S'gor MB: No more new licences, closure of existing pig farms to be expedited

Malaysiakini : Selangor Menteri Besar Amirudin Shari said the state government no longer issues new pig farming licences, while the closure of existing farms will be expedited and carried out in stages.

“Since January, the state government has halted the issuance of pig farming licences and has focused on clearing existing farm sites in Tanjong Sepat in line with the decree of His Royal Highness (Selangor ruler Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah),” he said in a statement issued after chairing the state executive council meeting.

Amirudin said about 70 percent of pork requirements for the non-Muslim community are sourced through imports from other states. Following the executive council’s decision, the menteri besar said the entire local requirement will be fully imported.  

Benefits of Pork

MarioT : DAP holds 15 seats in the Selangor state assembly compared to 12 seats held by PKR. It should consider moving out of PH and join with PN to replace the state government for its inconsiderate and discriminatory decision to ban pig farming in the state. Do not be led by the nose.

On the Other Hand : As usual, Anthony Loke and the DAP are hiding in a hole, not wanting to be noticed. Counting their Ministerial salaries and pensions?

Asam Pedas : Illegal Malay businesses by the hundreds of thousands operated all over Selangor. However legitimate tax paying business by non-Malays are forced to shutdown. So easy and no one raises a hand. Respect is a one way street along with tolerance? Shameful!!

GSVL : So the 44% non-Malays/Muslims in Selangor have no rights? Why not also ban cow and goat farming because they also pollute the environment, is unclean and emit foul smells? These is a serious erosion of non-Muslim rights in the face of Muslim fundamentalist extremism. 

The Sultan should not have issued such a decree. You mean there is not a single non-Malay/Muslim majority area in one of the 9 districts in the state where small scale, clean, modern and environmentally sound pig farming could be carried out? 

What is going to happen to the livelihoods of the 69 licensed pig farm owners in Selangor who still have around 100,000 pigs? Who is going to compensate them? Let us assume that 100% of the pork is going to be imported into the state, are the Muslims then going to object as to how and where the pork is going to be sold and consumed by non-Muslims? 

Is the Sultan then going to issue another decree to restrict the sale and consumption of pork in Malay/Muslim majority areas? This is a slippery slope. What is the legality of a royal decree? A constitutional ruler has no executive power to make policy decisions to the exclusion of the state exco and the state government.

Veteran 1972 : Make sure PKR and DAP suffer massive losses in the next elections. Cutting off a source of livelihood for the destitute and the poor.

Just a Malaysian : Pig is the most efficient animal converting leftovers or anything into meat. As compare to Cows or sheep that needs vast land and plentiful of grass to convert into meat. 

But pig rearing is dirty and smelly and that should be a challenge to agro industry to modernise pig farming like Taiwan and China. Government should lead in initiating this drive. But like all things non Muslim...don't like just ban. 

Pork is already very expensive and this move will add more burden to the non Muslim citizens. Its sad..our Tuanku who declares as ruler of all citizens did not take time to explore other options.

Open minded 2281 : The end of PH and DAP in Selangor. First PMX directed local councils to clear Hindu temples which existed prior to independence and local councils refusing to award land titles due to unknown reasons and secondly the closure of pig farms which also existed for a long time. The NM have been lied and cheated by politicians.

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