‘Block leaders’ to handle social issues at flats

Children enjoying a game of Snake and Ladder during the MyCommunity Carnival at PPR Desa Rejang in Setiawangsa.

IN AN effort to instil a sense of social responsibility among People’s Housing Schemes (PPR) residents, Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) has started a Block Leader programme.

Kuala Lumpur mayor Tan Sri Ahmad Phesal Talib said the block leaders would help to handle social issues while the Welfare Department (JKM) had introduced a Homehelp Services to help the elderly who are underprivileged and the disabled.