PRELIMINARY ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT FOR PROPOSED MIXED DEVELOPMENT ON PART OF LOT 2704, MUKIM SENAI, DAERAH KULAIJAYA, JOHOR DARUL TAKZIM BY IOI PRIMA PROPERTY SDN BHD EXECUTIVE SUMMARY EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Project Title The project is entitled “PROPOSED MIXED DEVELOPMENT ON PART OF LOT 2704, MUKIM SENAI, DAERAH KULAIJAYA, JOHOR DARUL TAKZIM BY IOI PRIMA PROPERTY SDN BHD”. Herein after, it is referred to as the “Project”. 1.2 Project Background IOI Prima Property Sdn Bhd intends to convert 210.27 acres of plantation area within Mukim Senai, district of Kulaijaya to mixed development. The project component will consist of residential, industries, commercial and others public amenities. The project site is under jurisdiction of Majlis Perbandaran Kulai (MPKu) and was a strategic location. It is located about 5 km from North-South Highway (PLUS) and the immediate surrounding neighbor was an industrial area and residential area. It is located strategically between main federal and state road besides the PLUS highway as mentioned above. 1.3 Environmental Legislative Requirement Section 34(A) of the Environmental Quality (Amendment) Act 1985 states that any person intending to carry out any of the prescribed activities shall need to submit an EIA report to the Director General of the Department of Environment (DOE) before any approval for carrying out such activity can be granted by the relevant approving authority. The proposed Project is a prescribed activity under the Environment Quality (Prescribed Activities)(Environmental Impact Assessment) Order 1987 as under the following Schedule: Schedule 7 – Housing development covering an area of 50 hectares or more Thus, this would require the submission of an EIA report to DOE prior an approval is granted by the relevant authorities. Prepared by: KUALITI CERIA SDN BHD ES-1 PRELIMINARY ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT FOR PROPOSED MIXED DEVELOPMENT ON PART OF LOT 2704, MUKIM SENAI, DAERAH KULAIJAYA, JOHOR DARUL TAKZIM BY IOI PRIMA PROPERTY SDN BHD EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1.4 Objective of the EIA Study Besides meeting the above legislative requirement, EIA provides a timely and useful avenue for integrating environmental considerations into the decision making process during the planning/implementation of a project. 1.5 Project Proponent Project Proponent : IOI Prima Property Sdn Bhd No. 1337, Jalan Lagenda 47 Taman Lagenda Putra 81000 Kulaijaya Johor Darul Takzim Tel : 07-6639101 Fax : 07-6639108 Contact person : Lim Beng Yeang Designation : General Manager 1.6 EIA Consultant The consultant commissioned to undertake the EIA Study is Kualiti Ceria Sdn. Bhd. The correspondence address of the firm is given below. Environmental Consultant : Kualiti Ceria Sdn Bhd 33A, Jalan Indah 10/1 Taman Bukit Indah 81200 Johor Bahru Johor Darul Takzim Telephone : 07-2323582 Fax : 07-2320598 Contact person(s) : Ali Thamby / Na’imi Atan Designation : Director 1.7 Statement of Need The principal justification for the proposed Project lies in the Johor State Government’s policy for the said area. The state government is committed towards creating a peaceful and harmonious society by providing adequate residential home, comfortable, affordable and quality to meet the needs of the people. Prepared by: KUALITI CERIA SDN BHD ES-2 PRELIMINARY ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT FOR PROPOSED MIXED DEVELOPMENT ON PART OF LOT 2704, MUKIM SENAI, DAERAH KULAIJAYA, JOHOR DARUL TAKZIM BY IOI PRIMA PROPERTY SDN BHD EXECUTIVE SUMMARY IOI Prima wills emphasis on the development and provision of adequate housing, conducive, quality and affordable housing and the provision of appropriate public facilities. Since, the existing land bank managed by IOI group was located within the strategic region, it is deemed an advantage for IOI Prima to cater the opportunity with the proposed development and it is seem as an option to expand the business. Looking at the siting of the project, IOI Prima has been choose the most strategic area for the development in Kulaijaya. With the Kulaijaya interchange from PLUS highway is about 5 km from the project site and the networking road from Sedenak, Kulaijaya, Senai down to Johor Bahru City that has been through the upgrading works the project site is seem very strategic for the development taking into account the convenient access from Johor Bahru city, Nusajaya, from northern part and also from adjacent region such as Senai, Kulaijaya town, Sedenak etc. The proposed Project will be provided the high cost housing, medium cost and affordable houses which are Perumahan Komuniti Johor (PKJA and PKJB) besides the medium cost shop lots. This option of houses and shop lots is in line with local authorities plan to provide adequate, affordable and quality houses, particularly to meet the needs of the low-income group with greater emphasis on appropriate