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PUTRAJAYA: The Ministry of Federal Territories is requesting an allocation of RM400 million from the Ministry of Finance under the 12th Malaysia Plan to upgrade basic infrastructure in Kampung Baru, Kuala Lumpur, including road repair and expansion.
However, FT Minister Annuar Musa said the ministry would ensure that the construction of roads and other infrastructure in the area involves minimal land acquisition, in addition to obtaining the agreement of the owners.
“There are certain roads that must be closed and new roads must be built for a better restructuring of the road system,” he said at a press conference held at the ministry here today.
Annuar had previously been reported to have said that the Kampung Baru redevelopment would see the area divided into precincts or parcels that would involve subdivisions for each hectare, allowing further division into certain smaller grids or blocks.
The previous government proposal involving the acquisition of land from more than 5,300 owners at the price of RM 1000 per square foot (RM 850 in cash and RM 150 special purpose vehicle shares) could not proceed due to financial constraints other than that only 61% of residents accepted the offer made.
In another matter, Annuar said his ministry was willing to change the name of another road to Jalan Palestina after the choice of Jalan Raja Laut 1 received objections from various quarters.
He said that the name change issue arose after it was proposed that a small road, Jalan Raja Laut 1, adjacent to Jalan Raja Laut, be named as Jalan Palestina, as it was felt that this would not affect the honor bestowed on Raja Laut (an important Malay figure in the history of Kuala Lumpur).
“However, I have requested that the matter be reviewed so that another path be chosen instead, in order to allow Jalan Raja Laut 1 to remain,” he added.
Annuar said that the proposal to name a highway in the federal capital after Jalan Palestin was made in 2019 by his predecessor after a seminar on Al-Quds.
He said he did not encourage the removal of road names related to the country’s history and national identity and instead choosing road names that are no longer relevant or have no impact to change the name. .
Meanwhile, Annuar confirmed that an application had been sent to the DBKL City Planning Department for permission to build a Johor palace on land in Bukit Persekutuan (Federal Hill), Kuala Lumpur.
In an open letter that went viral on social media, stating that the government premises in Bukit Persekutuan would be demolished for the construction of the palace, Annuar said that the Sultan of Johor, Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar, owned the land there and wanted build a palace on that land.
