News about Klang River

With its light blue facade and the Malaysian national flag emblazoned above its main entrance with the words “Since 1888”, Central Market Kuala Lumpur, also known as Pasar Seni, is one of the most successful repurposed heritage buildings in the capital city.

In 2012, Kuala Lumpur City Hall launched the “River of Life” project to clean, master plan, beautify and rejuvenate the combined confluences of three city rivers, covering a total area of 781 hectares and 63 hectares of water bodies.

KUALA LUMPUR (August 6): Audit of the river water quality control projects under the River of Life (ROL) river cleaning programme has uncovered 13 Extension Of Time (EOT) applications being approved between 45 and 356 days, said the Auditor-General’s (AG) Report 2017 Series 1.

KUALA LUMPUR (August 1): Federal Territories Minister Khalid Samad said that the Klang River should be clean enough for people to wash their clothes in, and hopes to achieve this by 2020.