DBKL broke promise, say Bukt Gasing folk

Huge project: A plot of land on the Kampung Kerinchi Dalamside of Bukit Gasing being cleared for a condo and villa development. — filepic

RESIDENTS on both sides of Bukit Gasing are upset with Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) in view of a high-rise development project taking place on the KL side of the hill.

They claim that their call for only low-density projects to be allowed on the hillside has gone unheard, especially by DBKL.

In a recent StarMetro report, the residents had said they were shocked that a condominium development project was taking place at the foothill of Bukit Gasing, marring the skyline.

The project is at Kampung Kerinchi Dalam, on the Kuala Lumpur side of the hill.   Read more ....  

Bukit Kiara supporters fretting over perimeter fencing in the park

THE waiting game for Bukit Kiara to be gazetted as a green lung continues.

Although it has been more than three months since a stop-work order was issued to all development work in Bukit Kiara, there has been no news on its green lung status — a cause that Bukit Kiara stakeholders have been fighting for a long time.

There was a public outcry on the damage caused by the construction of a perimeter fencing undertaken by the National Landcape Depart-ment (JLN). The fence was part of a project to demarcate the park.

Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk Seri Chor Chee Heung had suggested at a public discussion in Bangunan Bakti on July 31 that Bukit Kiara would be gazetted in phases as part of the land had been leased.      Read more .....