THE Subang Jaya City Council (MBSJ) got its wish when Housing and Local Government Minister Nga Kor Ming agreed to give the council 20 more kiosks on top of the 12 it had already received.
The news was greeted with much delight by Subang Jaya Mayor Datuk Amirul Azizan Abd Rahim who had originally asked for 25 goverment sponsored kiosks to be placed at The Roundabout@Putra Heights in Jalan Putra Mahkota 7/4C.
Nga announced this during the officiation ceremony for the placemaking project which saw an empty green space transformed into a social hub with food stalls, a children’s playground and woodball court on Thursday (Dec 5) evening.
The Madani government had allocated an additional RM100mil for the construction of 4,054 units of trading kiosks to be distributed across 93 local councils.
All lit up- The trading kiosks at The Roundabout @ Putra Heights is the latest attraction in Subang Jaya.Starpic by Glenn Guan
In Selangor alone, a total of RM15.65mil was allocated for 626 kiosks, with the addition of 276 units.
As part of this initiative, MBSJ had received 12 kiosks which were handed over to 35 traders from the B40 group. Equipped with solar panels with a 1,000 watt capacity, fan and LED lights, the 3m X 3m units have rental capped at no more than RM10 per day.
However, Amirul announced that MyKiosk tenants under MBSJ’s purview will only have to pay RM2 per day.
“This is the cheapest rental rate ever,” said Nga.
During a press conference, Nga expressed hope that the people would make good use of the MyKiosk initiative to elevate their status, gain financial independence and eventually eradicate poverty through micro businesses.
