S'gor may reclaim land left vacant by places of worship

The Star

2 days ago

Ng says the state may give the land to someone else.
Selangor government may take back land set aside for non-Muslim places of worship if it is left vacant after being approved for development.
State local government and tourism committee chairman Datuk Ng Suee Lim said this was to ensure that other people would also have a chance to develop the land.
'We would look into providing a reasonable deadline, say five years, for the applicants to build structures on the land given to them.
'If they fail to meet the deadline, the state government will consider taking back the land and giving it to someone else,' he said during the Selangor State Assembly sitting at Bangunan Dewan Negeri Selangor in Shah Alam.
He was replying to a supplementary question by Lwi Kian Keong (PH-Sungai Pelek) on whether there was a deadline for building structures on land as he observed that some non-Muslim places of worship had yet to be built despite being granted approval.
Ng emphasised that the construction of non-Muslim places of worship in every housing project must adhere to the Selangor State Planning Guidelines and Standards Manual, which outlined the minimum size and capacity of these buildings.
On a separate matter, Ng said as of the first quarter of 2025, solid waste management and public cleansing agency KDEB Waste Management (KDEBWM) had recorded an 82.7% adherence rate to its service level agreement with the state government.
'The agreement outlined various service standards that need to be adhered to by KDEBWM such as the frequency in collecting domestic and bulk waste, reaction time towards complaints and cleanliness level at the locations after waste collection,' he said.
He added that the number of notices to collect waste issued to KDEBWM by local councils had been decreasing since 2023, with 2,267 notices given out in 2023, 1,604 notices in 2024 and 776 notices as of May 2025.
The sitting has been adjourned sine die.