BN to impose nominal premium rate on land for development projects: Noh

KLANG: Barisan Nasional (BN) will ensure premium payment for land meant for development projects of interests for the people in Selangor, such as fire and rescue stations and schools, is at nominal rate, said caretaker Housing, Urban Wellbeing and Local Government Minister Tan Sri Noh Omar.
He said this was to ensure the projects could be carried out promptly without unnecessary delay.
"The (caretaker) ministry wants to build a fire and rescue station in Setia Alam, but it has been delayed because of the land premium imposed by the caretaker state government, which is very high, at RM19 million, although the land is provided by the developer," he added.
Speaking to reporters after opening the Kapar Fire and Rescue station here, he said it also happened in Bukit Abdul Rahman Putra, Sungai Buloh.
Following an appeal, Noh said, the premium was reduced to RM5 million, which was still high, considering the cost of the fire and rescue station project was only RM5 million.
Noh said BN promised to impose a nominal land premium rate on only RM100,000 per acre if the coalition was voted to power in Selangor in GE14.
On the Kapar fire and rescue station, he said, the project cost RM5.69 million and was built to cater for the increasing population in the area, which had many factories and oil palm plantations. — Bernama