COMMENT | Set direction of development, governance in KL

COMMENT | Kuala Lumpur became a Federal Territory on Feb 1, 1974. Our capital city will be celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2024. The federal government has repeatedly outlined a plan and vision to turn Kuala Lumpur into a World-Class City with proper planning based on international standards.

However, this vision to turn Kuala Lumpur into a World-Class City failed as the former federal territory minister from BN, specifically, Tengku Adnan Mansor, refused to implement and gazette the KL City Plan drawn up by urban planning experts.

Instead, Tengku Adnan approved many high-density development projects on ill-suited sites in Kuala Lumpur while he held the federal territory minister portfolio. This disrupted all the planning that had already been done to turn Kuala Lumpur into a World-Class City...