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Chinatown traders receive land aquisition notices
Chinatown traders express their shock after receiving land aquisition notices, after they were assured that Chinatown will not be affected by the Klang Valley MRT (KLMRT) project.
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Chinatown traders protest
Over 40 heritage shop owners on Jalan Sultan met up and protested the land aquisition. Malaysiakini Photo: Malaysiakini -
Prasarana not swayed
MRT Prasarana Negara Bhd, which will own and operate the project,refused to budge on its move to acquire land along Jalan Sultan for the underground stretch, saying the alignment had been set. Malaysiakini Photo: Malaysiakini -
"Aquistions abuse of Land Code"
Petaling Jaya Utara MP Tony Pua accused MY Rapid Transit (MRT) project owner Prasana Nasional Bhd of abusing the National Land Code 1960 in its attempt to acquire properties along Jalan Sultan. Malaysiakini -
Soi Lek to set up SPAD meeting for Chinatown traders
The Malaysian Insider</a>Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek promised Chinatown traders today a meeting with Land Public Transport Commission (SPAD) to push for a realignment of the Klang Valley Mass Rapid Transit (KVMRT). The Malaysian Insider Photo: The Malaysian Insider -
Chinatown saved
Admist pressure by the Chinese community and intervention by the MCA, the government has reversed its decision to demolish 31 Chinatown lots to facilitate the digging of My Rapid Transit (MRT) tunnels beneath them. But owners have to vacate their premises for six months while MRT tunnels are dug Free Malaysia Today Photo: Free Malaysia Today -
Chinatown traders outraged over broken promise
Jalan Sultan traders, who risk losing property to the Klang Valley Mass Rapid Transit (KVMRT), have slammed the public transport regulator for going back on its promise to leave their buildings intact. The Malaysian Insider -
Come clean on the MRT project, urges Kit Siang
DAP has accused the government of sending mixed signals over the Jalan Sultan MRT (My Rapid Transit) project.
"The government can't appear to make up its mind over the MRT-affected lots in Kuala Lumpur's Chinatown" Free Malaysia Today Photo: Free Malaysia Today -
DAP, traders reach pact over Jln Sultan land acquisition
DAP Bukit Bintang parliamentarian Fong Kui Lun will table a emergency motion to demand that the government explain its flip-flop over the land acquisition on Jalan Sultan. Malaysiakini -
Spad and Soi Lek together in this
The Land Transport Commission (Spad) has clarified that its stand on land acquisition of heritage buildings along Jalan Sultan, Kuala Lumpur was not contradicted by MCA president Dr Chua Soi Lek. Malaysiakini -
In the peoples interest
,Land Public Transport Commission (Spad) chairman Syed Hamid Albar says, land acquisition for the Klang Valley Mass Rapid Transit (KVMRT) project along Jalan Sultan is in the people’s best interests of developing the best urban railway for them. Malaysiakini -
Options available for MRT project
Former MCA chief and ex-transport minister Ong Tee Keat says there are under-utilised plots nearby that could be used to build the underground station. Free Malaysia Today -
Nazri to meet PM over land acquisition
Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Mohamed Nazri Aziz is to meet Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak tomorrow over the acquisition of land in Jalan Sultan and Jalan Bukit Bintang for the Sungai Buloh-Kajang line of the Klang Valley Mass Rapid Transit (MRT). Malaysiakini Photo: Free Malaysia Today -
Nazri thumbs puts up Jalan Sultan alternative plan
Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz has described a plan put forward by Jalan Sultan landowners affected by the Klang Valley Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) project as “a solid alternative” and will raise it with Prasarana. Malaysiakini -
Only the ‘wealthy few’ will benefit from MRT
UCSI University lecturer Teoh Chee Keong said that only developers and “wealthy” parties stood to gain from the billion-ringgit development. “The MRT will boost the economy because the value of the property (around the stations) will increase. But will the lower-income people benefit?” Free Malaysia Today Photo: Free Malaysia Today -
"MRT tunnel shifted to save VIP’s house"
The government has no problem in plowing through heritage sites for the MRT project but not houses that belong to VIPs, alleged DAP leader, Tony Pua. He said that an underground track alignment that would have tunnelled under a Jalan Damansara house off Jalan Duta was shifted, with work on the original line stopped. Free Malaysia Today Photo: Free Malaysia Today -
Spad: Realignment nothing to do with VIP's house
The Land Public Transport Commission (Spad) today denied that the realignment of the Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) track at Jalan Damansara, off Jalan Duta, was purportedly to save a bungalow belonging to a VIP, as claimed by opposition lawmakers. Malaysiakini
