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KUALA LUMPUR: A date has been set, May 10, for the Parliamentary Special Committee (PSC) on Lynas to visit the rare earth project site in Gebeng, Kuantan Pahang.
Datuk Abdul Rahman Dahlan (BN-Kota Belud), who is one of the PSC members, said the visit was necessary before the committee submitted a report to parliament on June 19.
The committee had its first meeting chaired by Higher Education Minister Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin at parliament yesterday.
The committee has also agreed to hold a two-day public hearing in Kuantan beginning from May 10 and in KL on May 21.
"We hope everything will run smoothly so that the matter can be tabled for debate," he told reporters at the parliament lobby yesterday.
The PSC on Lynas has been divided into several sub-committees that will be assigned to look at different aspects in its investigation including on safety, environment, health and licensing.
Abdul Rahman said he would look into the aspect of meeting the stakeholders including those were against the rare earth project.
Earlier, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak had given the government's assurance that the project would be scrapped if there were concrete scientific evidences supporting claims that the rare earth would have detrimental effects on health and the environment.
In this respect, the PSC, comprising five representatives from Barisan Nasional and one independent, was activated.
The committee had its first meeting chaired by Higher Education Minister Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin at parliament yesterday.
The committee has also agreed to hold a two-day public hearing in Kuantan beginning from May 10 and in KL on May 21.
"We hope everything will run smoothly so that the matter can be tabled for debate," he told reporters at the parliament lobby yesterday.
The PSC on Lynas has been divided into several sub-committees that will be assigned to look at different aspects in its investigation including on safety, environment, health and licensing.
Abdul Rahman said he would look into the aspect of meeting the stakeholders including those were against the rare earth project.
Earlier, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak had given the government's assurance that the project would be scrapped if there were concrete scientific evidences supporting claims that the rare earth would have detrimental effects on health and the environment.
In this respect, the PSC, comprising five representatives from Barisan Nasional and one independent, was activated.
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