Identify basic problems so that Petaling Jaya can be beautiful, well-planned and effective
IN THE 1950s, booming population growth and squatters on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur became a challenge to the authorities in the 1950s. To overcome the situation, Petaling Jaya was born when the Selangor government identified Effingham Estate, a 490ha rubber plantation in Jalan Kelang Lama, as the site of a new settlement.
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