URGENT - Send Request for Extension of Objection Period to Forestry Department

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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

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.

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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).

-       Request for extension to viewing and objection period

-       Allow all residents of Selangor to participate in this decision

-       Up-load degazettement information and plan on official websites

-       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

E-Mail : khalid@selangor.gov.my   

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

E-Mail: elizabethwong@selangor.gov.my 
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