Rukun Tetangga helps make our homes safer and strengthens community spiritBy Aisyah SuwardiA group of residents is patrolling their neighbourhood to ensure the safety of the area.FOLLOWING a spate of burglaries this April in Manjung, Perak, residents of the suburb felt they had to do something to...

By Aisyah Suwardi From left: PLANMalaysia director general TPr Hjh Rokibah Bt Abdul Latif, Urbanice Malaysia chief executive Norliza Hashim, UN-Habitat executive director Datuk Maimunah Mohd Sharif, Ministry of Urban Wellbeing, Housing and Local Government deputy secretary general (Policy and...

By: Aisyah Suwardi (From left:) Mapex 2018 organising chairman Datuk Ng Seing Liong, Urban Wellbeing, Housing and Local Government Ministry deputy secretary-general for policy Dr Mary Wong Lai Lin, Real Estate and Housing Developers’ Association Malaysia (Rehda) president Datuk Seri FD...

Students from the Sekolah Seni Malaysia Kuala Lumpur reading out their aspirations for the country and what they hope to see happen during the launch of the New Urban AgendaBy Brenda Ch’ngMALAYSIA has reached another milestone with the unveiling of the New Urban Agenda aimed at leading the...

BY BAVANI MThe fountain project may not be completed on time as the Prime Minister had requested for Turkish tiles which have not arrived.MORE than 300 construction workers are working around the clock to ensure that the beautification work for the Heritage Quarters of the multi-million-ringgit...

BY WAN MARYAM SOFIAHThe winning primary and secondary schools gathering at the end of the MyCommunity P A student decorating cupcakes for SMK Sentul Utama‘s project. roject event.TWO schools in Sentul, Kuala Lumpur will soon be equipped with a Facilitate Rapid Online Global (Frog) classroom each...

FROM early human settlements to the founding of Kuala Lumpur, rivers have played an important role in the progress of human civilisation.Designed to incorporate modern conveniences with the river system, Ekovest Bhd’s Kuala Lumpur River City (KLRC) project will push Gombak River back to the...

BY VINCENT TANParticipants in the Colour Walk being smeared with food dye powder at one of the stations.THE Tasik Aman park in Petaling Jaya’s Section 22 was abuzz from 7am onwards as the Petaling Jaya City Council organised its Program Mesra Rakyat MBPJ for the Kampung Tunku area.Several...

Thrills and spills from the towering skyscrapersBY ANGIE NGangie@thestar.com.myTHE proliferation of high-rise buildings in Kuala Lumpur is changing the capital city's skyline and vistas, and the pace new buildings are cropping up can be fascinating and bewildering at the same time. On one hand, it...