Subscribe in a reader | Subscribe by Email One good thing is that the developer is made to fulfill their application conditions. However, I’m not sure of the pro and cons of allowing developer to keep the lease and the impact of perpetual lease agreement between land owner and temple. Who will determine the rate for rent of the land (if got any rent)? Is it possible the land given free, but later may be charged to temple? Can the land be revoked and used for other purpose by the land owner?
TWO temples that have been operating for more than 40 years in Section 19, Petaling Jaya, will be allocated 0.09ha (10,000sq ft) of land in the same area.
The Tow Boo Keong Taoist Temple and the Arulmigu Sri Maha Mariamman Hindu Temple had in May received notices from a developer of nearby condominium project to move out of the land that they have been using as places of worship at the former squatter area.
During a press conference at the Hindu temple on Saturday, Petaling Jaya Utara MP Tony Pua said Petaling Jaya city councillors had the planning approval for the Ameera condominium on March 29, 2007.
“One of the conditions in the planning approval signed by developer Selangor Dredging Bhd (SDB) states that they must provide 10,000 sq ft of land to each temple so we have asked them to comply,” said Pua.
Also present were temple chairmen Tan Kam Piew and Tanasakaran Rengasamy and MBPJ councillors R. Selvarajan, Mak Khuin Weng and Jeyaseelan Anthony.
Pua said after discussions with the developer, SDB had agreed to give 0.09ha to each temple but would be keeping the land title.
“The temples will enter into a perpetual lease with the land owner and it is now up to the committees of both temples to negotiate the location of the plots with the developer,” said Pua.
He said the DAP had a team of lawyers who could oversee the negotiations but he advised the committees to appoint their own to finalise the agreement.
Tanasakaran said they were relieved that they would not have to relocate the temple and his committee would be meeting the developers to discuss the matter.
SDB communications and corporate affairs manager Yeoh Guan Jin confirmed that they would be allocating a 0.09ha to each temple to build their place of worship and SDB would hold the land titles.
source: http://thestar.com.my/metro/story.asp?file=/2011/8/15/central/9299361&sec=central
