This is to make a success of the Bumiputera mission as set out by the government in the 10th Malaysia Plan and the New Economic Model, he said.
"The cities would be Johor Baru (Johor); Kuala Lumpur and George Town (Penang)," he told reporters in Johor on Saturday.
Nur Jazlan said he had received the official briefing from the managing director of UDA, Datuk Jaafar Abu Hassan, and had directed that all management of UDA focus on the businesses in the three cities.
He said he wanted the existence of UDA to enable the Bumiputera community to compete with other communities and at the same time did not want to hear incidents of them having to move out of the cities because they could not afford to buy residences or business premises in the cities.
UDA has strength in the management of shopping complexes being the sole Bumiputera company managing properties in the cities such as BB Plaza, Pertama Complex and Daya Bumi in Kuala Lumpur and Plaza Angsana in Johor Baru.
This is an edge UDA has and it should be fully exploited to ensure that the Bumiputera community can do businesses in the main cities, he said.
UDA has been delisted from Bursa Malaysia and is under the patronage of the Minister of Finance Inc and the government wants it to be a corporation as was its mission during its establishment 40 years ago.
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak is very concerned and wants to see UDA return to the root of its establishment which is to strengthen the ownership of properties by Bumiputera be it business or residential in the city area, Nur Jazlan said.
Nur Jazlan who is also member of parliament for Pulai, was announced as the new chairman of UDA in mid-June, replacing Datuk Hilmi Abd Rashid, for a two-year term.
By Bernama
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