Abattoir cost expected to increase

Rows of poultry traders at Pasar Jalan Raja Bot in Chow Kit, Kuala Lumpur. They currently get their supply from various sources but the completion of an integrated halal chicken abattoir may offer them a more cost-effective alternative. — Photos: KAMARUL ARIFFIN and LOW BOON TAT/The Star

INACTIVITY at a construction site next to Pasar Harian Selayang Kuala Lumpur, where a half-built integrated halal poultry abattoir sat languishing for over a year, has led the public to believe that the project has been abandoned.

The abattoir was first mooted in 2015 to centralise poultry slaughtering processes and provide a more systematic, hygienic and halal-certified solution to especially supply dressed chicken for traders operating at Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL)-owned markets.