Amirudin Shari said until then the state government will not make a decision on the matter.
Selangor Menteri Besar Amirudin Shari today stressed that the Kuala Langat forest reserve has not yet been degazetted."This means the Selangor government is getting feedback from all stakeholders, especially the public, the Orang Asli and NGOs.
He stressed that an area 300 hectares larger than the current Kuala Langat reserve and with the same ecology, would be gazetted as a forest reserve if the existing reserve is degazetted. News of plans to degazette the 930-hectare forest reserve broke when the Selangor Forestry Department placed a notice in major dailies on Feb 5 inviting stakeholders in the district to voice their objections within a 30-day time frame.This was in accordance with the Public Inquiry Rules 2014 as well as the National Forestry Act Enactment 1985 which makes the exercise compulsory before a forest reserve can be degazetted.
However, the project's developer Malaysia Rail Link Sdn Bhd said rather than a de-gazettement, it plans to apply foropposition
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