Timeframe for local plan in Kuala Lumpur

We propose that once the local plan for Kuala Lumpur is completed by the end of 2006, there should, as far as possible, be a timeframe for its implementation in each area.

The local plan should include 190 policies to make Kuala Lumpur the international tropical garden city of light. For example, the first policy is to implement measures to develop KL as a centre of the Knowledge-Based Economy.

Statement by Dr Tan Seng Giaw, DAP National Deputy Chairman and MP for Kepong on the briefing about local plan by the Structural Plan Department, City Hall, Kuala Lumpur(CHKL) on 8 September, 2005.

Structural Plan Kuala Lumpur(PSKL)was gazetted at the end of last year. But, after much goading, CHKL gives a briefing of its study to draw up local plan for each locality today.

There is a timeframe for four stages, starting from July, 2005 and ending in December, 2006. Without local plan, the structural plan is meaningless.

PSKL is wide-ranging, involving various sectors such as economic base, standard of living, land use, commerce, tourism, industry, transport, basic facilities, housing, social amenities, and environment.

We would like to see CHKL listening to the people, incorporating their opinions into local plan, if possible. For instance, there is not enough green lung in the city. Yet, there are trespassers on vacant land, so much so that CHKL finds it difficult to take action. Protocol roads like Kepong Road often have hodge-podge of illegal structures.

Just as Kepong, some areas require Light Rail Transit and Monorail stations and multi-purpose halls. Villages such as Kampung Baru and Jinjang need systematic planning for development.