Klang Valley to get new poultry slaughterhouse

Star: PUTRAJAYA: A new RM20mil poultry slaughterhouse will be built in the Klang Valley by 2008.
The Integrated Halal Slaughter Centre will be built on a 2ha site near the Selayang Wholesale Market by City Hall.
Federal Territories Minister Datuk Zulhasnan Rafique said one of the reasons for setting up the hygienic centre was to avert the threat of the avian flu.
He said plans for the centre were already there but the Cabinet decided to speed up its construction after over 40 chickens in Setapak were recently found with the H5N1 virus.
“The centre will be equipped with treatment systems that comply with environmental quality standards and also halal standards set by the Islamic Development Department,” he said yesterday.
“This way, City Hall can ensure that chicken and duck meat supplied to consumers will be of the best quality, are clean and halal,” he said.
The treatment system would prevent wastewaters from polluting rivers and waterways.
The centre would ensure that all wastes were properly managed and disposed. Poultry wastes, for instance, could be processed into manure.
Construction of the centre will start this year.
Zulhasnan also said that flooding in Kuala Lumpur had reduced greatly following City Hall’s flood mitigation measures.
He described the SMART Tunnel project as a proactive effort to check flooding while several retention ponds in the city and its outskirts, served to divert extra water flow from channelling into the city.