Inter-Research And Studies (IRAS)

Ramai di antara kita pada hari ini yang tidak pernah melihat, membaca ataupun mengkaji tentang apakah itu pilihanraya kerajaan tempatan. Kerajaan tempatan tidaklah merujuk kepada hanya dewan bandaraya, majlis perbandaran, majlis daerah semata-mata. Kerajaan tempatan juga meliputi pentadbiran di peringkat kampung dan taman perumahan seperti rukun tetangga, majlis pengurusan komuniti kampung (dahulunya dikenali sebagai jawatankuasa kemajuan dan keselamatan kampung) dan institusi penghulu. Ini bermakna, institusi kerajaan tempatan ini merangkumi suatu aspek pengurusan kawasan yang luas dan bukan hanya terhad kepada dewan bandaraya ataupun majlis perbandaran. Inilah satu-satunya salahfaham di kalangan pemimpin yang harus diperbetulkan. Persoalan yang seterusnya adalah, kenapa ada di kalangan pemimpin, setelah berkuasa menyatakan kepada umum bahawa pilihanraya kerajaan tempatan ini akan mengakibatkan perbezaan antara kaum menjadi semakin ketara kerana terdapat perbezaan purata penduduk d

Some parties to these area had started to put the blame on the government on oversupply of homes. Who should be blamed for the oversupply of homes and other kinds of unsold properties? The federal government, state government or the developers. To the general view of the public, the federal government outlines the housing policy, the state government enforce and ensure regulations on land and housing are adhered to while the developers acquire the land allocated, construct, built and sell the properties to the public. Developers wanted to sell for profit, the government wanted to collect revenues to increase their funds for the expenditures to facilitate the development of better infrastructures for the people in the country. Building houses, shoplots or even shopping complexes around selected areas, whose plans are they? Planning for affordable homes, determining the locations of these houses to be build, ensuring the prices are affordable to the public, building houses and p