News about Khalid Abdul Samad

KUALA LUMPUR (March 4): The Federal Territories Ministry wants to approve between 8,000 and 10,000 affordable homes every year, said its minister Khalid Abdul Samad (pictured) recently, reported The Star.

PETALING JAYA (March 1): Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) will preserve the biggest tropical forest within the city of KL by buying a piece of land in the Bukit Nanas Forest Reserve.

PUTRAJAYA (Jan 31): Federal Territories Minister Khalid Abdul Samad is targeting contract “cartels” in Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) he believes are mostly controlled by Umno party members, reported The Malay Mail yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 30): The government is mulling leases of up to 99 years "to overcome the challenge posed by the redevelopment of Kampung Baru (pictured) on its reserve land status", Federal Territories Minister Khalid Abdul Samad was reported as saying by Malaysiakini today.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 18): The owner of the controversial building built on two plots of government land in Medan Imbi, Bukit Bintang here has been identified as Willowcrest Management Sdn Bhd, a company linked to businessman Datuk Seri Tee Yam @ Koo Tee Yam.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 17): Political party DAP has called on Federal Territories Minister Khalid Abdul Samad to not give the company constructing the “controversial” six-storey building in Medan Imbi, Bukit Bintang, the opportunity to purchase the land, reported The Star today.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 11): For those who constantly flout the traffic rules, beware! If Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) has its way, it will soon be issuing traffic summonses based on CCTV footage.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 10): It is a well-known fact that many middle class people, especially in the Klang Valley, are finding it hard to own a home.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 28): Federal Territories minister Khalid Abdul Samad have clarified that he cannot cancel the development planned at Taman Tun Dr Ismail’s (TTDI) Taman Rimba Kiara.

  KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 22): Federal Territories Minister Khalid Abdul Samad, in response to Kepong MP Lim Lip Eng's allegations of Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) officers taking bribes from eateries who had placed tables and chairs on parking lots and sidewalks, has said the Kepong MP should lodge a report.