He said it could happen in 50, 60 or even 100 years to come in the spirit of federalism and at a time when the land in existing federal territories had all been fully utilised.

Idris said factors such as sociopolitics, geopolitics, administrative structure and the country’s constitution needed to be studied in depth before this out-of-the-box suggestion could be implemented.

“It’s not wrong for Tengku Adnan (Mansor) to come up with such an idea as he is far-sighted, but this is not the time for it to happen,” he told reporters here today.

Earlier, he handed out contributions to 340 recipients at the Sungai Udang state constituency 1Malaysia Community Info programme here today.

Recently, Tengku Adnan was reported to have said that Penang, Langkawi in Kedah, Tioman Island in Pahang and part of Malacca were suitable to be made into federal territories.

On another matter, Idris expressed full support for Prime Minister Najib Razak’s call for all Barisan Nasional leaders and senior government officials to cut down on protocol so as not to create a gap between them and the community at any function.

Idris said the state government would ensure the prime minister’s wish was carried out and closer relations were established with the people.

“Actually, we in Malacca do not care much for protocol and I am simple myself.

“I don’t care about sitting on plastic chairs together with the people, but it depends on the situation and we have to show respect to the event organisers.

“It also depends on the security factor. The security protocol should not be taken lightly,” he said.

Najib, in his Facebook posting yesterday, said the red carpet and bunga manggar were not important as these would distance him from the people. He said protocol would make it difficult for the people to approach him.

He reminded BN leaders and senior government officials that the main focus should be on interaction with the people and not on strict protocol.