COMMENT | In 1979, Selangor exco member V L Kandan initiated a housing scheme for estate workers in Tennamaram Estate in Bestari Jaya, Selangor.

Working with the plantation owners, houses were built for the workers after their employment had ended. This scheme was supposed to be replicated in other estates in the state, especially where plantations were converted to townships but after a change in the exco line-up, the matter was forgotten.

The issue of housing for retrenched estate workers has always been contentious with owners and workers on different ends, arguing their case.

On Monday, Housing and Local Government Minister Nga Kor Ming announced that the government has agreed to...