This was following the Cabinet’s decision in principle to accept Selangor and Penang as the latest states to adopt the Solid Waste and Public Cleansin...
: The Solid Waste Management and Public Cleansing Corporation will appoint a company to review the waste management and public cleansing system in Penang.
“Discussions have been ongoing for almost a year . With this decision, SWCorp will appoint a company to review the waste management and public cleansing system in the state. Elaborating further, he said Penang had also submitted several requests to the Federal Government as conditions before the Act was officially adopted.
“The outcome will be brought back to the Cabinet, and if the conditions are agreed upon, the adoption of this act will be formalised, and the relevant companies will be appointed accordingly,“ he said.
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