News about Kuala Lumpur

KUALA LUMPUR (July 11): Datuk S Rajah has stepped down from Kuala Lumpur City Hall’s (DBKL) board of advisors, it was reported yesterday.

PETALING JAYA (July 11): The Kuala Lumpur-Singapore high-speed rail (HSR) may be resumed if costs can be significantly lowered, said Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 11): The high-rise residential project on a football field in Bandar Tun Razak, Kuala Lumpur would be allowed to proceed as scheduled by the authorities.

PUTRAJAYA (July 11): The Singapore government knows what its Malaysian counterpart wants to do with the currently-suspended Kuala Lumpur-Singapore high-speed rail (HSR) project, said Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad yesterday.

PETALING JAYA (July 10): Malaysia’s indecision over the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore High Speed Rail (HSR) will hurt its taxpayers in the long run, said the Straits Times (ST) in an op-ed piece today.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 10): If city folk are itching to vote in local council elections, they will have to wait a while longer.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 10): Four restaurants in the city were made to close and clean up their premises after Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) swooped in to scrutinise their hygiene and cleanliness.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 9): It looks like people power in Kuala Lumpur has put the brakes on another high-rise residential project in the metropolis.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 9): An earlier proposal to demolish and redevelop the long-established Concorde Hotel Kuala Lumpur (Concorde KL) — linked to Sultan of Selangor Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah, entrepreneur Tan Sri Syed Yusof Syed Nasir and Singaporean tycoon Ong Beng Seng — has been put on hold.

PETALING JAYA (July 6): The members who were appointed by the previous government into the advisory board of the Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) have voiced their readiness to resign, subject to proper procedure.