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The Kuala Selangor District Council has issued “stop work” notice and demanding the submission of building plans to two of our member’s plantation companies. MPOA is of the opinion that based on the precedent case on similar issue, the construction of buildings in the plantation areas is under the jurisdiction of the Workers Minimum Housing Standards and Amenities Act 1990 (Act 446) and should not to be subjected to the Street, Drainage and Building Act 1974 (Act 133) which the Selangor District Council is enforcing. MPOA has written to the President of the Kuala Selangor District Council to request for a meeting to present our views and discuss this matter.
 

The charge  for the patient  in respect of expenses of maintenance and treatment in any government hospitals are to be maintained at the original rate of RM3.00 per day for estate  workers irrespective of foreign or local. This  rate is stipulated  by the Minister of  Human Resources based on the provision of  section 17 of the Workers’ Minimum Standards of Housing and Amenities Act 1990 As such,  paragraph 8A of the Fees (Medical) (Amendments) Order 2003 that prescribed the new enhance rates could not  be applied to foreign estate workers unless amendments  were made to the existing provisions  of the law. The court order dated 5 May 2009 was the result of the application for a declaratory order on this case. The plantation companies which had paid under protest at the to the enhanced rates  should be able to request for the recovery of the excess payments.