KUALA LANGAT, Jan 6 — The Selangor government will streamline urban planning procedures statewide, said state executive councillor for local government and tourism Dato’ Ng Suee Lim today.
He added that coordinating systems will help the administration tackle issues, especially project delays, that arise from the lack of uniformity across local authorities’ procedures.
“Previously, project approvals took three-and-a-half months, but this standardisation … will ensure local authorities’ best practices may be implemented statewide.
“When development is driven by coordination, we can ensure all plans can be implemented on time,” he said at the launch of a workshop to standardise local authorities’ best practices here.
Earlier, 63 staffers from 12 local authorities, including the Development Administration Consultant Division of the Local Government Department, took part in a seminar also attended by Invest Selangor chief executive officer Dato’ Hasan Azhari Idris.
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State executive councillor for local government and tourism Dato’ Ng Suee Lim (centre) poses with a logo of the Selangor Greater Klang Valley plan, at a workshop to standardise local authorities’ best practices, held at Amverton Cove Golf and Island Resort, Kuala Langat, on January 6, 2024. — Picture by NUR ADIBAH AHMAD IZAM/MEDIA SELANGOR[/caption]
Ng said the standardisation of local authorities’ best practices can draw investors and improve the state’s economy as it eases project implementation.
“I was entrusted with the local authorities stanco (standing committee), so I want to ensure a paradigm shift towards becoming the best local authorities in Malaysia … and for the people, development and sustainability of Selangor,” he said.
The Selangor Greater Klang Valley (SGKV) plan is a metropolitan model to strengthen the economic and physical continuity of Selangor’s four major cities — Petaling Jaya, Shah Alam, Subang Jaya, and Klang.
Announced in the 2025 Selangor State Budget in November, the SGKV, with an allocation of RM2 million, has the potential to become Southeast Asia’s main economic bloc and be listed among the five main economic valleys in Asia.
