KL’s Venetian dream collapses


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FIRST it was pollution woes caused by silt and sedimentation originating from illegal land clearing activity upstream of Sungai Gombak, which turned the river and its tributaries into a brown sludge.

Then there was the issue of vandalism and theft of public property in the heritage quarters that saddled Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) with a RM1mil bill!

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