Alliance on KL draft plan formed

AN ALLIANCE of various residents associationin Kuala Lumpur has been formedto represent the residents to presenttheir views and objections on the KL Draft City.

The Coalition To Save Kuala Lumpur, which was formed in a meeting attended by various residents association representatives on Monday, will meet next week to study various issues arising from the draft plan and to appoint a working committee to deal with the issues.

Bukit Damansara House Owners Association Kuala Lumpur president Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Abdul Rahman is the head of the alliance.

According to Aziz, several officers of the Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) discussed with the residents associations about the plan before it was tabled but it was not exactly a consultation exercise.

A thoroughview: (Fromright) Aziz andFernandezlooking at theKL draft planat the meeting.

“We did not receive any feedback or record of what was discussed when suddenly the draft plan is thrown at us,” he said.

“The plan is flawed as it does not conform to the law but we can only fight against it with the support of all residents association in Kuala Lumpur,” he said.

Aziz urged all residents associations to join the coalition in its campaign to collect signatures for a petition on the draft plan.

Local government expert and environmental lawyer Derek Fernandez is the legal adviser of the coalition.

Fernandez said the KL coalition functioned similar to the All-PJ Pro Action Committee (APPAC) that was set up to tackle the issues raised over the PJ Local Draft Plan.

“A coalition like this will bring the people together to fight for a common cause. We will be more effective if we fight at both macro and micro levels,” he said.

According to Fernandez, the KL petition will request for more time for residents to study the plan and for the DBKL to provide more details.

The petition also demands for no increase in density and plot ratio and the decentralising of population in Kuala Lumpur, Seremban and other parts of the Klang Valley.

Resident associations wishing to join the coalition can e-mail [e-mail] or call 012-221-2906.