Residents Group Mulls Legal Action After Condo Project Gets Go Ahead

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Members of the Taman P Ramlee Residents’ Association holding a banner objecting to the condominium project on March 24. (TPRA pic)PETALING JAYA: A residents’ association in Setapak, Kuala Lumpur is mulling legal action after a proposed development project was officially green-lit despite previously appealing to Putrajaya to intervene.
“We are very disappointed and we are now engaging a lawyer to help us,” Taman P Ramlee Residents’ Association (TPRA) committee member Dr Tan Guat Ming said when contacted.
She was asked to respond to a letter, dated March 29, from Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) to the residents’ association.
According to the letter, sighted by FMT, the development of two 36-storey blocks with 810 units had been approved but with conditions, including a reduced ratio of 1:6:50 from the previous 1:7:20.
DBKL also said that it had taken into account the residents’ views in deciding on the matter.
TPRA had on March 24 appealed to the government again to halt the proposed project on grounds that it would lead to heavier traffic congestion after learning that it would go ahead.
They also wanted the ratio of 1:4:0 as gazetted under the Kuala Lumpur City Plan instead of the approved 1:6:50.
In July last year, they wrote to Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim urging him to review the proposed development, and called for DBKL to engage with the residents and Wangsa Maju MP Zahir Hassan.
On March 25, TPRA wrote to federal territories minister Dr Zaliha Mustafa to again voice out their objections against the project.
Tan went on to question if the constituents’ views had been seriously considered or if DBKL was pro-developer.
“What is the point of a local plan if the local government is not going to adhere to it?,” she said.
She claimed that Setapak was already congested with some residents taking 20 minutes just to exit the junction of their condominium or apartment.
Tan said the association felt they were letdown by their current and former MP who had promised a different kind of government when canvassing for votes in the run up to the last general election.
“I thought elected representatives were supposed to look after our interests”. - FMT

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