THE SUBANG Jaya Municipal Council (MPSJ) emerged tops in the Selangor local authorities Clean Zone competition.
In the competition launched in May last year, each local council was required to identify an area to be cleaned up.
During the prize presentation at the Civic Centre in Petaling Jaya, Mentri Besar Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim congratulated all 12 councils for their pro-active participation in making the Clean Zone a success.
“This programme was aimed at improving the cleanliness of problematic areas and due to its success, we are looking into continuing it for another year,” he said.
The 12 councils were divided into three groups for judging; Group 1 comprises Petaling Jaya City Council (MBPJ), Shah Alam City Council (MBSA), Klang Municipal Council (MPK) and MPSJ.
The four in Group 2 are Ampang Jaya Municipal Council (MPAJ), Selayang Municipal Council (MPS), Kajang Municipal Council (MPKj) and Sepang Municipal Council (MPSepang), while Hulu Selangor District Council (MDHS), Kuala Langat District Council (MDKL), Sabak Bernam District Council (MDSB) and Kuala Selangor District Council (MDKS) are in Group 3.
The winner for Group 2 was MPSepang and Group 3 MDKL.
Special awards were also given for Cleanliness Monitoring, Infrastructure Maintenance, Landscape Maintenance and Public Amenities Maintenance, Complaints Management Audit and Community Involvement.