THE office of Segambut MP Hannah Yeoh stays in talks with numerous programmers to supply irreversible actual property for longhouse owners in Taman Awam Bukit Kiara, Kuala Lumpur.
“Now that the legal battle to protect Taman Rimba Kiara is settled, my office is working on a solution to house the longhouse residents,” claimed Yeoh.
“We want to build housing that provides dignity and integrity. We hope to create a solution that allows them to remain here, can accommodate at least two generations, and is not low-cost housing.”
She included that the impediment is to ensure the true property job is lasting and doesn’t problem Taman Rimba Kiara, a outstanding park with only one accessibility roadway typically visited by numerous website guests.
“My office has engaged with the current developer to discuss permanent housing for the longhouse community, but progress has not been forthcoming,” claimed Yeoh.
“We are in talks with a number of builders and are working carefully with the Minister within the Prime Minister’s Department (Federal Territories) Datuk Seri Dr Zaliha Mustafa and Kuala Lumpur mayor Datuk Seri Maimunah Mohd Sharif to resolve the matter.
“Meanwhile, my office has been helping the longhouse community with maintenance costs and long-standing utility issues such as sewerage and leaking pipes.”
On April 18, 2023, the Federal Court supplied a judgment to suppress the development order for Taman Rimba Kiara in Taman Tun Dr Ismail (TTDI), Kuala Lumpur.
The judgment famous completion of a seven-year lawful battle by TTDI owners to protect their eco-friendly room.
However, the issue of irreversible actual property for owners transferred from the Bukit Kiara Estate to the longhouses stays.
Yeoh talked after officiating at an Earth Day event organized by Friends of Bukit Kiara (FoBK) at Taman Rimba Kiara.
The Youth and Sports Minister likewise formally revealed a ninth firefly varieties found early this yr at Bukit Kiara.
Firefly taxonomist Dr Wan Faridah Akmal Jusoh and her group from Monash University Malaysia situated the Pteroptyx gombakia, likewise known as the Gombak bent-winged firefly, in Taman Persekutuan Bukit Kiara in January 2025.
According to their analysis research, it was final seen within the Klang Valley over 100 years earlier.
FoBK head of state Leon Koay claimed the organisation is operating an individual scientific analysis job with 2 analysis research firms to seek out out extra concerning the fireflies of Bukit Kiara and lobbying for the gazettement of the persevering with to be 126 acres (51ha) of land to be part of Taman Persekutuan Bukit Kiara.
“The entire of Taman Persekutuan Bukit Kiara is meant to be about 400 acres (162ha) in dimension; 274 acres (111ha) of it was gazetted in 2020 as the primary federal park in Malaysia.
“The remaining 126 acres (51ha) is at the moment topic to a lease to a personal occasion that’s set to run out in 2027.
“We were told that the Federal Government will not renew that lease and will gazette the remaining portion as a federal park,” claimed Koay.
Yeoh claimed she is vowing a yearly RM20,000 give from her MP’s allotment and a RM10,000 allotment from the Youth and Sports Ministry below the Rakan Bumi marketing campaign to maintain FoBK’s campaigning for job.
