KUCHING, Sept. 5 -- The proposed Urban Renewal Act (URA), once passed by Parliament, will not be applicable to Sarawak, said Kuching South mayor Datuk Wee Hong Seng.

"I thought they need to improve it for the next round. Anyway, it will not be applicable to Sarawak. However, we should see the latest copy to see how much they have improved on it, of course. And then public engagement over it is important," he told The Borneo Post today.

When asked why a fellow Sarawakian was commenting in the media as though the Act would apply to the state, Wee quipped in jest: "Freedom of speech."

The federal government is expected to table the proposed Urban Renewal Bill in Parliament this year, which is intended to cover the peninsula and Federal Te...