Forced out to suburbs

With the increasing rent and high cost of living, KL is no longer affordable to the low income earners.

IF THE government continues to sell prime land in the city and engage into joint-venture agreements favouring developers, the capital city will eventually turn into a ghetto due to lack of affordable housing for the urban poor, warned a Kuala Lumpur member of parliament.

Titiwangsa MP Datuk Johari Abdul Ghani said certain areas in Kuala Lumpur were already turning into mini ghettos, and looking shabby and dirty.