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KUALA SELANGOR, April 11 (Bernama) -- The integrated pig farm project in Kampung Tumbuk in Kuala Langat will proceed as planned despite objections from several residents, said Selangor Menteri Besar Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim.
He said the Pakatan Rakyat (People's Alliance) government felt that it was better to proceed with the project as the existing farming practices produced stench and posed danger to public health such as the spread of Japanese Encephalitis virus.
"The state government has secured the site and it will take time if we are to find another place," he told reporters after meeting youths in Ijok state constituency.
He said if the government decided to close all pig-rearing farms in Selangor, it would mean that it was not being considerate to the interest of other communities.
A modern and environmental-friendly pig farming system was therefore needed, he said.
He claimed that the decision had been studied by the previous Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Mohamad Khir Toyo and supported by the MCA.
Abdul Khalid also said that he was of the views that certain media organisations were exploiting the issue to create friction between races and between him and the previous menteri besar.
Unfortunately, he said, it was difficult to correct the "one-sided" coverage of the issue.
He said his request that he be allowed to explain the Selangor development agenda over the Selangor FM radio, was still not being responded to after two weeks.
"I would like to spend about one hour a week to be interviewed over the radio so that I can tell the rakyat what are my vision and programmes for Selangor.
"I also suggested to them to open the programme for the people of Selangor to participate.
"It's already two-and-a-half weeks, if they remain non-committal, I don't want them to stay in the Selangor (state secretary) office (building). The Selangor FM office (is) there and then they call themselves Radio Selangor.
"If they call themselves radio non-Selangor, then they can find (office) somewhere else, that's how I feel," Abdul Khalid said.
On another matter, he requested youths aged between 21 and 35 years, who are currently not pursuing any education, to register with the state government so that they could be given training.
He said in Selangor there were 18 training centres, which are not very active, and he wanted as many Selangor youth to be trained there.
-- BERNAMA
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