Penang intends to raise fines for illegal earthworks to RM250,000

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It says all future planning permission will als include input from the Department of Occupational Safety Health. FMTNews

Penang executive councillor Jagdeep Singh Deo with officials from DOSH, PLANMalaysia and the Penang Island and Seberang Perai city councils at Komtar today.From next year, the state government also said all planning permission by local councils would include conditions set by the Department of Occupational Safety Health .

Elaborating on the RM250,000 fine proposal for illegal earthworks, state Local Government Committee chairman Jagdeep Singh Deo said the current fines of RM50,000 and a five-year jail term were not a deterrent any more. He said by next February, new state laws, tentatively titled Council 2019 Bylaws, for the Penang Island and Seberang Perai councils, will be enacted by the state assembly.

For future hill site safety, he said a resident engineer and independent checking engineers would be made a requirement.“This is an unprecedented move as we are taking one further step in ensuring a safe worksite and making sure contractors follow them,” he said.

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