THE workplace of Segambut MP Hannah Yeoh remains in talks with a number of programmers to produce irreversible real estate for longhouse homeowners in Taman Awam Bukit Kiara, Kuala Lumpur.
“Now that the legal battle to protect Taman Rimba Kiara is settled, my office is working on a solution to house the longhouse residents,” claimed Yeoh.
“We want to build housing that provides dignity and integrity. We hope to create a solution that allows them to remain here, can accommodate at least two generations, and is not low-cost housing.”
She included that the obstacle is to guarantee the real estate job is lasting and does not hassle Taman Rimba Kiara, a prominent park with just one accessibility roadway often visited by countless site visitors.
“My office has engaged with the current developer to discuss permanent housing for the longhouse community, but progress has not been forthcoming,” claimed Yeoh.
“We are in talks with several developers and are working closely with the Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Federal Territories) Datuk Seri Dr Zaliha Mustafa and Kuala Lumpur mayor Datuk Seri Maimunah Mohd Sharif to resolve the matter.
“Meanwhile, my office has been helping the longhouse community with maintenance costs and long-standing utility issues such as sewerage and leaking pipes.”
On April 18, 2023, the Federal Court provided a judgment to suppress the advancement order for Taman Rimba Kiara in Taman Tun Dr Ismail (TTDI), Kuala Lumpur.
The judgment noted completion of a seven-year lawful battle by TTDI homeowners to shield their eco-friendly room.
However, the problem of irreversible real estate for homeowners transferred from the Bukit Kiara Estate to the longhouses stays.
Yeoh talked after officiating at an Earth Day occasion arranged by Friends of Bukit Kiara (FoBK) at Taman Rimba Kiara.
The Youth and Sports Minister likewise formally revealed a 9th firefly varieties discovered early this year at Bukit Kiara.
Firefly taxonomist Dr Wan Faridah Akmal Jusoh and her group from Monash University Malaysia located the Pteroptyx gombakia, likewise referred to as the Gombak bent-winged firefly, in Taman Persekutuan Bukit Kiara in January 2025.
According to their research study, it was last seen in the Klang Valley over 100 years earlier.
FoBK head of state Leon Koay claimed the organisation is running a person scientific research job with 2 research study companies to find out more regarding the fireflies of Bukit Kiara and lobbying for the gazettement of the continuing to be 126 acres (51ha) of land to be component of Taman Persekutuan Bukit Kiara.
“The whole of Taman Persekutuan Bukit Kiara is supposed to be about 400 acres (162ha) in size; 274 acres (111ha) of it was gazetted in 2020 as the first federal park in Malaysia.
“The remaining 126 acres (51ha) is currently subject to a lease to a private party that is set to expire in 2027.
“We were told that the Federal Government will not renew that lease and will gazette the remaining portion as a federal park,” claimed Koay.
Yeoh claimed she is vowing a yearly RM20,000 give from her MP’s allotment and a RM10,000 allotment from the Youth and Sports Ministry under the Rakan Bumi campaign to sustain FoBK’s campaigning for job.
