Work to replace Petaling Street roof starts this week


Parts of the roofing over Petaling Street are dirty or damaged. — Filepic

Chinatown’s much-awaited facelift by Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL), set to begin this week, is expected to take approximately seven months to complete.

The project includes replacing the deteriorated roof over Peta­ling Street and reorganising existing electrical cables which are currently sticking out from traders’ stalls.

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