How do we increase KL population to 2.2 million.

DAP National Deputy Chairman and MP for Kepong Dr Tan Seng Giaw requests the Kuala Lumpur mayor Datuk Ab. Hakim to explain the effective ways to increase the city population from 1.6 million in 2005 to 2.2 million in 2020.

Dr Tan raises the population issue in the Kuala Lumpur Structure Plan which has been gazetted in November, 2004. It has set the objective of 2.2 million city folks. The draft Local Plan has been delayed by over two years.

City Hall Kuala Lumpur (CHKL) proposes to increase housing units and jobs for 2.2 million people, creating 1.4 million jobs, building 11 new railway lines, special bus routes and 14 district centres.

Now, CHKL has received 5,147 memoranda from city folks. It has extended public hearing to June, 2009. I shall raise suggestions during the hearing.

Basically, the structural plan affects not only people in KL, but also the whole of the Klang Valley. Areas outside KL have their master plans. Some KL folks have bought houses outside KL, coming in to work in the city centre. How does CHKL overcome this?

Dr Tan Seng Giaw