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Newgoalsfornewmi.n:istryBalancingpopulationpatternsinurbanareasmeritsequalattention,saysacademicianTHE newministrytobesetuptotacklesocio-economicissuesinurbanareashouldfunctioninamorecompre-hensivemannerthanwhattheFederalTerritoriesandUrbanWellbeingMinistrycouldoffer.Academiciansand youthleaderssaid the objective.to providequality publichousingtotheyounggener-ationin urbanareascouldbe implementedin aneasyand structuredmannerifthe governmentcombinedfunctionsof the proposednewministrywith themin-istrythatwasonceledbyDatukRajaNongChikZain-al Abidin.They said replacingtheword 'FederalTerritories'with moresuitablewordswouldgiveaclearerpictureof themorecomprehensiverolesthatwouldbeplayedbythenewministry."Ifthemotivesofitsestab-li~hmentwereto empowerthe younggenerationtoown a housein urbanar-eas,thenthechangein thenameof theministrywillinspiretheyoungtobelievethat the governmentwasconcernedabouttheyoung_peoplenationwide,"saidDrAminiAmirAbdullahofUniversitiPutra Malaysia(UPM).Amini Amir had earliersaidthroughthenewmin-istry,thegovernmentcouldbalancethepopulationpat-ternin urbanareasnation-wide,andnotonlylimitedtoKualaLumpur,PutrajayaandLabuanas focusedbytheFederalTerritoriesandUrbanWellbeingMinistry.He saidthecombinationofthetwoministrieswouldalsoleadto a majortrans-formationinthepopulationpatternin urbanareasna-tionwide.Extremefocusby theex-istingministryoneffortstoenablelow-incomearnersto.·own a housein urbanareasshouldbe reviewedby thenewministryas·themiddle-class_Malaysin theurbanareasalsoneedthesameattention,hesahl.. MalaysianYouth CouncilpresidentMohamedMa-liki MohamedRapieesaidthenewministryshouldbeableto functionin a morecomprehensivemannertopreventmigrationofyoungpeopletourbanareas.He saidthiswasnotonlyvitaltobalancethepopula-tionpattern,butto ensurethatconstructionof publichousingshouldnotfocusinmajortowns,butalsomustbe expandedto suburbanareas."Thenewministryshouldalsofocusonbalancingthepopulationin certainareasto preventracialmonopo-ly,"hesaid.To fulfill theyoungpeo-ple'saspirationto own ahouse, Mohamed Malikiproposedthatthepriceofhousesfor thembe fixedbetweenRM200,OOOandRM250,OOO,and that thenewministryshouldcomeout witha specialmecha~nism to facilitate bankloans.".~He s~idthecandidatetoleadthenewministrymustbeanexpertineconomyandtownplanningtheindividu-al..~ustbebraveenoughtom<&edecisionwhendealingwith developers,fin<i!lcialinstitutionsandtownplan-ners.- Bemama.,

New goals for new ministry

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New goals for new ministry

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