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Hannah Yeoh vows ecological buffer, rediscovered fireflies drive 300‑metre protection at Bukit Kiara

Malaysia Times desk Original: Malay Mail 8/3 15:56 X
Hannah Yeoh vows ecological buffer, rediscovered fireflies drive 300‑metre protection at Bukit Kiara
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KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 3 — The government is engaging with landowners surrounding Bukit Kiara to implement a previously announced 300-metre ecological buffer zone to protect a rare...

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Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Federal Territories) Hannah Yeoh said discussions with the affected stakeholders were ongoing following Kuala Lumpur City Hall’s (DBKL) announcement of its plan to establish the buffer zone around Bukit Kiara.

“The KL mayor said that he would create a 300-metre buffer zone, and we now have to talk to the landowners... that discussion is ongoing now,” she said during a panel discussion titled Business vs Nature: Who Wins and When? at the National Climate Governance Summit (NCGS) 2026, here today.

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Aug 3, 2026
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Aug 15, 2026
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