Call for collaboration between DBKL, utility companies in mapping underground utilities

Call for collaboration between DBKL, utility companies in mapping underground utilities

KUALA LUMPUR: Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL), along with the relevant agencies and utility companies, are advised to collaborate in mapping underground utilities to avoid unwanted incidents, especially when a development project is underway. Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil said that mapping utilities is crucial to understanding the underground situation, as many areas contain pipelines and … Read more

MACC arrests four, including a DBKL deputy director, for alleged bribery

MACC arrests four, including a DBKL deputy director, for alleged bribery

KUALA LUMPUR: Three civil servants and a former civil servant are being detained for allegedly accepting monthly bribes from illegal businesses in the city. The main suspect is a Kuala Lumpur City Hall deputy director in his 40s. He is believed to have received RM100,000 and RM500,000 monthly from syndicates running unlicensed massage parlours, entertainment … Read more

Selangor state leader denies approval for developer to take over school’s compound

Selangor state leader denies approval for developer to take over school’s compound

PETALING JAYA: The state government has never agreed to allow a developer to take over a school’s compound to build a road, says a state leader. Selangor investment, trade and mobility committee chairman Ng Sze Han said that, at an earlier meeting on Dec 7 last year, the Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) had decided … Read more

Early morning negotiations between DBKL and Kepung Demi Palestin grind to stalemate

Early morning negotiations between DBKL and Kepung Demi Palestin grind to stalemate

KUALA LUMPUR: Negotiations between Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) officers and “Kepung Demi Palestin” protesters at the US Embassy here were in a stalemate in the early hours of Wednesday (Dec 27) morning. The negotiations started at around 1am, when a group of DBKL officers was seen arriving at the makeshift “campsite” that had been … Read more