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DBKL Budget Transparency and Kuala Lumpur’s Urban Future

Clarity in city governance plays a crucial role in shaping confidence, liveability and long term investment decisions. In Kuala Lumpur, recent concerns raised by resident groups over the lack of clear communication on City Hall’s upcoming budget have brought attention to an often overlooked factor behind urban growth. Beyond national policies and macroeconomic trends, how a city plans, communicates and...

Kuala Lumpur City Hall Receives Global Recognition with SAG Award for Innovative GIS Project

Kuala Lumpur City Hall Receives Global Recognition with SAG Award for Innovative GIS Project For the first time, Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) has gained worldwide recognition by receiving the Special Achievement in GIS (SAG) Award 2024 from ESRI Inc. at the ESRI Conference held in San Diego, California, on July 17. This prestigious award was granted in acknowledgment of the Kuala Lumpur Underground...

Downtown Kuala Lumpur Revitalized with RM20 Million Cultural Initiative

Efforts to rejuvenate downtown Kuala Lumpur as a creative and cultural district are underway with a RM20 million allocation from the 2024 Budget. This initiative is a collaborative effort between Kuala Lumpur City Hall and Think City, aimed at transforming the nation's capital into a dynamic hub of culture and creativity. The Creative KL Grants Programme The Creative KL Grants Programme offers grants...

Kuala Lumpur City Hall Cracks Down on Illegal Subletting in People’s Housing Projects

In a decisive move to safeguard the integrity of the People's Housing Project (PPR), Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) has announced the immediate termination of contracts for nominees or tenants found renting out their units to foreigners. Ismadi Sakirin, DBKL's Chief Executive of Socioeconomic Development, emphasized the authority's stern stance against such violations, underscoring that profiteering from...

DBKL Bans Room Partitions in Commercial-Titled Apartments

Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) has taken a decisive step by issuing a circular that enforces a ban on room partitions (bedroom additions) in commercial-titled apartments with strata status under its jurisdiction in Kuala Lumpur. Effective since August 1, 2023, the circular is directed to the chairman of all Joint Management Bodies (JMB), Management Corporations (MC), and Sub Management Corporations (Sub-MC)...