SHAH ALAM: Selangor will be implementing 564 balanced and sustainable development projects this year under the Fourth Rolling Plan (RP4) of the 12th Malaysia Plan (12MP), with an allocation of RM3.41bil. The Selangor State Development Office, under the Implementation Coordination Unit of the Prime Minister’s Department, announced that 463 of the projects are new, while 101 are extension projects.
RP4 will focus on the development of 471 physical projects (RM2.25bil or 65.8%) and 93 non-physical projects (RM1.17bil or 34.2%). The meeting was chaired by Selangor Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Amirudin Shari and attended by all heads of departments at the federal and state levels in Selangor.
As of Feb 13, Selangor had achieved an expenditure performance of 8.39%, surpasing the national performance of 6.03%. The projects expected to be completed this year include the construction of the National Centre for Food Safety (NCFS) in Sepang, the upgrading project for the Kajang Hospital, and others.
The main aim of the meeting was to strengthen the monitoring of the implementation of federal development projects in Selangor. The performance of RP3 of the 12MP in Selangor, which recorded 99.65% or RM6.78bil spent from the RM6.81bil allocated for last year, was also examined.
The expenditure performance was 31.1% or 179 projects/programmes, among which are the upgrading works of the intensive care unit (ICU) of Tengku Ampuan Rahimah Hospital in Klang and the construction, using the industrialised building system (IBS), of SK Ulu Yam Lama in Batang Kali.
Projects to replace and widen the bridge over the Sungai Batang Kali in Hulu Selangor, as well as the construction of a new 42-classroom school and other facilities at Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Bandar Saujana Utama (2), Kuala Selangor, were also completed. Selangor also succeeded in realizing Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s wish to improve the needs of students by implementing the upgrading and minor maintenance projects in 753 schools under the Education Ministry involving an allocation of RM52.71mil, which were all completed in November last year. – Bernama
