Lets Participate!

1:44 am / Posted by i77uddin /

Salam

This time I'll share about how can we participate in our country's development.

INTRODUCTION
National Physical Plan (NPP) is a long term strategic plan for the period until 2020, that contains written statement formulating strategic policies for the purpose of determining the general directions and trends of the physical development and conservation of Peninsular Malaysia, accompanied by indicative plans. NPP has been prepared under the provision of Section 6B of the Town and Country Planning Act 1976 (Act 172).

NPP has been approved by the Cabinet on the 20th April 2005 and by the National Physical Planning Council (NPPC), chaired by the Prime Minister, on the 26th April 2005.

This approval means that from now on the NPP is to be the national physical planning guideline and to be implemented by all the states in Peninsular Malaysia, and consequently :
  1. NPP policies shall be coordinated with other relevant sectoral policies,

  2. NPP proposals shall be refined by the Structure and Local Plan to be the basis for physical planning at the state levels, and

  3. NPP proposals shall be the basis for the formulation of the Five Year Development Plan programs and projects.

Act 172 (Section 6B) (5) states that : It shall be the general duty of the Federal Government and the Government of every State to assist in ensuring that the objectives of the national physical plan are achieved.


FUNCTION

a) Strengthening national planning by providing a spatial dimension to national economic policies

b) Coordinating sectoral agencies by providing the spatial expression to sectoral policies

c) Providing the framework for regional, state and local planning

d) Providing physical planning policies

GOAL

TO CREATE AN EFFICIENT, EQUITABLE AND SUSTAINABLE NATIONAL SPATIAL FRAMEWORK TO GUIDE THE OVERALL DEVELOPMENT OF THE COUNTRY TOWARDS ACHIEVING A COMPETITIVE DEVELOPED NATION STATUS BY 2020

OBJECTIVE

To rationalise national spatial planning for economic efficiency and global competitiveness.
To optimise utilisation of land and natural resources for sustainable development.
To promote balanced regional development for national unity.
To secure spatial and environmental quality and diversity for a high quality of life.

THEMES
  1. SETTING A NATIONAL SPATIAL FRAMEWORK
  2. ENHANCING NATIONAL ECONOMIC COMPETITIVENESS
  3. MODERNISING AGRICULTURE
  4. STRENGTHENING TOURISM DEVELOPMENT
  5. MANAGING CHANGING HUMAN SETTLEMENTS
  6. CONSERVING NATURAL RESOURCES AND THE ENVIRONMENT
  7. INTEGRATING THE NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION NETWORK
  8. PROVIDING APPROPRIATE INFRASTRUCTURE

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