Growing a sense of local community in the three Federal Territories

SIXTEEN years ago, when Ahmad Shaari decided to move into the Seri Malaysia people's housing project (PPR), a low-cost government housing scheme in Taman Desa Petaling, Kuala Lumpur, his primary goal was to provide for his wife and five children with a healthy and clean environment to live and grow up in.

Having spent most of his own childhood and youth in a kampung with limited amenities, Ahmad aspired to offer his children a better life.