-gecewakan sesiapa saja yangmelaluikawasan.berkeliaan.

"Mungkin pemilik premisbangqnan ini sendiri sudahtidak boleh berbuat apa-apaberikutan kehadiran posteryangamat banyak,apatah lagiapabila ia ditampal denganmenggunakangam.

"Pemilik premis mungkinmengalami kesukaran untukmembersilikan semua tampa-Ian itu menyebabkan merekahanya membiarkap.nyabegitusaja,"katanya.

Peniagayangmahu dikenali~bagai.Mbert,29i..berkatatin-d3,k;min,dividutidal{bertang-guhgjawab ittln1emberi tinejnegatif kepada pengunjungyangmelawat bandar Klangyahgterkenal sebagai bandardiriJ.ja.

"Jjka .<iiperhatikan, adasebahagiah poster sudah diber-

sihkan tetapipihak tidak ber- Itap.ggungjawab terus menam-RaJ.poster pinjaman. wang atau

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dilturangkalidenganpeman- ,talj'illidaripada semug.prnaktermasuk oralig awam.

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Councils must enforce 'strict' supervision JINMalaysia, the requirement to pro-vide for facilities for the disabled areoutlined by the Uniform Building(Amendment) Bylaws 1991, stipu-lated under the Street Drainage andBuilding Act 1974.

The by-laws state buildings mustcomply with the Malaysian StandardMS1184 (Code of Practice on Accessfor Disabled Persons to PublicBuildings) and MS 1183, with moni-toring under the purview of localcouncils.

The Malay Mail contacte~ fourcouncils in Klang Valley for a betterunderstanding of how facilities forthe disabled were checked.

Ampang Jaya Municipal Council(MPAJ) public relations officer

Norhayati Ahmad said the councilensures development plans "includesuch facilities.

She said this "strict" supervision,however, onlY began last year in thernunicipality.

"Previously, our requirementswere a bit 'loose' as the council didnot demand that developers adhereto all the standard requirementsand specifications. Such facilitieswere also made compulsory oninstruction basis."

This, despite the by-laws beinggazetted by Selangor in 1994 to beadopted and therefore, be moni-tored by the council effectively afterthat date - long before last year.

Kuala Lumpur City Hall, the

Petalirig Jaya City Council (MBPJ)and Subang Jaya Municipal Council(MPSJ)cclaimed to carry out thesame procedures.

All said they do not issue plan-ning approvals to buildings whichdo not fulfill the requirements.Developers are to fulfill the requir-ments before a certificate of fitnessis issued. .

Ironically, local authorities, whoare responsible for ensuring theMS1184guidelines are adhered to,were not "saints" themselves.

Our rounds at these four localcouncil buildings found some didnot have the facilities required.

Among the-four councils, MBPJwas the most disabled-friendly with

MALAY MAILTlfikh: .11..9.€f..?P1L-

MPAJlacking most facilities for dis-abled persons.

The MBPJ headquarters wasequipped with the most facilitiesfor the disabled, with designatedparking lots, wide entrance ramps,guiding blocks (yellow brick tiles),handrails and braille text ,next tolift buttons.

However, there were nOdisabled-friendly toilets at the lobby near thepublic service counters and rampsat its Civic Centre (public hall) werealso quite steep.

TheMPAJheadquarters in PandanIndah lacked a disabled-friendlytoilet and the lifts had no hand rails,braille on the buttons or audibleindicators.

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Mainao. iosakPendudukmahuMPSJsegera.baikidemikeselamatankanak-kanak

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SAYA bekerja sebagaipembantu kedai di se-buah' bangunan ru-mah kedai berdekaiitr}'

USJ 6, malah saya turut'menetap di kawasan ke-

jiranan USJ 6.'Perkara yang seriJJ.gb.er-

mairi di fikiransaya ialahtaman permainan ka-nak-kaJJ.akterletak 50 meterdari kejiranan berkenaan.

Pandangan saya, tamanitu seperti terbiar dan tidakdiselenggara'dengan baikapabila kebanyakan per-mainan seperti buaian danpapan geloqgsor rosak.

