21. The council had decided to reduce assessment rates on all properties by 0 . 5 to one per cent. 22. On assessment rates next year, he said some areas would see an increase of one to two per cent. 23. He said the council was still discussing with Malaysia Airport Berhad on the assessment rate payable to the council. 24. Local authorities and municipalities are empowered under Section 143 Local Government Act 1976, to review assessment rates every five years. 25. The MPPJ has reduced assessment rates by 0 . 5 to one per cent on all properties for next year. 26. Assessment rates in other areas in the municipality will also be reduced from eight to 7 . 5 per cent.27. Kamarul Bahrim also said the council was in the midst of distributing notices to all ratepayers on new assessments rates . 28. He said the council was losing revenue by charging the land owners assessment rates based on the current land title. 29. He said the council's revaluation exercise which determined the assessment rates was done according to the law and was fair. 30. Its assessment rate fell 5.3 percent to 11.36 million yen per square meter, down from 12 million yen last year.
