DBKL urged to review hawker free trade zone programme


KUALA LUMPUR: Obstructing pedestrians, disrupting traffic, filthy conditions and obscuring the view are among the public complaints regarding hawkers doing business in inappropriate locations, including along sidewalks and parking lots around the federal capital.

Senior lecturer at the Urban and Regional Planning Department, Faculty of Built Environment and Surveying at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Dr S. Gobi Krishna, said the Free Trade Zone (Wilayah Bebas Berniaga, WBB) initiative needed to be executed with proper planning and adequate monitoring.

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