November 14, 2012
Former MIDA Chief allocated Chairman,Batu Caves Condo Project Task Force
by Ida Lim@www.themalaysianinsider.com
The Selangor supervision currently pronounced it has allocated former MIDA chief, Datuk N. Sadasivan (left), to conduct an eccentric taskforce to study the controversial common ownership plan in Batu Caves, the plan which was authorized by the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration department department in 2007.
Selangor's announcement currently comes dual weeks after the state released the proxy stop-work order upon the Dolomite condominium, tentative the taskforce's findings.
"The State Executive Council currently concluded to appoint former Malaysian Industrial Development Authority (MIDA) Director-General Dato' N. Sadasivan as Chairman of the eccentric cabinet to study the capitulation of the common ownership plan in Batu Caves," Selangor Mentri Besar Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim pronounced in the matter today.
Khalid pointed to Sadasivan's immeasurable experience, observant which he had formerly served as the director in the few in isolation companies as well as dual government-owned financial institutions, Bank Negara as well as Pengurusan Danaharta Nasional Berhad, as well as in state oil organisation PETRONAS board of directors.
He pronounced the state supervision would announce the names of the alternative members later. Khalid pronounced he would meet with the cabinet this week to inform them of the state's purpose, adding which the cabinet would also be tasked with studying alternative building the whole projects within the Batu Caves area.
"Among the committee's scope are to re-evaluate all the growth projects which have been finished as well as programmed in Batu Cav! es, as w ell as take into account each aspect including the people's welfare, the Hindu community's interest, environmental safety as well as existent legislation."
"The state supervision is of the opinion which this committee's scrutiny will benefit as well as add value to efforts to have Batu Caves the UNESCO World Heritage site," he said.
Selangor currently also allocated the Norasiah Bee, the Selangor Rural as well as Town Planning Department's Deputy Director, as the secretary of the secretariat to ensure the well-spoken using of the taskforce.
Khalid also criticised Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak's promise
yesterday to terminate the Dolomite plan if BN manages to win back Selangor, describing it as the pierce to "gain popularity as well as support" instead of elucidate problems.
"This unprofessional pierce by the Prime Minister gives the negative effect upon integrity as well as good governance since any plan cancellation has to be finished according to procedure," Khalid said.
He pronounced the state supervision places priority upon the people's rights as well as interests, adding which it will not "hesitate" to move any parties to justice if they were found to be drifting or had abused their powers.
Yesterday, Najib also pronounced the BN supervision would request to have Batu Caves the UNESCO World Heritage site after Malaysia's term as the part of of the World Heritage Commission ends in 2015.
The 29-storey Dolomite Park Avenue common ownership plan has incited into the political predicament as Batu Caves is the religious focal point of Hindu Indians, who form the majority of the 1.7 million Indians as well as are the pass voting organisation in many urban seats in Selangor.
About 300 Hindu as well as non-gover! nmental activists assimilated the "Save Batu Caves" convene in the Batu Caves temple formidable to protest against the common ownership building the whole upon Oct 26, saying it was an environmental risk which would jeopardise the temple drift though did not furnish explanation to substantiate their allegations.
The plan was given the nod by state authorities in 2007, though MIC as well as Barisan Nasional (BN) have in recent weeks pressured the stream Pakatan Rakyat (PR) administration department department into calling the halt to the plan among the conflict for Indian votes.
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