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For example, the Kelana Jaya, Petaling Jaya, green lung, has been parcelled by previous Selangor State Government, leaving only a small area for a park and a stadium. How could that happen? Apparently, the land was not gazetted. Even if it were to be gazetted, a rapacious

government could still use it for purposes other than landscaping.

The Government intends to make Kuala Lumpur, our commercial capital, a world-class garden city of light. We should support this. Now, it would like to landscape Malaysia into a Garden Nation of Bloom.

Whether it is a world-class garden city of light or a garden nation of bloom, the concept must be accepted by all including civil servants. All local governments must take note.

I have told the Prime Minister in Parliament that there are many green lungs or empty lands in the country that have been trespassed by unscrupupous people such as erecting buildings for activities of political parties, usually component parties of the Barisan Nasional.
We have yet to see what he plans to do.

Would Dr Mahathir personally visit places showing encroahment instead of landscaping? He will find that along Kepong Road, entrance to Kepong Baru and other places, there are many activities such as hawker centres and second-hand cars display. How can the Kuala Lumpur City Hall approve a big hawker centre at the entrance to Jinjang North? What type of landscaping and traffic management is it?

We hope that the Government will review all green lungs that are misused and abused, making sure that there are effective measures for dealing with rapacious people and meaningful landscaping.

Dr Tan Seng Giaw