News about DBKL

KUALA LUMPUR (May 24): Deputy minister of Federal Territories Datuk Loga Bala Mohan said Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) will be spending a total of RM92 million to upgrade infrastructure in Kuala Lumpur (KL), to prevent further floods in the future.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 19): There are about 63,000 people on the waiting list for People's Housing (PPR) and Public Housing (PA) houses, said Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) director (Housing Management and Community Development), Wan Mohd Ghazali Nor, Bernama reported today .

KUALA LUMPUR (March 30): Although Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) has restricted approvals to develop new hotels, luxury apartments and office developments, the authorities will still allow applications for selected mixed commercial developments, said Federal Territories Minister Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor.

Lawmakers want the authorities to step up efforts to mend and minimise potholes near construction sites and in residential areas.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 7): SkyWorld Development Sdn Bhd may be new in the local property market, but it has set an ambitious target -- it wants to be one of the top 10 property developers in the country within the next five years.

GUANGDONG Debao Land Co Ltd, a property development company based in Guangdong, China, plans to invest in the long abandoned Plaza Rakyat project in Jalan Pudu.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 29): Revitalising the older parts of the city that are no longer economically viable is the only way to accommodate the continual growth of the city, said the deputy Federal Territories minister Datuk Loga Bala Mohan at the opening ceremony of the 7th International Conference on World Class Sustainable Cities (WCSC) 2015 today.

SEVERAL buildings in the city centre near Bukit Bintang, built during the British administration, are expected to make way for a multi-billion ringgit integrated development project comprising serviced apartments, offices and a mall.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 25): Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) is redevloping old council flats in an effort to provide 50,000 affordable homes in the city.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 17): The Board of Valuers, Appraisers and Estate Agents Malaysia (BOVAEA) has teamed up with the authorities to stop unlicensed people from acting as brokers in real estate transactions, after the industry lost RM40 billion worth of transactions to unlicensed property brokers last year alone.