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Bukit Gasing: DBKL says no public hearing

 by Fauwaz Abdul Aziz
Malaysiakini, Jan 21 2008
Residents living around Bukit Gasing are up in arms that their requests for a public hearing on a proposed bungalow development project has been denied by Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL).
They said this was not the understanding that was conveyed to them during the last meeting they had with […]

Categories: From the Press · Section 5 - The Forest Community

Gasing residents challenge DBKL’s decision to deny public hearing

 Jan 21 2008 
The residents and owners of properties in Section 5 have protested against Gasing Meridien’s plans to develop bungalows on the steep slopes adjacent to several high-rise condos in the area.  Read the latest press statement from the Joint Action Committee on Bukit Gasing below:-
We, the owners and residents in the neighbourhood of the proposed development on Bukit Gasing by Gasing […]

Categories: From the Press · Section 5 - The Forest Community

Bukit Gasing in the news again

 by DEBBIE CHAN
The Star, Jan 25 2008
THE one green area in Petaling Jaya that has been a subject of dispute between residents and the local authorities for the past few years is again in the news.
Bukit Gasing, located on the border of Petaling Jaya and Kuala Lumpur, is under the jurisdiction of both the Kuala […]

Categories: From the Press · Section 5 - The Forest Community

Reckless development taking toll on green lungs

 by Hardev Kaur
New Straits Times, December 7 2007
MALAYSIA released 177.5 million tonnes of carbon dioxide in 2004, or 0.6 per cent of the global total. This translates to 7.5 tonnes of carbon dioxide discharged by each Malaysian. It represents a 221 per cent increase from 1990 and, according to the UN Development Report, Malaysia ranks […]

Categories: From the Press · Section 5 - The Forest Community · Green Living

For the love of nature and environs

Star Metro, Wednesday April 25, 2007
By Jayagandi Jayaraj
Photos by Low Lay Phoon
From the Press, Green Living, Kota Damansara Community Forest

Categories: Kota Damansara Community Forest · From the Press · Green Living

Saving rare plants

The Star, April 17 2007 
Stories by Hilary Chiew
A tract of forest that hosts rare plants in urban Petaling Jaya, Selangor, is giving way to a burial ground and other development plans.
From the Press, Home, Kota Damansara Community Forest, Malaysian flora

Categories: Malaysian flora · Kota Damansara Community Forest · Home · From the Press

Selangor Sultan: a target of 30 percent green

In March 2007, when opening the fourth sitting of the 11th Selangor State Assembly, the Sultan of Selangor Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah made an important statement on the environment which offers a sliver of hope to people that care about nature.
From the Press, Home

Categories: Home · From the Press

We seek Sultan of Selangor’s help

 
NST Monday, April 16 2007
Letter to the editor from Z.M.J, Kota Damansara

I AM writing in my capacity as a citizen and as a home owner in Section 8,Kota Damansara, the areas most affected by the proposed burial ground in the Sungai Buloh Forest Reserve (which is in the western side […]

Categories: Kota Damansara Community Forest · From the Press

Gazette catchment areas now

NST Monday, April 16 2007
Letter to the editor from S.M. MOHAMED IDRIS for Sahabat Alam Malaysia
SAHABAT Alam Malaysia welcomes the call by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi to state governments to protect and conserve water resources.
From the Press, Green Living

Categories: From the Press · Green Living

Choices that hold water

NST Monday, April 16 2007
Letter to the editor from Loga Sunthir Veeraiah
Federation of Malaysian Consumer Associations (FOMCA), Petaling Jaya
SINCE Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi announced that by-laws would be introduced to harvest, store and use rainwater, many parties have given their opinions. The Real Estate and Housing Developers Association (Rehda) has not […]

Categories: From the Press · Green Living