Lebih membimbangkan,terdapat pokok mati di tepi

'taman berkenaan dan di-khuatiri mendatangkanbencana terhadap' pengun-jung, terutama kanak-ka-nak. '

Diharap Majlis Perbanda-ran Subang Jaya (MPSJ)

TERBIARdaman permainan di USJ6 tidak diseleriggara dengan baik.

mengambiI tindakan sege-ra atau menyelenggara ta-man terbabit bagi menja-min keselamatan pendu-duk serta pengunjung.

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ngenai masalah berkena-an.

Pihak majIis sememang-nya mengakui taman p'er-mainan berkenaan di ba-wah kuasa dan penyeleng-gaJ;'aan MPSJ berikutanitu, kami akan,membuatsiasatan terlebih dulu. .

Jika aduan berkenaan di-dapati benar, pihak MPSr

mengambil tindakan se-wajarnya termasuk meng-gantikan peralatan rosakldan memotong pokokyang dikatakan mati itu.

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PET ALING , JAYA':';While~';;Wh'~',priyatisation move'will resistance from the Fegeral govern-"Selangor's disputewiththe'Felieral, ".,.,])y;;~OOrd.j~,<ltedby tl1.~:H6~sing ,ment as"~~",ne~dsperinissi9~Jn)mgovernmen t o~er water ';'13upp}y, ;"an,a":l;2cal'G9y~rnmel1t"Ministry' 13 the Housing and LoCal.Gover-innentconcessions contmues, tbe State's / "sOUa:i~ilste ";, blic Cleilnsing Ministr)rif it wa!lts,tobllmp~<l'JJ:l

.,Pakaym Rakyat gove:~w.~?tisnow.';,,~~j.>, ,', _. e,the' National Flora put. , , " "'.',,:'}~i'."~'<

. plan'iiingto takeon atrqtMrkeyutil-j;;;;'S~' "" "', ,,', d Public Cleanliness, 'Dep!ity .Prime j\,finister "faIl:§riity: Solid waste management. '~:;kO ",,'Joll' (NSWPCC)wiU' man- Muhyiddin Yassinlastweek revealed'

Sources told ,TheMalay Mail that1ii~gej<thtee concession holders. local authorities had accumulatedSelangor Menteri Besar Tan Sri', Apart ftom AlamFlora, which outstanding debts amounting toAbdul Khalidlbrahim (pic) was, is responsible for Selangor; Kuala 'RlY.[B48.6million'With solid wasteseeking to terminate the services,of'LlJrnpur, Pahang, Terengganu mhnagement companies.current solia waste disposal conCeS- and Kelantan, the other two con- He said the local authorities mustsionaire Alam Flora Sdn Bhd. cessionairesare , Southern Waste, settle these debts before tne Act

It is to'be taken over by SelangorManagement Sdn Bhd(cover-' comes into force next year.Economic DevelopmentCorpora,tion ,,-ing Negri Sembilan, Malac~a and That Selangor iSl11ullingthis new(PKNS) subsidiary Worldwide Johor) and NQrthern Waste Sdn battlefront with the Federal govern-Holdings Sdn BM, whicb handled Bhd (Perak" Kedah, Penang and ment was confirmed by Khalid'sthis service before Alam Flora was Perlis). political secretary Faekah Hussin,awarded the concession by the -Housing and Local GovernmentMinistry in 1998. '

The proposed takeove~ byW9rld.~lie is set to start at ~the

';KI'a~gL¥unicipal Council (SeeacccJlnpanying story).

Selangoris keen to make' thechange as soon' as the ~ed-eialgovernment completes the fulJpri-vatisation of, solid waste disposalunder the Solid Waste and: PublicCleansing Act 2007., .

This IS expected toti'ike ,placein Mar,ch next year, and industrysources told The Paper Th(lt. Cares

when asked to comme;nt on theproposed takeover.

She replied ina text message:"The proposal remains under con-sideration. Nothing has , been fina-lised;" She declined to comment onthe rationale ofthe proposed moveto appoint Worldwide.

