Buyers call for progress on abandoned project

Wanting progress: Ong (left)and Yong looking at one of the many newspaper reports on the abandoned Plaza Rakyat project that had yet to be revived after 18 years.

A GROUP of people who bought property in the abandoned Plaza Rakyat project in Jalan Pudu want Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) to kickstart the project soon.

A representative of the 211 buyers, Steven Yong, 78, said they are disappointed that the project had yet to be revived eight months after it was taken over by DBKL.