BOTH the Selangor state government and developer, Kwasa Land Sdn Bhd can work together to help out the nursery operators of Sungai Buloh, who are under threat of being evicted by state authorities.
“Kwasa Land is the developer of the former Malaysian Rubber Board (LGM) land, who bought it over after getting approval from the Finance Ministry.
“The question now is, did the state government or its planning authority allocate plots for the nursery operators to run their businesses at the site?” asked Parti Sosialis Malaysia (PSM) secretary-general A Sivarajan, when speaking to FocusM.
Yesterday, about 10 members of the Selangor and Kuala Lumpur Landscaping and Nursery Operators Association went to Kwasa Land’s office in Sungai Buloh to deliver a memorandum to its chairman, Datuk Michael Yam.
However, the security personnel there closed the gates and informed them that most of the staff were ordered to work from home due to the pandemic.
The team, led by Sivarajan, subsequently delivered the memorandum to an officer known as Mohd Noor, who received it on behalf of the developer’s management.
This is the second time the nursery operators’ association sent a memorandum on the matter, as the team sent one earlier to the state government on Dec 13.
In 2012, former Selangor Menteri Besar Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim promised the nursery operators, via a letter, to allocate certain plots from the LGM land to the nursery operators, who are currently operating at the roadsides stretching from Sungai Buloh to Shah Alam.
Khalid made the promise with an idea to turn the place into Selangor’s nursery hub.
However, nothing cam forth since them and now, many of them are facing harassment from the state authorities to vacate the roadside areas.
Touching on the matter, Sivarajan urged the Shah Alam City Council (MBSA) to inform the nursery operators if they are allocated plots at the land to conduct their nursery businesses.
On why they were approaching Kwasa Land, the PSM leader said that the solution for the nursery operators’ plight should come from both the state government and the developer.
“We don’t want a scenario where the parties involved passing the buck to one another. Both have to come together to address the issue,” Sivarajan opined.
He also urged Kwasa Land to consider the nursery operators’ plight, adding the nursery business would create new potential to the mixed development project.
“Based on their website, the developer is promoting green development. So, having the nursery operators in the development project will certainly add value to the project,” Sivarajan said. – Dec 24, 2020.
