FOR over 30 years, land surrounding the Bohol flood retention pond in Seputeh, Kuala Lumpur, has been a source of controversy for residents in the area. It all began with a proposal from Kuala Lumpur City Hall in the 1990s to convert it into a dumpsite. Then in the early 2000s, there was a plan to build...
KUALA LUMPUR: The state of shoebox rooms being rented out at a shoplot in Taman Maluri, Cheras, was shocking, even for the seasoned enforcement officers.The four-storey building, with its ground floor serving as a shop, had three upper levels partitioned into 78 shoebox rooms. The first floor alone contained 38 of these shoebox rooms, with 23...
MACHANG: The Local Government Development Ministry (KPKT) has allocated RM3.4mil to revive six abandoned housing projects in Kelantan this year. KPKT National Housing Department (JPN) deputy director-general (Private Housing) Norsazila Nordin said the allocation will be channeled to the state government, with rehabilitation works to be carried out by the Kelantan State Economic Development Corporation (PKINK). "KPKT...
