SEREMBAN: Negri Sembilan Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Aminuddin Harun has brushed off allegation that the state government had given a written consent to a company to develop a 141 hectare land under the Malaysia Vision Valley 2.0 (MVV 2.0) as Chinese cemetery site.
He said the matter has yet to be decided and is still under discussion.
“The area that was being discussed was a quarry land area which can't be developed as it is located on the high land.
“The quarry from the area cannot be taken out either. So we are conducting a research on whether the proposal to develop the land as a Chinese cemetery site can be accepted," he said in his reply to a question from Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan (BN-Rantau) during the 14th State Legislative Assembly here today.
Mohamad had raised the issue during the oral question-answer session, questioning the state government's decision to grant the permission to the company to develop the land into a Chinese cemetery site.
He said the state government needed to rethink the matter as it was supposed to undertake high-technology investments that could guarantee high income to the state, as what had been implemented in Sendayan.
Mohamad also said the matter should also be given a thorough consideration to avoid the state from being known as cemetery centre.
Aminuddin, who is also Sikamat state assemblyman, said the state government would focus on the issues raised and would conduct a detailed study to see if the proposal should be implemented.
Under the MVV 2.0, a total of 153,411 hectares of land in Nilai, Seremban and Port Dickson in the state are expected to be developed, an area twice the size of Singapore and part of Greater Kuala Lumpur.
It is expected to attract RM294 billion of investments in 30 years.
