Hannah Yeoh announces nine more KL open spaces gazetted to protect green areas
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 5 — The government is stepping up efforts to safeguard Kuala Lumpur’s green spaces with the gazettement of nine additional open areas, aimed at ensuring...
Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Federal Territories) Hannah Yeoh said the latest gazettement was carried out by the Federal Territories Department and the Federal Territories Director of Lands and Mines Office, covering a total area of 5.15 hectares or 51,502 square metres.
She said the move means 552 open space lots have now been gazetted across Kuala Lumpur, spanning 468.36 hectares (4.68 million square metres), an area comparable to around 655 football fields or almost 1.4 times the size of Perdana Botanical Gardens.
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