UPDATED @ 09:35:11 PM 05-01-2011By Shazwan Mustafa KamalJanuary 05, 2011SHAH ALAM, Jan 5 – Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim moved today to end the controversy surrounding 1 Malaysia billboards ban in Selangor, claiming that it was just a “confusion”.
The Selangor Mentri Besar said today that only state government linked companies (GLCs) were barred from using the 1 Malaysia logo, claiming that his administration had never banned restaurants or business premises from putting it up.“There has been a confusion here. We only barred GLCs from using state government’s money for promoting 1 Malaysia. There is no 1 Malaysia billboard ban,” Khalid said today.
Khalid said that the 1 Malaysia logo could be used for individual or commercial purposes as long as it did not go against any local council by-laws and applications could be made to the relevant local municipal councils.Selangor exco Ronnie Liu said recently that state by-laws only permitted political banners at business premises if local councils did not view them as “propoganda”.
Last month, Liu had announced a state-wide ban on 1 Malaysia billboards, a move which had been criticised by both Barisan Nasional (BN) as well as Pakatan Rakyat (PR) leaders.However at the same time Khalid took pot shots at Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s concept, saying that that it was a “hypocritical” slogan and its interpretaion and meaning were both “muddled” and confusing.
“It is a BN slogan which is a waste of time and money. So that is why we do not allow our GLCs to spend the state’s coffers promoting that concept ... we reject it completely.“ Instead of 1 Malaysia, our focus is to “merakyatkan ekonomi Selangor,” said the Selangor MB, citing the state government’s slogan.
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