My role?...see this (Part 1)

1:41 am / Posted by i77uddin /


Recently, during 27th November, I have attended a program called 'Early Publicity for Special Area Plan of Tanjung Karang' (in malay we called Rancangan Kawasan Khas (RKK) Tanjung Karang). This program organized by Majlis Daerah Kuala Selangor, JPBD of Peninsular Malaysia and JPBD of Selangor. From my house (Kuala Selangor) to Tanjung Karang, it takes about 20 minutes by driving a car.

I think this is a great example to explain about governance/participatory planning. The government and local society having talks and discussion together so that the future development will produce a better environment and create sustainability.

During my involvement in this program.. some interesting ideas had been generated from the participants (which later I'll elaborate further) in the next post.

Personally, I dont have any problem to involve in this program as I gained a lot experiences during my Industrial Training at Jururancang Harta Sdn. Bhd. The firm had conducted three Special Area Plan projects which are RKK Tepuh-Batu Enam (Terengganu), RKK Megasteel (Selangor) and RKK Rantau Panjang (Kelantan). I wanna say thank you very much to Mr. Zainudi Bin Hassan and Mdm. Norwati Binti Shariff for giving me such a wonderful and invaluable opportunity during my time at JRH.




Flashback: with my boss, Kak Nor. She is workaholic and good teacher also.



Priceless experience (unfortunately I heard from my office-mate that this project had been freezed due to economic recession...Wallahualam)




Purpose of Early Publicity

Following the intention of section 12A (Act 172), the purpose of early publicity is to inform to public especially to local society regarding the preparation of this SAP and give opportunity to them to express their thought, opinion, early proposal, intention and aspiration so that it can be considered in a future study that will be conducted.

Hierarchy of Development Plan

Before I explain about the definition of SAP, better if I tell about the hierarchy of development plan in Malaysia. The Town and Rural Planning Act 1976 (Act172) introduced very systematic planning system which consists of 4 levels:

  1. Physical Plan (National Level)
  2. Structure Plan (State Level)
  3. Local Plan (District Level)
  4. Special Area Plan (We will discuss more about this topic after this)

What is Special Area Plan?

SAP is a development plan prepared as plan of development of implementation action area in a form of Layout Plan and Management Plan. This Plan of Development Action will be supported by detail planning specification and Proposal of Development Program including proposal of development phase, cost estimation, implement agency and implementation approach.

According to Encyclopedia of Law and Town & Rural Planning Administration, JPBD of Peninsular Malaysia, November 2002, "Special Area Plan proposed to fasten detail planning for some area which possess the importance and specialized character to be preserve and maintain such as area with the high values of nature, area with the attractive and beauty of nature, area with the high values of historical value, heritage and culture and last but not least area which needs special development for group of society such as "orang asli".

Process of the Preparation SAP

There are 6 level in a process of the preparation SAP:
  1. Local authority instructed by SPC to prepare Special Area Plan.
  2. Early Publicity (we are here right now).
  3. Preparation of SAP's Term of References by the consultants. (SPC will check and approve
    this TOR).
  4. Preparation Report of Study Approach (given preparation duration is 2 weeks) and then the consultant should prepare Draft of SAP in 8 weeks.
  5. Publicity of SAP Draft to the public (any objections will be considered during this period)
  6. Last but not least, SPC will give approval together with State Authority and the SAP will be gazetted.

Criteria in Determine Selection of Special Area Plan

In determine selection of area for preparation of Special Area Plan, there are 2 factors that should be considered:
  • The importance of the area
  • Size of SAP

The area for preparation of SAP should have characteristics of the special importance such as:

1. Area that needs development planning action in short-term i.e.
  • Settlement/residential area that always facing flood problem/natural disaster.
  • Town centre area that congested and needs re-arrangement.
  • Area of industrial, commercial, residential and squatters area that needs to re-develop.
2. Area that own the high values of nature such as mangrove forest area and nature-sensitive area like wetland area which need to be preserved.

3. Area possess the attractive and beauty of nature such as lake area, waterfall area, cave, hill and clean-beach area that need development control.

4. Area with the high values of historical value, heritage and culture which have great potential to be tourist attraction spot. It should well-maintained so that any development will not affect it importance or lost it values.


Types of Special Area Plan

Generally, there are 5 categories of area that suitable to develop through SAP preparation:

  1. SAP for Redevelopment Area in Town Centre.
  2. SAP for Area of Heritage-based.
  3. SAP for Nature-sensitive Area.
  4. SAP for Re-placing of Resident.
  5. SAP for Special Necessity Area.


Continue........

2 comments:

Comment by AlbertWu on 24 December 2008 at 18:20

How did u manage to get notice of this public participatory event ??

Comment by i77uddin on 24 December 2008 at 20:47

My mother works at Majlis Daerah Kuala Selangor (MDKS). So, she did told me about this matter. Coincidently, this event held during semester break. I use this opportunity to involve together with the public and share any knowledge regarding planning matters.

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