Land issue resurfaces after a decade
The Star 20/10/2004 By GEETHA KRISHNAN

IT HAS been 10 years since SS14/4B residents were promised that a plot of land in their neighbourhood would be turned into a park, but this wait may soon be over.  

In 1995, the state government promised to gazette the open space as a park after a highly publicised campaign by residents to prevent Univer Corporation from building a condominium at the site. 

Since then, the land, which is encircled by 40 double-storey link houses, has been left idle and is unkempt as the Subang Jaya Municipal Council maintained that it was not gazetted. 

Recent reports that another developer had acquired the land to build a 20-storey luxury condominium prompted the residents to rally once again. 

A public objection hearing by residents was held on Friday at MPSJ, chaired by Subang Jaya state assemblyman Datuk Lee Hwa Beng. Representatives of the Perak-based developer were also present. 

At the hearing, SS14/4B ad-hoc committee chairman Syed Mustafa Wazir said no studies had been carried out to find out the impact of the proposed development.  

“The area measures 0.61ha and current laws state that the minimum land area for luxury condominiums should be 0.76ha. Hence the proposed development does not fulfil requirements,” he said. 

Another resident, Clement Wong, said residents refrained from taking legal action against Univer because they believed the state government would keep its promise. 

The state government’s intention to gazette the field as an open space was documented at the Mesyuarat Kedua Penggal Pertama Dewan Undangan Negeri Selangor Yang Kesembilan on July 31, 1995. 

Lee, who was also involved in the issue back in 1994, said he would recommend MPSJ turn down the proposed project in view of the various difficulties it would pose to residents.