MELAKA, April 28 (Bernama) -- The Melaka state government requires housing developers to allocate one hectare of land for burial purposes for projects with more than 5,000 residents, as part of efforts to ensure sufficient and well-planned burial facilities.
State Senior Exco for Housing, Local Government, Drainage, Climate Change and Disaster Management Datuk Rais Yasin said developers of housing areas with fewer than 5,000 residents are instead required to contribute to the Melaka Burial Fund at a rate of RM1,030 per development unit.
He said the measure is in line with the Melaka Structure Plan 2035 under Thrust 3: A Prosperous and Inclusive Melaka, which emphasises the provision of adequate and well-planned religious facilities and burial grounds in tandem with the state’s development for the well-being of the people now and future generations.
“This measure is a strategic initiative to ensure adequate, well-planned and sustainable burial site provision in line with current needs and the state’s rapid development,” he said at the Melaka State Legislative Assembly sitting at Kompleks Seri Negeri here today.
He said this in reply to a question from Kerk Chee Yee (PH-Ayer Keroh) on measures taken by the state government to address the shortage of burial land in Melaka.
Rais said the contributions will be used to develop new burial sites, fund land acquisition, compensation, as well as the construction and upgrading of burial ground infrastructure.
He added that contributions to the Melaka Burial Fund totalled RM1.274 million from 2025 to March this year, comprising RM979,324 for the Melaka Centralised Islamic Burial Trust Fund and RM294,786 for the Melaka Non-Islamic Burial Trust Fund.
-- BERNAMA
