Rumaizi says residents can share their views. — Filepic
IPOH folk will be given the chance to decide whether they prefer to have synthetic football fields in the city.
Mayor Datuk Rumaizi Baharin said residents could voice their views before Ipoh City Council (MBI) made a decision on the matter.
MBI, he said, would hold a town hall session at the Ipoh Convention Centre on March 18 to get feedback.
“If the majority do not agree, we will not go ahead with it,” he told StarMetro.
He added that it was MBI’s policy to get public feedback for major developments.
An invitation for the town hall had been put up on the Ipoh and Perak Discovery Channel Facebook page earlier this month.
It said a public dialogue would be organised to get views on developing synthetic football fields in the city.
There had already been some comments on the social media platform opposing the proposal, said Rumaizi.
Last year, MBI held its first town hall to discuss the development of a columbarium in Tambun.
“It was rejected and the project was not continued,” said the mayor.
Ipoh resident Anthony Law said synthetic football fields were not necessary, adding that they were a waste of funds.
“It can also become an environmental issue. Artificial lawns can raise the temperature.
“Natural grass, like plants, produces oxygen through photosynthesis,” said Law who is a lawyer.
