State mulls own Joint effort MPSJ: Bin the Big dreams for Teng: The 'Solution cashless app against peat fires butts Sukma 2020 Man' for Klang 2 3 12 15 11 FREE FEBRUARY 2020 www.selangorjournal.my SELANGOR Aerospace hub in SEPANG Golden State he Selangor administration aims to Tbuild its aerospace industry by achiev- ing 70 per cent of total market shares. Some 800 hectares (2,000 acres) of land have been identified and will be devel- oped for the purpose, and plans to woo more foreign investors to the state are underway. The expansion of the state’s existing aerospace parks is in line with Selangor’s Budget 2020, and will bring in an esti- mated annual revenue of RM55.2 billion by 2030. PHOTO BY ASRI SAPFIE 2 NEWS Selangor Journal l FEBRUARY 2020 Teachers play vital role, says MB By NORHAYATI UMOR Technical and Vocational Educa- countries, where it is parallel to vide confidence and nurturing to nical Skill Initiative and Iktisas tion and Training (TVET), and that other important fields of study,” students during school hours so Smart Selangor with RM50 mil- SHAH ALAM - Selangor Menteri Be- it provides value to the develop- he said after attending a meet- that they are mentally and emo- lion. sar Dato’ Seri Amirudin Shari has ment of the state. and-greet session with heads of tionally prepared to face the fu- “Selangor is also a region- urged teachers in the state to be “The role played by teachers schools at the Selangor State Se- ture. al hub for aerospace, in which more attuned to their students’ and principals is of utmost im- cretariat (SUK) building on Feb 1. In promoting TVET, Amiru- about 60 per cent of the indus- abilities and talents as it will help portance. Despite being a se- Amirudin added that when din said Selangor has allocated try is based here in Subang and them find more suitable jobs cond-choice field in our country, students do not make it to uni- RM90 million to help with the Sepang,” he said, adding that job when they leave school. the teaching profession remains versity, many feel dejected. This growth of the programme. opportunities are abundant for Amirudin said the state gov- highly regarded in Germany, is where the value of the teach- “Since 2018, Selangor has also school leavers who do not wish ernment positively views the Switzerland and other developed ing profession comes in, to pro- provided the youths at the Tech- to continue at universities. Selangor mulls e-wallet initiative KLANG - The Selangor govern- Teng said e-wallet ment is looking into developing use offers many bene- its own e-wallet application as fits, especially when it part of its commitment towards comes to security and becoming a smart state. improving cash flow. Its state Investment, Indus- “Extensive and com- try and Trade, Small and Me- prehensive campaigns dium Industries Committee are necessary if we chairman Datuk Teng Chang want everyone to adopt Khim said the e-wallet initiative the cashless payment would be designed to encour- method.” age the adoption of e-wallet The Federal govern- Amirudin visits an exhibition at the launch of the Hulu Selangor District and digital payments among ment’s e-Tunai Rakyat Local Draft Plan 2035 Selangorians. programme was intro- “The state government is duced to encourage considering and in the midst people to make digital of studying the development of payments and encou- Revving up Hulu our own e-wallet application. rage digital payment “But we would need to edu- adoption among Ma- Selangor’s economy cate and create awareness on laysian consumers and the use of e-wallets, especial- merchants, particularly through three selected e-wallet HULU SELANGOR - The state gov- ly among the rural communi- small retail businesses. operators, namely Grab, Boost, ernment will focus on three ty, the elderly and the less in- The government has alloca- and Touch ‘n Go. core clusters in Hulu Selangor formed groups,” he said after ted RM450 million to disburse The RM30 e-wallet credit re- that have the highest potential With the various attending the Back to School RM30 worth of free shopping demption started on Jan 15 and in driving the socio-economic infrastructure programme here on Jan 19. money to eligible Malaysians will end on March 14. growth of the people here, said initiatives offered, I Selangor Menteri Besar Dato’ Seri Amirudin Shari. am confident that the Amirudin said the develop- Selangor district would ment of Hulu Selangor would State finetunes child seat subsidy plan focus on growing the automo- be more dynamic and KAJANG - The Selangor adminis- Hee said the public should ness on the matter so that peo- tive, eco-tourism, and services would become the tration will review the proposed abide by the enforcement to use ple will choose the type of safety industries in the constituency. preferred destination subsidy for the purchase of the the CRS for their