BANGI: Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has called on the Selangor government to cancel its plan to centralise the state’s pig farming industry in Bukit Tagar and consider a “more appropriate location” for the initiative.
Anwar said issues related to plans to centralise the pig farming industry, including the concerns of the residents, had been raised at the Cabinet meeting earlier today.
“The issue revolves around environmental concerns and those of the residents, which should be given serious consideration. I will discuss the matter with the Selangor menteri besar,” he told reporters after Friday prayers here.
“We would like for the project to be cancelled, if possible, or relocated somewhere else.”
It was reported earlier this month that the Sultan of Selangor, Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah, disagreed with the state government’s plan to centralise the state’s pig farming industry in Hulu Selangor.
While he acknowledged the need for small-scale, controlled farming of pigs to meet the needs of non-Muslims in Selangor, he said large-scale farming was unnecessary and insensitive given the fact that Muslims make up the majority of the Selangor population.
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