Amirul Azizan says new waste collection schedules will be updated in residents’ chat groups.
Subang Jaya City Council (MBSJ) has identified personnel from its Licensing, Health and Landscape departments for Selangor’s Cross Fertilisation Programme (PCF) this year.
Subang Jaya mayor Datuk Amirul Azizan Abd Rahim said the inter-council staff transfer programme would continue in April, targeting three key departments for the 2026 rotation.
“The names of potential candidates have been submitted to the state secretary’s office.
“The candidates may or may not be department directors,” he said.
“Personally, I feel that department directors shouldn’t be the ones transferred.
“Instead, it should be the second or third most senior person in the department, so they can benchmark the best practices between their current and new workplace and use this opportunity to improve their careers.”
Amirul Azizan added that department directors identified for last year’s PCF were expected to return to MBSJ soon.
The first phase of the PCF took place across four city councils, starting Feb 3, 2025.
The initiative exposes officers to new skills, knowledge and work cultures through external placements, to be applied upon their return.
Amirul Azizan was speaking after chairing the January full board meeting at the MBSJ headquarters in USJ5, Subang Jaya, yesterday.
On the problem of inconsistent rubbish collection within the city council’s jurisdiction, he said the hiccups were due to difficulties faced by KDEB Waste Management (KDEBWM).
The company had trouble obtaining permits from the Land Public Transport Agency (Apad) to operate their rubbish compactors.
An Apad permit, renewable annually, is needed for commercial vehicles in Peninsular Malaysia.
“MBSJ was promised 77 rubbish compactors under our renewed contract with KDEBWM, but only 30 permits have been issued so far.
“This meant KDEBWM could only use 30 compactors, severely impacting rubbish collection services,” said Amirul Azizan.
“However, we were told that the permits for the remaining 47 rubbish compactors will be issued by end January, so we are hopeful the situation will improve soon,” he said.
KDEBWM’s scheduled waste collection is three times a week for domestic waste and daily for commercial waste.
Amirul Azizan said the new domestic waste collection schedule could be different compared to previous years.
“The new schedules will be updated in Residents Representative Councils’ WhatsApp chat groups and new signboards that will be installed by KDEBWM,” he elaborated.
Meanwhile, he said MBSJ’s Ramadan bazaar briefing for traders would be held on Feb 3.
There will be 20 bazaar locations this year, offering 1,207 lots in the Subang Jaya, Kinrara, Puchong, Putra Heights as well as Serdang and Seri Kembangan zones.
Traders at Ramadan bazaars were required to continue offering e-wallet payments, avoid polystyrene and staples in packaging, and follow proper food and waste management practices, said Amirul Azizan.
MBSJ will also continue its collaboration with social enterprise What A Waste to channel unsold food to nearby underprivileged communities.
