For our next step, we urgently need all of you to send a letter to the Selangor Forestry Department requesting:
1. for a 60 day extension to the objection period and
2. that all residents of Selangor should be allowed to send in their objections
1. for a 60 day extension to the objection period and
2. that all residents of Selangor should be allowed to send in their objections
To help you all, we have developed the template below that all of you can use for this purpose.
All letters emailed should also be faxed. Make sure you include your name and address in the letter. The letters emailed and faxed should also be cc to the MB and YB Elizabeth Wong. So that we can help better push the cause, please bcc any email to: savetwns@gmail.com
As we are short of time, please send your letters immediately.
Thank you again everyone for sharing our posts, for your feedback and support.
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21 Feb 2014
Pengarah
Jabatan
Perhutanan Negeri Selangor Tel: 03-5544-7507
Tingkat 3,
Bagunanan SSAAS Fax: 03-5511-9961
40660 Shah
Alam Email: yusoff@forestry.gov.my
Tuan
RE: Degazettement of forest reserves
- Plan PHN.SEL.(S) 08/3/2 Kit 16 Bil. (1).
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Request
for extension to viewing and objection period
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Allow
all residents of Selangor to participate in this decision
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Up-load
degazettement information and plan on official websites
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Have
a public hearing
I refer to
the notice of the plans to degazette sections of the forest reserves. In view
of the ecological and economic importance of the area proposed for
degazettement, I wish to request that the Selangor Forestry Department on
behalf of the Selangor State Government:
1. Extend the time period for submitting objections by another
60 days (i.e. extend the deadline from 16 March 2014 to 15 May 2014), giving
the public 90 days to view the degazettement plan and submit objections.
2. allow all residents of Selangor to submit objections and not
limit this objection process to only those in the Gombak and Hulu Langat
districts. The proposed area for
degazettement is an Environmentally Sensitive Area that includes water
catchment forests. The ecological
and economic services provided by this area is enjoyed by all residents of
Selangor. As interested parties,
all residents of Selangor should be allowed to have their voices heard.
In addition, in line with the Selangor State Government’s
calls for greater transparency and democracy, and in line with the age of
technology, we request that:
1. The proposed degazettement notice and related
information be up-loaded on both the Selangor State Government’s and the
Selangor Forestry Department’s websites and FB pages, as current news, to provide
residents access to the information for the duration of the objection period
rather than the notice printed in the classified section of newspapers for only
one day.
2. The State Government hold a public hearing to hear the stand
by the residents of Selangor on the degazettement and development plans.
I look
forward to your fast reply to the above, as the timeframe for the current
objection period is extremely short.
Thank you.
Yours
sincerely
Name:
Address:
cc
Y.A.B.
Tan Sri Dato` Seri Abd Khalid Bin Ibrahim
Dato`
Menteri Besar Selangor Tel:
03-55141119, 55447013
Pejabat
Dato` Menteri Besar Selangor Fax:
03-55190032
Tingkat
21, Bangunan SSAAS, 40503 Shah Alam
Y.B. Elizabeth Wong
Pengerusi
Jawatankuasa Tetap Pelancongan, Hal Ehwal Pengguna Dan Alam Sekitar
Pejabat
Ahli Majlis Mesyuarat Kerajaan Negeri Selangor, Tel
: 03-55447760
Tingkat
2, Bangunan SSAAS 40503 Shah Alam Fax:
03-5519-3328
Do we need to provide full address?
ReplyDeleteYes, it would be best to include your address. TQ for taking action
ReplyDeleteStop road-building, and then what? The campaign should propose development alternatives, like the state having its own rail system. You can't just say "Dont do this", you should say "Do this instead." I'm a forest-lover, but I'm unsure if i should support such campaigns, as all you're saying is Object object object. The state needs infra too.
ReplyDeleteAll the best.
This issue has been going on since years ago. It's probably difficult for those involved to condense so much background information to the public, lest they risk losing the public's attention. It's also up to us to find out more on our own.
DeleteMembers of the coalition have previously suggested alternatives, and the Federal/State Government are already putting such alternatives in place, eg the MRT project.
"The need for the KLORR was based on a report prepared 15 years ago. Since then, the Federal Government has been intensifying efforts to improve and promote the use of public transportation. In August 2013, the Selangor Menteri Besar announced that Selangor planned to increase public transportation ridership of its population from the current 5% to 40% in the future. This month, he announced that Selangor will implement the Transit on Demand plan to minimise movement of vehicles into the city, thus reducing traffic and air pollution. We, therefore, call on the Federal and Selangor Government to review the need for the KLORR in the light that the government is working to improve the public transportation system."
http://news.malaysia.msn.com/community/forest-park-no-more#page=2
how much of objection.. or how much of letters does it take to stop or make a difference?
ReplyDeleteAs many objections as we possibly can. We can make a difference
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