locations and conducive living environment. The socio-economic development of the state and country as whole has created a snowball effect onto the development within the Kulaijaya and also the region surrounds it. Development of new industrial and commercial area will attract more investor either locally or internationally. The development of the Project site that includes residential, industries, commercial, utilities and infrastructure facilities would ensure a balanced and integrated development with a high potential for growth. In addition, it would create more opportunities for the surrounding local rural population and satisfy the future residential and commercial needs. Prepared by: KUALITI CERIA SDN BHD ES-3 PRELIMINARY ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT FOR PROPOSED MIXED DEVELOPMENT ON PART OF LOT 2704, MUKIM SENAI, DAERAH KULAIJAYA, JOHOR DARUL TAKZIM BY IOI PRIMA PROPERTY SDN BHD EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 2.0 SUMMARY OF PROJECT 2.1 Project Location The development of the proposed IOI Prima Property Development will cover an area of 210.27 acres of land and will be carried out in phases over a period of 7 years. The proposed Project will occupy land at Lot 2704, Mukim Senai, Daerah Kulaijaya, Johor Darul Takzim. The location of proposed project is towards west of the Kulaijaya town centre of about 4.3 km straight line and about 3 km towards east of Kelapa Sawit town. The distance of project site to Johor Bahru City Centre is about 25 km towards southeast. The land mark of the proposed project site is Industrial Area of Kelapa Sawit and Desa Perindustrian Kulai that neighboring with project. Proposed project site could be reach by using North-South Highway (exit tol Kulaijaya) - Jalan Sawah – Jalan Besar Kulai towards Kelapa Sawit town. Project site demarcarted within national grid as listed below: Longitude (E) Latitude (N) 1030 34 9.25” 10 41’ 7.06” 1030 34’ 22.87” 10 40’ 56.29” 1030 33’ 22.42” 10 40’ 10.82” 1030 33’ 29.93” 10 40’ 8.71” The location map and proposed project development are shows in Figure ES-1 and Figure ES-2. Prepared by: KUALITI CERIA SDN BHD ES-4 PRELIMINARY ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT FOR PROPOSED MIXED DEVELOPMENT ON PART OF LOT 2704, MUKIM SENAI, DAERAH KULAIJAYA, JOHOR DARUL TAKZIM BY IOI PRIMA PROPERTY SDN BHD EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Figure ES-1: Location Map Prepared by: KUALITI CERIA SDN BHD ES-5 PRELIMINARY ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT FOR PROPOSED MIXED DEVELOPMENT ON PART OF LOT 2704, MUKIM SENAI, DAERAH KULAIJAYA, JOHOR DARUL TAKZIM BY IOI PRIMA PROPERTY SDN BHD EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Figure ES-2: Proposed Project Development Prepared by: KUALITI CERIA SDN BHD ES-6 PRELIMINARY ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT FOR PROPOSED MIXED DEVELOPMENT ON PART OF LOT 2704, MUKIM SENAI, DAERAH KULAIJAYA, JOHOR DARUL TAKZIM BY IOI PRIMA PROPERTY SDN BHD EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 2.2 Project Development Concept The Concept of Development adopted is to have a mixed housing scheme with the natural environment. The development concept has taken into consideration of the government policy and guidelines. It is envisage that this Project would create a catalyst to stimulate other development in this region. The characteristics of the overall development site are: To provide a wide variety of housing types that serves a range of incomes, households and ages; Provides neighbourhood centres with commercial, community and recreational facilities; and To propose an efficient system network, safe and organize for easily to reach with comfortable to the resident. The development of proposed project by IOI Prima Sdn Bhd at Kulaijaya is seen as an opportunity to avoid the negative impacts that may result from unplanned development. The main thrust of the proposed development is in establishing residential components. 2.3 Property Detail The proposed Project is located on 210.27 acres part of Lot 2704 situated at Mukim Senai, Daerah Kulaijaya, Johor Darul Takzim. The said property is belonging to IOI Prima Property Sdn Bhd. 2.4 Project Component The proposed project component and its distribution are abided to the Department of Town and Country Planning and other Government Agencies Requirements as given listed below. The proposed layout as showed in Figure ES-3 and Table ES-1 shows the Proposed Project Component. Prepared by: KUALITI CERIA SDN BHD ES-7 PRELIMINARY ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT FOR PROPOSED MIXED DEVELOPMENT ON PART OF LOT 2704, MUKIM SENAI, DAERAH KULAIJAYA, JOHOR DARUL TAKZIM BY IOI PRIMA PROPERTY SDN BHD EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Table ES-1: Proposed Project Component Project Component Plot Unit % Acres % Residential Double Storey Terrace House (24’ x 75’) 1 80 6.88 8.54 4.06 Double Storey Terrace House (20’ x 65’) - 220