The Selangor government plans to hold a special meeting with the federal government next month to discuss the restructuring of the state's water industry, said Menteri Besar Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim.
He said the decision to hold the special meeting in the first week of June was made at the state executive council (exco) meeting today, and the state goverment would be sending a letter to the federal government on the proposed meeting.
"The meeting's agenda will include discussing the building of the Sungai Langat water treatment plant or Langat 2, whereby the state government will decide whether to issue a development order soon," he told a news conference after chairing the state exco meeting, here.
Khalid said the Selangor government's stand was that priority must be given to resolving the state's water industry restructuring so that service efficiency could be improved, reasonable water tariffs could be imposed, and giving of free water for the first 20 cubic metres each month could continue.
"The state government will continue to cooperate with all quarters and is not at all against the construction of Langat 2, but we stand by our decision that the project should be implemented after the water restructuring issue has been resolved," he said.
Khalid said the state government had cooperated and done its best to speed up the water restructuring process, whereby in the last offer a clause had been included which would allow the concession holder to use international arbitration if it disagreed with the price offered.
He also said that the special meeting would only involve the state and federal governments and not the concessionaires.- BERNAMA
He said the decision to hold the special meeting in the first week of June was made at the state executive council (exco) meeting today, and the state goverment would be sending a letter to the federal government on the proposed meeting.
"The meeting's agenda will include discussing the building of the Sungai Langat water treatment plant or Langat 2, whereby the state government will decide whether to issue a development order soon," he told a news conference after chairing the state exco meeting, here.
Khalid said the Selangor government's stand was that priority must be given to resolving the state's water industry restructuring so that service efficiency could be improved, reasonable water tariffs could be imposed, and giving of free water for the first 20 cubic metres each month could continue.
"The state government will continue to cooperate with all quarters and is not at all against the construction of Langat 2, but we stand by our decision that the project should be implemented after the water restructuring issue has been resolved," he said.
Khalid said the state government had cooperated and done its best to speed up the water restructuring process, whereby in the last offer a clause had been included which would allow the concession holder to use international arbitration if it disagreed with the price offered.
He also said that the special meeting would only involve the state and federal governments and not the concessionaires.- BERNAMA
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