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IPOH: Over 50% of the 450 new villages in the country are moderately developed while 27% are well developed.
Another 19% have been classified as least developed.
Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk Seri Ong Ka Ting said these
findings were made by a consultant engaged by the ministry to complete
a study of the villages to enable the Government to improve facilities
for residents there.
“The ministry has successfully completed the profiling of the
villages and will do further studies of the problems and lack of
facilities there.
“We will then formulate a comprehensive action plan under the Ninth
Malaysia Plan to ensure that the villages are continuously developed,”
he said.
Ong, who is also MCA president, was speaking to reporters after
chairing a meeting with new village heads and community leaders from
Perak at the state MCA headquarters here yesterday. Similar meetings, he said, would be conducted in other states to get more feedback on the problems faced by new villages.
The minister said Perak, with 135 new villages, had the highest number of such villages in the country.
“Of these, 62.7% are moderately developed while the least developed
make up 27.6%,” he said, adding that 9.7% were well developed.
Later, after presenting a keynote address at the meeting of the
Consultative Committee of District Councils here, Ong said the ministry
planned to include the websites of all 144 local authorities in its
main portal.
He said with this link, ratepayers nationwide only need enter the main
portal to view the websites of their respective local authorities.
Ratepayers could also make complaints and get answers faster through the main portal.
However, he said, over 40 district councils did not have their own websites at the moment.
“The ministry will help these district councils set up websites and
then include them in the main portal,” he said, adding that the move
could be completed in less than five years.
Ong also advised local authorities to spend their funds wisely and give
priority to the basics such as cleanliness before embarking on other
projects.
source: The Star 22-12-2004
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