children’s safe- seats that comply with the stipu- “I hope to see more industry Child Restraint System (CRS) by ty. lated standards. players such as Perodua, UMW for operation and the bottom 40 (B40) group in or- “However, not everyone can Malaysia has adopted the Aerospace, Tan Chong Motor large-scale production der to alleviate its burden, afford to provide the safety United Nations R44 or R129 Holdings and many others de- says Hee Loy Sian. seat as it is pricey, espe- Standards for the CRS. velop in Hulu Selangor. centres The state Environ- cially for families that The guidelines specify for “With the various infra- He stressed that the state ment, Green Tech- have many chil- four different types of seats – for structure initiatives offered, government would ensure that nology, Science dren,” he said at newborns to infants weighing I am confident that the Sel- 50 per cent of the green area and Consumer Af- the Chinese New 13kg; for toddlers in the 9-18kg angor district would be more in Hulu Selangor would be fairs Committee Year Special Road range; for children in the 15- dynamic and would become maintained, and promoted as chairman said the Safety Advocacy 25kg range; and for children in the preferred destination for a tourist attraction. matter will be dis- Programme and In- the 22-36kg range. operation and large-scale pro- Among the tourist attrac- cussed in the State tegrated Ops at the On Jan 1 the Federal govern- duction centres,” said Amiru- tions at the district are white Executive Councillor Sungai Balak Toll Plaza ment made compulsory the use din at the launch of the public water rafting in Sungai Se- meeting to formulate a here on Jan 21. of the CRS in private cars, giving participation of the Hulu Se- langor, the Batang Kali Orchid mechanism for state assembly- The Kajang assemblyman a grace period of six months be- langor District Local Draft Plan Farm and Orang Asli Village, men to use their own budget al- urged the state government to fore it is considered an offence 2035 in Kuala Kubu Bharu, and the Sungai Chiling Water- locations for the subsidy. increase education and aware- to not install one. here on Feb 3. falls. Selangor Journal l FEBRUARY 2020 NEWS 3 Cambodia joins study to reduce climate risks SHAH ALAM - Three locations state government and the in Selangor and one in Cam- Kampong Speu Province in for- bodia have been chosen as mulating a strategy on disaster research sites for a study on risk management that would disaster risk reduction, says benefit 5.79 million people in the Selangor Disaster Manage- Selangor and about 700,000 ment Unit. others in Cambodia. Head of the unit Ahmad In Oct 2019, Selangor had Fairuz Mohd Yusof said the identified 79 flood-prone areas chosen places are Kuala Se- in nine districts based on fore- langor, Shah Alam, Bukit An- casts by the Malaysian Meteo- tarabangsa and a Cambodian rological Department (MET Ma- village called Kampong Speu, laysia). which often faces natural di- The districts are Petaling, sasters. Klang, Hulu Langat, Gombak, “The Universiti Kebangsaan Kuala Langat, Hulu Selangor, Malaysia’s Southeast Asia Di- Sepang, Kuala Selangor and saster Prevention Research Ini- Sabak Bernam. tiative will conduct the three- According to data from the year study in collaboration with Department of Irrigation and the Geological Society of Ma- Drainage (DID), MET Malaysia Yeo (second left) visits the Johan Setia peatland area on Aug 15, 2018 laysia, the Malaysian Disaster and the Kuala Lumpur City Hall Risk Reduction Services Orga- published in the DID’s annual nisation, and the Royal Univer- reports from 2014 to 2018, as sity of Phnom Penh, Cambodia. well as its incident reports, a “The project will study the total of 1,228 flash floods in causes of immediate disasters 543 locations throughout the Action plan to fight or risks such as flash floods Klang Valley were recorded and landslides. from 2014 to 2018. “It will also look into other Of the 543 locations, 186 risks such as rising sea levels have been hit by flash floods open burning and groundwater salinity by more than once. using geographic information In the DID 2017/2018 re- systems as well as public re- port, three main factors were By AFIX REDZUAN dress the open burning issue. (iii) the Klang Land and Dis- sources,” said Ahmad Fairuz identified as the cause of flash Located 15 kilometres south trict office ― to impose stern at the Social Entrepreneurship floods in the city centre: the SHAH ALAM - The Federal and of Shah Alam and 10 kilometres action against landowners who in Disaster Risk Management rapid pace of development, state governments will work southeast of Klang, Johan Setia repeatedly conduct open burn- Workshop at Concorde Hotel, faulty drainage systems, and closely together to combat open is a 1,618-hectare (4,000-acre) ing, including seizing the land of here on Jan 21.