PROTEST
Date: 19 Nov 2006, 4:30 pm
Venue: Gasing Indah Playground
BARTERING OUR LIVES FOR LUXURY BUNGALOWS
The proposed development and construction of at least 140 luxury bungalows on Bukit Gasing is on the fast-track, with soil testing beginning October 2006 by the developer – Sanctuary Gasing. It is believed that it is only a matter of time before the development order (DO) will be granted by DBKL, as early as January 2007.
On 23 Sept 2005, the Datuk Bandar of DBKL assured residents during a meeting with them that there would be no development on Bukit Gasing. A similar assurance was given to residents by Federal Territory officials at a meeting this year.
However, there has been no response from the Datuk Bandar of DBKL for more than a year and the developer has begun soil-testing. It appears there is a lack of concern for the lives and safety of residents living in the vicinity of Bukit Gasing.
Furthermore, Bukit Gasing is one of the last remaining green lungs of Petaling Jaya and Kuala Lumpur. The cost of losing this is immeasurable.
History speaks truth to greed – Highland Towers, Gombak, Bukit Antarabangsa, Ulu Kelang, Wangsa Maju. Any development of Bukit Gasing will result in a disaster of unparalleled proportions, just waiting to happen.
The alarm was further raised by none other than the Minister for Environment Dato’ Seri Azmi Khalid and supported by all state governments in Malaysia, after the latest devastating landslides in Wangsa Maju, in calling for zero development on hill slopes with 15 degrees or more gradient (source: The Sun, 6 Oct 2006, page 6).
We must not allow our LIVES to be exchanged for luxury bungalows. We cannot allow profits to come before PEOPLE and the ENVIRONMENT.
We must, and can stop this disaster if all of us come together as one community and with one voice, united against greed.
Please support our efforts. Your individual participation is CRUCIAL to convey our concerns to the authorities. Please attend and bring your friends and neighbours to the above activities.
Together, we can make a difference
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PLEASE SIGN the Mandate Letter to the Government and the Authorities, which urges public consultations, transparency and accountability in respect of the project.
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November 20, 2006 at 6:11 am
E H Lim
Hi all,
Can anyone tell me how the protest went yesterday? Did any press attend? I think we need as much publicity as we can get to to fight off this development.
E H Lim
Cameron Towers
November 20, 2006 at 10:59 am
Maran
TV3’s Karam Singh came and cover the protest. Some pics here;
http://umaipadam.blogspot.com/2006/11/save-bukit-gasing-2.html
Maran
Cameron Tower
November 20, 2006 at 11:21 am
elizabethwong
November 20, 2006 at 5:28 pm
sam
A video of the protest is available here please spread it widely:
http://smoothriver.net/blog/2006/11/20/lets-get-serious/
China Press had a 1/2 page pics and write-up. Let’s hope The Star will print something on Tuesday Metro.
November 21, 2006 at 3:43 am
E H Lim
Thanks for the links.
Quite smart of Sanctuary not to put up a website. Avoids scrutiny of the project, which is probably the point. Anybody know who owns/operates Sanctuary?
November 21, 2006 at 4:31 am
Uvarajan s/o Goval
It’s our responsibiity to protect the environment. Let’s get together to protest the proposed development on Bukit Gasing.
November 21, 2006 at 10:16 am
E H Lim
Check this out
http://www.nst.com.my/Weekly/PropertyTimes/News/Proptalk/20051130142620/Article/