As for Alam Flora, a subsidiary ofpublic~Hsted, DRB-Hicom HoldingsBhq, no comment could be obtainedat Press time, "

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public cleansjng since 1998.,' ,;in garbagecallectian' ~'nd'i>Cfbifc', '--;." Zaini heads the carparatian whi~ ?" cleansing ga hand-in-hand~Ta ensure

~,,',''ii' iff.,' -: ~ was set up ta .oversee the tbree c_9h. efficiency,we must make sure contrac-(,~GJArJ,V;:No garbage bills, cessianaire campanies. The c9l1)paft!es t9rs appainted by cancessianaires can

underf~1I privatisatian. are Alam Flara Sdn Bhd, Soutryern make q prafit. When "they are prafit-Thatwas the assurance from Natianal Waste Management Sdn Bhd 'and able, they can affard new campactars

Solid Waste and Public Cleanliness Narthern Waste Sdn Bhd. ..;. and hire experienced persannel inCarparatian (NSWPCC)chief execu-Zaini said the Federal gav~n)ment supervisary pasitians.tive .officer DatUk Zaini Mahd Nar wauld bear any extra charges incurred ZainLsi'lidthe privatisatian .ofsalidcancerning'the privatisatian of solid by the three cancessianaires sa as ta . waste management was a hugebaast,!"astemanagement set ta be enfarced ensure the same le~elaf high-qualify far lacal authorities interms .ofmanag-'next year, service in alilacal authorities, irrespec- inffth~rrevenue and annual budget.

Initially, it was expected cansum- tive .oftheir revenue base, He estimated mast lacal autharities,ers Wauld be billed individually such "Ensuring the same level. .of high- in, the pas~ allacated up ta almast

; :as with ather utilities 'like water and quality service between a lacalauthar" 50 per cent .oftheir annual revenue, e.lectricity. Hawever, The Malay Mail ity like,far example, Shah Alam',which far such services. This was because

w~s tald the idea was drapped after has a higher revenue campared the lacal autharities had ta purchaseappasitian from the industry. ta, far instance, Rampin, Pahang, is vehicles, and ather facilities such as

They feared billing cansumers indi- paramaunt. In S~ah Alam,.again as garbage bins, as well as ta maintain avidually wauld falter, much like the an example, grass-cutting and drain large number .ofworkers.privatisatian exercise .ofsewage. cleaning may be dane .once .ortwice. .With privatisatian, lacal autharities

Instead; the bill far garbage callec- a manth Daw because th,eycan afford naw .onlyhave ta pay for the servicetian and public cleansing, wauldcan- it but in Rampin, it may be .onceevery with the rest taken care.af by thetinue fa bebarne by lacal autharities, six months," he said: 'cancessian holders;' he said.with cansumers paying their share Zaini estimated the annual bill far Despite this,nane afthe States cauldthraugh the annual prap~rty assess- salid waste management and public affard ta.buildsanitary landfills.ment rates, cleansing ta be around RM900'mil- .Sa,they have ta relyan dump sites.

Zaini said lacal autharities wauld lian. "If they \Aianttabui.ld sanit~ry landfills,cantinue ta paythe same amountthey "Withthe extra charges, Iestimate it they have ta ask for grants fram thecurrently pay ta three concessianaire will cast araund RM1billian'ta RM1.4 FederalgavernmenkTheyalsaaa natcampanieswhich were awarded the billianannually:' , havethe expertiseta designand buildrights.ofsalidwastemanagementand "Efficiencyand ecanamies .ofscale sanitaryiandfills,"saidZaini. ---

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'Wftlt:fillI~pri, ",on:i is.th~;jab.of the car'potafioii' ta ~uitcLsanitarylandfills. Weemplay qualified -engi:neers wha will ensure these'facilitiesare builttathe rightsp~cificatiOlisandare ,enviranmentally-friendly:~, He said that 16 landfills which hadbeen clased 'wauld .be l'Iaoded backta the State gavernments ta be usedas parks. '

Ex-landfills,accardlng taZaini, werenat suitable t6rconst(uct,ng bu'ildipgsas the gas emissians wauld carrodeany structure built an it.

Full privatisatian wauld alsa allowthe crass-barder shipments of salidwaste ta'sanitary landfills, which isexpensive ta build and .maintain,Currently, .only Selangar ,and KualaLumpur share the use .of a sanitarylandfill.

Za.ini said due ta red tape, nane.of the ather States.jn the penin,sulashared landfills,

"Whenfullprivatisatibncammences,, wecan ship'salidwasteta the nearestlandfill even though it if.lacated in aneighbauring State. THismeanS wewillbe able ta reduce transpart casts,Italsa mealJs we da nat ne~d ta buildsanitary landfillsin all State,sas we canshare them; he said.