Spanner thrown in the works


GEORGE TOWN, 3 Sept -- Kerajaan negeri meluluskan lebih 2,428 untuk aktiviti tambakan laut kepada sebuah pemaju baru-baru ini.Menteri Kesejahteraan Bandar, Perumahan dan Kerajaan Tempatan Datuk Abdul Rahman Dahalan berkata projek tambakan laut melebihi 100 hektar atau melebihi 10,000 orang seharusnya mendapatkan kelulusan Majlis Perancang Fizikal Negara (MPPN).Beliau berkata kerajaan negeri tidak pernah membawa isu ini kepada MPPN yang ditubuhkan pada 2003 untuk menyelaras semua dasar dan aktiviti berkaitan perancangan bandar dan desa bagi memastikan penggunaan sumber dan pembangunan yang lebih seimbang dan mampan di peringkat negeri dan negara.--fotoBERNAMA (2015) HAK CIPTA TERPELIHARA

BATU KAWAN: Land reclamation projects in Penang could soon come to a halt with the Urban Wellbeing, Housing and Local Government Ministry throwing a spanner in the works.

Minister Datuk Abdul Rahman Dahlan said the Penang government had not consulted the National Physical Planning Council (MPFN) before starting to reclaim land.

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