Illegal Construction
Residents all out to stop hypermarket project
15 Apr 2008Source: Debbie Chan, The Star, 15 April 2008
AMID chants of protest against the construction of a new hypermarket, labourers continued their work as usual.
About 100 Kota Damansara residents gathered at the construction site in Kota Damansara recently to protest against the project, as it would affect their daily life.
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12 Apr 2008Kota Damansara, 12 April 2008
Local Council's approval for hypermarket a mockery of Local Agenda 21
2 Apr 2008Dr. Nasir Hashim, the socialist wakil rakyat for Kota Damansara was puzzled as to how a project to build a hypermarket right in the middle of a residential area and school was approved by the Majlis Bandaraya Petaling Jaya (MBPJ).
After a brief meeting with the various Residents associations representing D'Villa, D'Villa Botany, Gugusan Dedap in Section 11 Kota Damansara, Dr. Nasir visited the construction site of the proposed Carrefour Hypermarket. The construction works were actively going on even at 10pm! The developer seemed to be rushing to finish the project.
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