Transit homes which became permanent


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  • Saturday, 27 Apr 2019

The land where the Bukit Kiara longhouses sit is earmarked for a development project comprising a condo as well as affordable housing for the longhouse residents. The proposed plan has been scaled down in an effort to see it through. — Filepic

A SENSE of helplessness came over Bukit Kiara longhouse resident Vengidensalam Raju, 68, when asked about his almost fourdecade wait for the new house promised to him.

Vengidensalam had to raise his four children in a small square longhouse unit that was partitioned into rooms using his own money.

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