Selangor to solve water issue first

1 September 2010
The Star

SHAH ALAM: The Selangor government will proceed with the Langat 2 water treatment plant project (Langat 2) after discussions on the restructuring of the state’s water industry with the private concessionaire and federal agencies are finalised.

“We accept the Langat 2 project, but there is no need to do it in haste. Now, the state government wants to resolve the issue on the restructuring of the water service industry in Selangor.
“Priority should be given to the restructuring of the water service industry compared with the Langat 2 project, he added.

Abdul Khalid was responding to a newspaper report yesterday which quoted Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin as saying that the Selangor Mentri Besar had agreed to speed up the Langat 2 project at the 5th National Water Resources Council meeting in Putrajaya on Monday.

He said the state government would continue negotiations to resolve the restructuring of its water service industry which met a deadlock since last year.


“We want a better deal, better service and better price for the people. That is our objective,” he added. — Bernama