Don’t take our field, plead Dengkil residents
“PLEASE do not take our field. Schoolchildren and teenagers here need a place to carry out their sporting and recreational activities.” This plea was from residents of Kampung Ampar Tenang in Dengkil. They hope the developer will not hand over the field in the former estate neighbourhood to the Sepang Municipal Council (MPSepang).
Datuk V. Gunalan, who is SJK(T) Kampung Ampar Tenang’s Parent-Teacher Association chairman, said they objected to plans by the developer to hand over the field to MPSepang.
The field, he said, had long existed and was maintained by residents in the area.
“Although we have held several meetings with the developer, we have yet to get a convincing reply.
“The residents here feel that if the field is handed over to MPSepang, the school and the people living here will face difficulties holding activities on the field.
“Approval will need to be obtained before it is allowed to be used,” he said, adding that there are more than 180 families living in the area.
In response, MPSepang president Datuk Abd Hamid Hussein said they had been informed of the developer’s intentions but had yet to receive confirmation of ownership of the field.
He said public fields should come under the supervision of MPSepang as there were many residential areas being developed in the surrounding areas.