Shahman says only 31 factory owners have applied to legalise their operations.
AS OF last month, 465 factories have not obtained a licence to operate legally, says Selayang Municipal Council (MPS).
Only 31 factory owners had submitted applications to legalise their operations, said council president Shahman Jalaludin.
He said the council had given the owners until the end of this year to legalise their operations.
“These factories are eligible for consideration but they must send in their building plans, among other necessary documents.
“It is an ongoing effort (to legalise) but it is also a long process as it involves land issues, zoning and others,” he said after chairing the council’s full board meeting.
According to MPS data, 465 factories in the Selayang municipality have yet to be licensed, while more than 222 are ineligible as they are operating on government land.
“We have given ample time for the owners and proprietors to rectify their mistakes after the Selangor government kicked off an initiative to legalise unlicensed factories,” said Shahman.
The programme focused on factories that were already operating in industrial areas but had failed to obtain the required approvals and permits.
The initiative was only applicable to those that had failed to convert existing agricultural or residential land to industrial status or had not sought approval for building permits.
On another matter, Shahman said 4,173 people had attended the public hearing sessions against the proposed assessment tax hike as of July 18.
He said this figure was 29.16% of the 14,306 property owners who had been invited to attend the hearing sessions on the new valuation list.
The sessions are expected to take place until Aug 30.
MPS received some 43,000 objections at the end of the objection period on May 31.
