Residents rally to save field

Residents staging a protest against the redevelopment of the PKNS field and sports complex in Kelana Jaya, yesterday. The demonstration aims to highlight the fact that the proposed redevelopment of the field was not simply a local issue, but a national concern that an increasing number of open spaces and fields were being sacrificed for development.

 KUALA LUMPUR: About 200 residents protested against the redevelopment of the 30-year-old Selangor State Development Corporation (PKNS) field and sports complex in Kelana Jaya yesterday.

SS7 neighbourhood action committee chairman Datuk Zul Mukhshar Md Shaari said the residents demonstrated for two hours against the planned development.

"We have collected 200 signatures in a petition to save the people's field," he said.

An objection would be sent to the Petaling Jaya City Council (MBPJ). Read more ......  

Damansara Kim residents want open space to remain

Residents practising Xiang Gong every morning at the SS20/13 field

SEEING land surveyors at the field near his house in SS20, Damansara Kim, Petaling Jaya, resident N. K. Leong approached them to see what was happening.

Leong, who has been staying in the area for more than 20 years, claimed that the surveyors told him that there were plans to build terrace houses at the site of the playground in Jalan SS20/13.

“We were shocked to find out that our field could be taken away to build houses,” he said. Read more ...... 

Jalan SS20/10 residents: Don't take our only park

Jalan SS20/10 Damansara Utama residents protesting against the MRT project in their area. — Picture by Syazana Rose Razman

Petaling Jaya: Residents at Jalan SS20/10 in Damansara Utama want Syarikat Prasarana Negara Bhd (SPNB) to refrain from taking the only park in their neighbourhood for the Sungei Buloh/Kajang Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) project. SPNB had proposed to acquire and develop the green area, which is 2m from the residents' houses, as a car park and truck access for the Taman Tun Dr Ismail (TTDI) MRT station staff.

The residents are also asking SPNB to relocate the proposed TTDI MRT station at Jalan SS20/10. Read more .....