THE federal government wants to privatise rubbish removal services under the 10th Malaysia Plan (10MP) and have local councils focus purely on enforcement. Technically, the federal government cannot legally force a local government to enter into a privatisation contract. A contract’s signatories would have to be representatives from the government entering the contract itself. However, […]
Housing and Local Government Ministry
Streamlining hillslope development guidelines
IPOH, 16 Jan 2009 The Housing and Local Government Ministry and Natural Resources and Environment Ministry will discuss streamlining their guidelines on development on hillslopes at a special meeting this month. Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk Seri Ong Ka Chuan said the meeting was called following a number of landslip incidents, especially the one […]
Special body formed for abandoned housing projects
KUALA LUMPUR, 11 Jan 2009: The Housing and Local Government Ministry will set up a special purpose vehicle (SPV) to rehabilitate abandoned housing projects in the country, said its minister, Datuk Seri Ong Ka Chuan. He said: “The SPV will identify abandoned projects and choose an active housing developer to take over these projects.” The […]
