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FEDERAL Territory Day this time around comes amid an incredibly challenging time economically and socially. Development plans for the Federal Territories of Kuala Lumpur, Putrajaya and Labuan have taken a back seat over the past year due to the Covid-19 pandemic and movement control order. Various short- and long-term measures have been designed to uplift the needy, while making sure developmental aspects of the territories are given equal attention. StarMetro spoke with Federal Territories Min...

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 24 — Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) has rounded up 140 homeless people found wandering in the city in efforts to prevent the spread of Covid-19 during the on-going movement control order (MCO). Kuala Lumpur mayor Datuk Mahadi Che Ngah said the...

2:03 PM MYT KUALA LUMPUR: The decision to keep public parks open in Kuala Lumpur was approved by the National Security Council (NSC), says Tan Sri Annuar Musa. The Federal Territories Minister said the matter was discussed by the Federal Territories Crisis Management Centre - of which Annuar is chairman - before it was presented and subsequently approved by the NSC. “Some have said that this was a flip-flop decision, but it was made based on feedback from the people and even from several Kual...

Jogging, cycling individually allowed in line with PM’s announcement of MCO 2.0 on Monday.

DBKL gets the bulk of its revenue from assessment taxes paid by owners of commercial and residential buildings. — Filepic Houseowners looking to make significant changes to their property should bear in mind that the renovations can lead to an increase in their assessment rate. Usually, the assessment bill is revised when the value of a property changes. Take for instance the case of Agnes Tan, who purchased a double-storey link house in Sri Petaling, Kuala Lumpur. Two decades ago, she though...

A girl riding her bicycle along the lake at Taman Metropolitan Kepong. - Filepic KUALA LUMPUR: All public parks and playgrounds under the jurisdiction of Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) will be closed starting Wednesday (Jan 13) until further notice. A DBKL statement said the closure was in view of the movement control order announced by the government. Some of the parks that will be closed include Taman Rimba Kiara, Taman Botani Perdana and Taman Metropolitan Kepong. The closure comes despite so...

KUALA LUMPUR: A group of Kuala Lumpur MPs is urging Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) to reconsider the closure of its public parks and playgrounds. The MPs said that DBKLs decision was not in line with the recent announcement by Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin that "isolation for a long period of time can affect mental health. To avoid this, the public is allowed to leave the house for exercise but only with members of their household." "For KL residents, public parks are the most suitable...

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