Courting change


Dilapidated: Waller Court flats, which were built some 60 years ago, have fallen into disrepair as authorities wrangle over its future. — RONNIE CHIN/The Star

Talk is rife that Waller Court, the oldest flats in the heart of Ipoh, could finally be seeing a new dawn, after repeated proposals to redevelop it failed to take off.

The latest news comes from Local Government Development Minister Nga Kor Ming, who announced in December last year that the dilapidated flats – once considered the longest in South-East Asia – would be refurbished and the area redeveloped.

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