BUKIT MERTAJAM: The Local Government Development Ministry (KPKT) has stressed that it has never granted licences to illegal immigrants to run any business in the country.
Its Minister Nga Kor Ming (pix) said this was due to the fact that the government has always been consistent in safeguarding the safety and welfare of the local community.
“KPKT, through the local authorities, has never issued licences to illegal immigrants to run any businesses, such as opening stalls or shops.
“We always take legal action (against business owners who misuse their licences), and last year 1,539 enforcement operations were conducted and 26,108 business licences were revoked due to violations of licence conditions (by foreigners),” he said.
He said this to reporters here after attending the prize-giving ceremony of the architectural design competition for the Bukit Mertajam here today.
Meanwhile, Nga said the ministry plans has introduced an open architectural design competition for the large-scale redevelopment projects of public markets nationwide.
“KPKT has allocated RM110 million to upgrade public markets throughout the country, and starting today, any large-scale redevelopment projects involving public markets, such as the Bukit Mertajam Market complex, will use the open architectural design competition concept,” he said. –Bernama
