KUALA LUMPUR: The Housing and Local Government Ministry is proposing to add 10 rotating closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras in addition to the 496 stationary ones to be fixed in large towns, cities and commercial centres in the middle of next year.

Deputy Minister Datuk Hamzah Zainudin said the ministry had called for a tender for the installation that would cost about RM75 million and include costs of maintenance, control centres and staff to monitor and manage the cameras.

“The first stage of installation is expected to begin next March or April,” he told reporters after officiating at the pre-launch of the 2008 World Habitat Day and the 2008 World Town Planning Day at the ministry here yesterday.

Hamzah represented the minister Datuk Seri Ong Ka Chuan at the function.

He said the cameras would be linked to police stations and local authorities to enable close monitoring for crime prevention.

Earlier, Hamzah witnessed a signing ceremony between the ministry’s secretary-general Datuk Ahmad Fuad Ismail and the ministry’s ambassador Adibah Noor Mohd Omar.

— Bernama