SELANGORKINI: SURAT TERBUKA KEPADA YB MENTERI BESAR SELANGOR

8 January 2025 FINALLY, after complaint reached the ears of the Datuk Bandar of Petaling Jaya City Council (MBPJ), work has started to clear the heaps of construction debris at Jalan Tembaga in Sri Damansara Industrial Estate.      The response from Datuk Bandar shows that work may have to take two days to complete. A total of almost six tonnes of construction debris had been dumped here at the site for a number of years. 9 January 2025     Credit must go to Datuk Bandar Tuan  Zahri Samingon and the team of people who worked very hard today to clear construction debris. Yesterday, after taking this photograph, I sent it to Tuan Zahri just to show him the extent of the dumpsite. Around the same time when this photograph was taken, I noticed a young man taking photographs of the site as well. I guess it must have been the staff of MBPJ.     But why is this dump site left here for so many years? When I passed by the place, someone told me that contra...

  I find it very shocking that a Selangor state exco has recommended  that everyone attending concerts in the state of Selangor be screened for drugs.     This is, in my opinion, a sad state where leaders have not given much to what he was saying. The  suggestion is not only laughable, but it does not augur well with someone holding such a position. He  should, in fact, refrain from making such a statement.  Knee Jerk Response      Most concerts for New Year's Eve attract big numbers of participants. The State Local Government and Tourism Committee chairperson Ng Suee Lim's suggestion is at best another "knee jerk" reaction to the deaths at a New Year countdown concert.     In fact, I have a number of questions to ask Ng:  (a) Who will pay for the urine tests? Will it be charged into the tickets? Or, will the state government pay for the urine tests? (b) How will the SOP take into consideration the number of people th...