Francis McWilliams, engineer behind PJ's development, passes away at 96


Picture courtesy of Selangor Royal Office.

THE engineer behind the early planning of the city of Petaling Jaya in 1954, Datuk Sri Selera Sir Francis McWilliams, who was also a former Lord Mayor of London, passed away in the United Kingdom.

Sultan of Selangor Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah and Tengku Permaisuri Selangor Tengku Permaisuri Norashikin expressed their condolences to the family of the deceased in a Facebook post on the official Selangor Royal Office page.

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