DBKL advisory board nominations received by FT Minister

PETALING JAYA (Aug 27): Federal Territories Minister Khalid Samad has received nominations for the Dewan Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur (DBKL) advisory board and will announce the shortlisted names by the end of this month, reported The Star.

Lawmakers, members of non-governmental organisations and the public nominated individuals for the board, which is expected to comprise experts on local governance, environmentalists, and town planners.

The candidates for the board will most likely be determined at the second Federal Territories Consultative Meeting between Khalid, the city's mayor and MPs tomorrow, said DBKL executive director (management) Datuk Mustafa Mohd Nor.

The candidates must then be endorsed by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong and the prime minister, he added.

Sources told the publication that the DAP, PKR, Parti Amanah Negara and Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia will have one candidate each on the board.

KL's DAP branch had submitted four names for the board, said Kepong MP Lim Lip Eng.

However, he declined to identify them, merely saying that they were Kuala Lumpur residents who were experts in local governance and had plenty of experience in dealing with government employees.

The Rules and Regulations of the Advisory Board of the City of Kuala Lumpur 1989 stipulates that the board must have 15 members with one representative each from the FT Ministry, Finance Ministry and the Economic Planning Unit (EPU) of the Prime Minister's Department, and two representatives from the Selangor government.

Following the change in government on May 9, the eight political appointees from the board had stepped down, leaving five representatives from Selangor, the EPU, the FT Ministry, the Malaysian Institute of Architects (PAM) and the Real Estate and Housing Developers Association.