FOURTH LOCAL AND REGIONAL GOVERNMENTS FORUM ON THE 2030 AGENDA

“FOSTERING A RECOVERY THAT IS RESILIENT AND LED BY THE COMMUNITIES”

SPECIAL HIGH-LEVEL EVENT ON THE OCCASION OF THE 2021 UN HIGH-LEVEL POLITICAL FORUM (HLPF)

13 JULY 2021, 8:00-10:30 AM (EDT)

PANEL 3: THE TRANSFORMATION OF WORK AND EVOLVING PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION MODELS

BY

YBHG. DATO’ HAJI ZAMANI AHMAD BIN MANSOR

THE TRANSFORMATION OF WORK AND EVOLVING PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION MODELS

SDGS IN FOCUS: SDG 8 ON DECENT WORK AND ECONOMIC GROWTH, SDG 12 ON RESPONSIBLE

CONSUMPTION AND PRODUCTION, SDG 13 ON CLIMATE ACTION; ALL OTHER SDGS CROSSCUTTING

SKRIP AND SLIDE

DISTINGUISHED MODERATOR, SPEAKERS

AND PANELIST.

ASSALAMMUALAIKUM WBT AND A VERY

GOOD AFTERNOON TO ALL. I’M DATO’

ZAMANI AHMAD, MAYOR OF SHAH ALAM

CITY COUNCIL.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,

BEFORE WE DEEP DIVE INTO THE TOPIC

GIVEN, LET’S HAVE A LOOK AT GLANCE

WHERE IS SHAH ALAM. SHAH ALAM IS THE

CAPITAL CITY OF SELANGOR STATE. SHAH

ALAM CITY COUNCIL IS THE CARETAKER OF

SHAH ALAM. SO TO SPEAK, WE HAVE THE

VISION IN TRANSFORMING SHAH ALAM INTO

A VIBRANT, CONDUCIVE AND RENOWNED

CITY. WE ARE COMMITTED TO THE

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT PRINCIPLE

SINCE 1998. THEN THIS PROGRAMMED

CONTINUES TO BE THE RECENT

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOAL AND

NEW URBAN AGENDA COMMITMENT.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,

SHAH ALAM HAS STARTED OUR VLR JOURNEY

BACK AT 2020 WITH OUR SDG ROADMAP. OUR

FIVE VLR UNDERLYING PRINCIPLE IS PEOPLE,

PLACE, PROSPERITY, PEACE AND PARTNERSHIP.

THE FIVE PRINCIPLES BASE ON FIVE SDGS.

BECOMING A RESILIENCE CITY ESPECIALLY

DURING THIS PANDEMIC, SHAH ALAM NEEDS TO

EMPOWER THE EXISTING INDUSTRY AND SMALL

SCALE ENTERPRISES. WE ARE IMPROVING OUR

MAIN BUSINESS CENTRE, INDUSTRIES AND

SMALL SCALE BUSINESSES SUCH AS HAWKERS IN

OUR LOCAL PLAN.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,

THE POPULATION IN SHAH ALAM IS STEADILY

INCREASED. WE COMMITTED TO ENHANCE

RESOURCE EFFICIENCY, RECYCLING AND INCREASE

USAGE OF SUSTAINABLE PRODUCT TOWARD

CIRCULAR ECONOMY AND EXTENDED PRODUCER

RESPONSIBILITY

IN ORDER TO MINIMISE WASTE IN CONSUMPTION

AND PRODUCTION, WE CONTINUOUSLY PRACTICE

GOOD GOVERNANCE, MULTI-DISCIPLINARY AND

STAKEHOLDERS INVOLVEMENT.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,

EVERY CITY IS FACING THE EFFECTS OF GLOBAL

WARMING. THE CONSEQUENCES ARE ALREADY

VISIBLE. WE ARE TAKING MANY EARLY STEPS IN

MITIGATING THE EFFECT OF THE CHANGING

CLIMATE. WE ARE COMMITED TO BECOME A LOW

CARBON CITY BY 2030.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,

I WOULD LIKE TO THANKS TO MY COLLEGUES AT

SHAH ALAM CITY COUNCIL. THE STRONG BELIEF

AND COMMITMENT DEMONSTRATED BY THEM

WILL HELP US TOWARDS SUCCESS IN

IMPLEMENTING THE SDGS SUSTAINABLY

TOWARDS 2030 AND BEYOND. IT WAS A

PRIVILEGED TO BE THE FIRST CITY IN MALAYSIA

TO SUBMIT VLR. THE COMBINATION OF

CHALLENGES, OPPORTUNITIES AND STRENGTH

HAS PROVIDED A SOLID GROUND FOR US. NOW

IT’S TIME FOR ACTION AT THE GROUND LEVEL

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,

I WOULD LIKE TO LEAVE THIS SESSION WITH A

QUOTE BY AN INSPIRING LEADER,

“THINK LOCAL, ACT GLOBAL, LEARN GLOBAL AND

APPLY LOCAL”

THANK YOU.