The Housing and Local Government Ministry will submit a working paper to the cabinet with provisions for standard guidelines for gated community and guarded neighbourhood concepts.

mca new cabinet member 180308 chor chee heung Its minister Chor Chee Heung said since the concept has become very popular, a set of guidelines were needed to streamline and enforce a systematic concept.

"We are preparing a working paper to be submitted to the cabinet by this week or next week," he told reporters after opening a meeting for town and rural planners and the launching of a book titled 'safe town' in Kuala Lumpur today.

"We need a set of guidelines to meet the rules set by local councils. If not it will create a disorganized situation," he said.

Chor said in efforts to beef up 'safe towns' programmes, the ministry had allocated RM36 million to 12 local councils, that have registered a high crime rate, to implement six immediate crime prevention programmes at hot spots.

From the total, RM31 million was allocated to light up dark alleys, build separate lanes for pedestrians and motorised vehicles, cleaning up bushes, safety reflector mirrors and installation of CCTV.

The balance of RM5 million would be used for crime mapping geographic information system with the help of police, he said.

The 12 local councils where hot spots were identified are Kuala Lumpur City Hall, Shah Alam City Council, Petaling Jaya City Council, Johor Bahru City Council, Subang Jaya Municipal Council, Ampang Jaya Municipal Council.

Klang Municipal Council, Selayang Municipal Council, Johor Bahru Tengah Municipal Council, Pasir Gudang Municipal Council, Penang Municipal Council and Seberang Prai Municipal Council.

- Bernama