KUALA LUMPUR: Efforts to safeguard Kuala Lumpur’s green spaces are being stepped up with nine more open areas gazetted.
This is aimed at ensuring city development remains balanced while preserving public recreational areas, says Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Federal Territories) Hannah Yeoh (pic).
She said the latest gazettement was carried out by the Federal Territories Department and Federal Territories Lands and Mines Office, covering a total area of 5.15ha.
With this, Yeoh said 552 open space lots have been gazetted across Kuala Lumpur spanning 468.36ha, comparable to 655 football fields or almost 1.4 times the size of Perdana Botanical Gardens.
“Gazettement goes beyond an administrative exercise. It reinforces the protection of open spaces so they can continue serving as public areas for recreation, leisure and community activities, while minimising the risk of future land-use changes,” she said in a Facebook post yesterday, Bernama reported.
Yeoh said every gazetted area represented more space for children to play, families to spend leisure time, senior citizens to exercise and communities to enjoy a healthier and more comfortable urban environment.
The nine newly gazetted open spaces include Lot 82448 in the Batu sub-district near Desa ParkCity Lake; Lot 82443 in the Batu sub-district also near Desa ParkCity Lake; Lot 202030 in Setapak sub-district near Bayu Sentul Condominium; and Lot 38500 in the Petaling sub-district near Residensi Jalil Mas.
Other newly gazetted open spaces include Lot 25119 in the Setapak sub-district, near Masjid Salahuddin Al-Ayubbi in Taman Melati (1,456 square metres or 0.359 acres); Lot 39399 in the Petaling sub-district, near East Bukit Jalil Condominium (1,658 square metres or 0.409 acres); Lot 39397 in the Petaling sub-district, also near East Bukit Jalil Condominium (185 square metres or 0.045 acres); Lot 56219 in the Batu sub-district, near United Point Mall (3,679 square metres); and Lot 482950 in the Kuala Lumpur suib-district, near Padang TURF Tasik Permaisuri (1,505 square metres or 0.371 acres).
Yeoh said the public could access details of gazetted open spaces via the MyHijau portal on the FT Lands and Mines Office’s official website which enabled Kuala Lumpur residents to play a role in monitoring and safeguarding the city’s green areas.
“The gazettement of the nine additional areas reflects the government’s ongoing commitment to balanced urban development in KL, while safeguarding public recreational spaces, community well-being and the city’s climate resilience,” she said.
