Category: Town Development Plan

Monday, 28 July 2008 12:40am MALACCA: A conference on the Roadmap to Local Government Elections was jointly organized by the Malacca Bar Committee in cooperation with the Civil Society Initiative for Parliamentary Reform (CSI-Parliament) and the Centre for Policy Initiatives (CPI) on July 26th, 2008 at King’s Hotel. The aim of this conference was to… Continue reading Conference on the Roadmap to Local Government Elections

By Elizabeth John, New Straits Times It’s the plan that will shape the face of Kuala Lumpur over the next 12 years and it’s also the most debated document that ever came out of CityHall that is getting city folk mad. FEW things scream anger like a demand for your money back. And that’s exactly… Continue reading Draft KL City Plan 2020: High density, missing elements… headaches

Monday, June 23, 2008     KUALA LUMPUR: The Kuala Lumpur Draft City Plan 2020 makes no reference to the environment and makes no provision for green lungs and proper amenities in the city says an environmentalist. The plan is too narrow in its focus and many important issues are looked at on a piecemeal… Continue reading Gurmit: Plan makes residents pay heavy price

By K. Harinderan, New Straits Times Monday June 23, 2008   Participants show concern during a forum on The Future of Kuala Lumpur. KUALA LUMPUR: Not enough consideraton has been given towards providing a better quality of life in the city in the drafting of the Kuala Lumpur Draft City Plan 2020. Khairiah Talha says the… Continue reading Worried over KL’s future

By ELIZABETH JOHN, New Straits TimeJune 22, 2008 It looks good in the draft plan, what with the seemingly complete urban rail network and multi-coloured maps. But a city planner tells ELIZABETH JOHN that the transport blueprint for Kuala Lumpur has as many holes as a kitchen colander. A QUARTER century in the planning business… Continue reading KL Transport Blueprint: A messy plan