Residents going all out to save forest

After meeting with Petaling Jaya mayor Datuk Mohamad Roslan Sakiman on Dec 27 to submit their objections to the PJ Local Draft Plan 2 (RTPJ2), about 15 representatives visited Subang MP Tan Sri Datuk Dr K.S. Nijhar on Jan 4 in hopes of bringing up the issue to the higher authorities.

(7-1-2008 The Star)

40ha of Forest Earmarked for Development

THE recently published PJ Local Draft Plan 2 (RTPJ2) has stated that about 40ha of forested area in Kota Damansara, which is part of the Sungai Buloh Forest Reserve, will be turned into a recreational area. This includes the land that has been developed into a Muslim cemetery. It leaves only 26.9ha as the forest reserve. The rest would make way for development, including residential housing. Residents' group Friends of Kota Damansara (FOKD) chairman Leong Kam Heng, who has been living in Kota Damansara for six years, said the development plans were robbing the public of an important green area in the Klang Valley.

(1-1-2008 The Star)

Kota Damansara Folks Say No to Development

IT looks like it could be a bleak new year for Kota Damansara residents but they are going all out to ensure their voices are heard. The group, calling themselves Friends of Kota Damansara (FOKD) together with representatives from the Malaysian Nature Society (MNS), have submitted their appeal to Petaling Jaya City Council (MBPJ) against the decision to zone the remnants of the forest reserve for commercial or residential development as proposed in the PJ Local Draft Plan 2 (RTPJ2). They also urged the local authority to abandon any plans connected with such development.

(1-1-2008 The Star)