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| Mayor Rumaizi and the MBI team |
The Town Hall meeting called yesterday morning was to "get the peoples feedback. No decision has been made on the implementation yet" said Mayor Rumaizi at the opening address this morning. Rumaizi was referring to the councils proposal to implement artificial turf at football fields around Ipoh town.
This project if implemented will be at the Polo Grounds and Taman DR Seenivasagam only. The Ipoh Padang was not included in MBI’s plan.
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| The proposed 2 sites, Padang Polo and Taman DR Seenivasagam, proposed for the artificial turf |
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| Yesterdays small turnout. I counted 140 chairs had been laid out. |
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| Senior residents that had voiced their opinions to the proposal |
Appproximately 140 participants attended this session which included Canning Assemblyman Jenney Choi, Councillor Wong Kar Keat, football associations, government representatives and a small number of residents consisting of mainly senior citizens. The meeting was held at the Ipoh Convention Centre at 9am.
The majority of the residents who expressed their views were against the idea of an artificial turf to be implemented at the 2 mentioned sites. A resident suggested that the council find an alternative site to implement their plan and leave Padang Polo and Taman DR Seenivasagam undisturbed. However the MBI panel maintained that the 2 sites were suitable siting parking space as an example.
There was one participant, who currently is coaching youth, was for the proposal of a ‘artificial turf’ and put forward good points which would benefit the youth.
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| Councillor Wong said that he was not in favour of the proposal |
Councillor Wong Kar Keat and Canning Assemblyman Jenny Choi later declared that they were not in favour of implementing the artificial turf.
Will MBI listen to the residents or will the council get its way. I guess we'll have to wait until Mayor Rumaizi has 'collected all his feedback'.
The meeting ended by 11.30am.
KC
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