DBKL recruits youths to help clean up city

(Front row, second from right) Ibrahim and some volunteers painting the kerb at Dataran Medan Pasar, Kuala Lumpur in preparation for the Sea Games in August. — MOHD KHAIRUL FIKIRI OSMAN/The Star

KUALA Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) can save more than 50% in costs for cleaning and beautification works through the recruitment of volunteers, its Socio-Ecocomic Development executive director Datuk Ibrahim Yusoff said.

Ibrahim explained that the cost of any such work escalated when given to a contractor, who would charge manpower and logistics fees.