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PETALING JAYA: Despite being the first day of a “total lockdown”, several areas in the Klang Valley are experiencing heavy and slow moving traffic.

KUALA LUMPUR: All public parks under the jurisdiction of Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) will be closed for two weeks from June 1-14.

AN OLD battered Nissan pulled up somewhere along Petaling Street in the capital city of Kuala Lumpur.

Repair works along Jalan Maarof, Bangsar in Kuala Lumpur will likely take two weeks after part of the road caved in following a downpour on Saturday (May 1). Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) said they had taken immediate action after the incident and closed off t he road since yesterday from 10pm until 5am to facilitate repairs. “Two lanes at the stretch from Public Bank to the traffic lights along Jalan Maarof was closed to pave the road surface. “One lane was reopened to motorists after pavi...

KUALA LUMPUR: Employers especially those in the food delivery service should pay close attention to the safety of their employees, says Tan Sri Lee Lam Thye. The Alliance for Safe Community chairman said such employers or companies should adopt ISO39001, which is a global standard for the road traffic safety management. "The system is important as it symbolises the commitment of companies in managing road traffic safety for their employees. "Road traffic safety management should be the responsi...

Home-grown: Zaiton watering the vegetable garden grown on a narrow strip of unused land. ­— Photos: YAP CHEE HONG/The Star KUALA Lumpur City Hall’s (DBKL) noble plan of community and urban farming was in need of an impetus, which as it turned out laid in the Covid-19 pandemic, as unwelcome as the disease might be. The plan was kick-started and as a result, various unsightly sites in the city were turned into pockets of greenery. StarMetro ventures to two community farms in the city that ha...

A resident being briefed about the waste exchange programme during the 1 Kiosk, 1 Community event at PPR Seri Alam in Sungai Besi, Kuala Lumpur. KUALA Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) has launched a barter system, whereby waste such as plastic can be exchanged for food items. The programme, called “1 Kiosk, 1 Community”, is specifically for those living in people’s housing projects (PPR) and public housing schemes. Residents can exchange waste like aluminium cans, paper, plastic and used cooking o...

Intensifying conflicts before proxy season feeding law firms Posted : 2021-03-09 15:55 By Park Jae-hyuk Multiple chaebol family feuds and shareholder activism that will heat up the general shareholders meetings of several listed companies here later this month appear to be creating ample opportunities for domestic law firms to make handsome profits. In addition to Kim & Chang and other large law firms that have scaled up their teams dealing with corporate law and governance structures to cope...

The Go KL Bus service has added the Chocolate Line to connect public housing areas with several strategic locations. - Filepic Kuala Lumpur City Hall, in collaboration with Rapid Bus Sdn Bhd, has further expanded the Go KL Bus service by opening the ninth route known as the Chocolate Line to connect public housing areas with several strategic locations. Federal Territories Minister Tan Sri Annuar Musa in a statement said the free bus service involved a 14km route starting from Section 10 Wangsa...

Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) said the decorative shrubs were planted at key roads in the city. Also referred to as the Red Master, the shrub comes in shades of red, green and silver. Traders and the homeless in Medan Pasar store items near plants and shrubs. — Photos: FAIHAN GHANI/The Star A check online showed that a pot of the plant sells for about RM40. “It looks like the plants were pulled out very carefully so I think whoever took it wanted to re-plant it elsewhere, ’’ said DBKL C...