By The Star (ROYCE CHEAH)
KUALA LUMPUR: The Selangor state government should check if it has any jurisdiction over the Port Klang Free Zone (PKFZ) before suggesting that it wants to take over the project, Transport Minister Datuk Ong Tee Keat said.
"The respective parties must understand the nature of this project and identify the scope of jurisdiction of the state government, if any, over this project."
Ong was responding to Selangor Mentri Besar Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim's statement about allowing the state government to take over the project in order to revive it.
"Anybody can suggest anything, what is important is if there is such a proposal, do submit it to the ministry concerned," he said Thursday after witnessing a signing ceremony between AirAsia-X and Airbus for the purchase of 10 new A330-300s.
As for a review of the project, Ong said his ministry was currently in the process of doing so.
Ong, said he had much more to say about various issues related to his ministry but would save it for media interviews he would be conducting in the next few days.
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It will be good for Ong Tee Keat and Khalid to meet up to discuss their plans for PKFZ since this has been left idling. Khalid's comment in wanting to manage the PKFZ is not harmful and if Ong Tee Keat feels MOT can still do a better job, then let it be. So long its not another fiasco left by previous Minister,whoever undertakes must benefit the country. The last time MOT gave a bad light when publicised that the reason JAFZ left was because the government want to keep PKFZ for the country's strategic reason. Whoever undertakes the project should not sit on it. Malaysia is already losing its competitiveness in terms of finished goods exports. The country needs new ideas on how to capitalise our resources. I am sure if MOT has a concrete plan to develop it, the state government is open to support it.
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