KL needs a plan to eradicate poverty


If the issue of urban poverty is not addressed in totality, it will have a debilitating impact on the economy and the social fabric of our people in the long run.

MOST Sundays, before joining my teh tarik buddies at a stall at Malayan Mansion, I will take a stroll along Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman, passing through Dataran Merdeka, walking near Masjid Negara until Taman Tasik Perdana and back.

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