Councillor wants live screening
Writer: Brenda Ch'ng 
Published: Fri, 01 Feb 2013
SUBANG JAYA: A proposal for monthly  full board meetings to be broadcast live over the internet in a bid to promote transparency received a lacklustre response from Subang Jaya Municipal Council (MPSJ) president Datuk Asmawi Kasbi.
“I’m not sure it’s a good idea but we will look into it,” he said in response to the proposal from councillor R Rajiv (pic). 
Rajiv explained that the live broadcast would keep residents abreast of current affairs in the municipality while MPSJ would have an effective archival system of their meetings.
“We will be one step towards improving transparency. This will also help the council work more efficiently knowing that someone is watching them,” he said. 
He urged MPSJ to consider his proposal and further pointed out that this can be easily done as it does not go against any rules in the Local Government Act.
Rajiv also said the Selayang Municipal Council (MPS) is already broadcasting its full board meetings online from this month and called on MPSJ to emulate them.
MPS kicked off their two-month trial run last November by streaming live on the Microsoft Internet Explorer web browser.
“It doesn’t really incur much cost, except for a camera, which we already have and to just put it online,” he added. 
Residents who are unable to catch the meetings live will also be able to watch recordings on the council’s  website.