Really doubt that. I'm seeing piling and construction rigs starting work there a few weeks ago.

Oops, my bad.

I don't really expect miracles to happen to that pond anytime soon. Maybe something might happen after Covid blows over.

This post has been edited by DesRed: Nov 7 2020, 06:27 PM

Funny thing is, why nobody protest when this playground was closed off to the public 4/5 years ago before this project was announced?

Why only in 2017 (link) then protest about it?

This post has been edited by DesRed: Dec 7 2020, 07:23 PM

I believe they should be aware of this since it is already public knowledge.

But what the above Prima Villa (and other Tmn Desa protesters) seem to ignore, conveniently or otherwise, was the closure of that playground prior to that announcement. I may not be a resident there, but I live nearby and do go there often for meals and noticed this closed-off playground. I only see the football field next to it in use, but the former was fenced up with a gate and was left locked and unused for quite a long time.

Why nobody made noise about that playground's closure amuses me, tho. As if it wasn't a concern until this project was announced in the above link.

True, but still, people in the neighbourhood will surely use that playground when Prima Villa was completed 7 years back along with the latter. And if it was suddenly fenced up prior to 2017 and left locked for a long time, somebody would've complained to DBKL by then.

I'm just surprised nobody made any noise when that happened until the day this project was announced to be constructed there. I've even searched Google for past articles about this playground but couldn't find anything on it prior to that. Reeks of hypocrisy on the part of the Prima Villa residents when they protest about it much later and not when the park was fenced up and locked.

This post has been edited by DesRed: Dec 9 2020, 04:29 PM

Based on the above two posts, it's more of a training institute than a boarding house, and I don't see anything wrong with that. After all, homelessness has been a problem for a long time. How is this an issue in the first place?

And even if it does both (training and accommodation), why should we regard this as a negative? If this keeps people off the streets, I'm all for it.

This post has been edited by DesRed: Feb 23 2021, 05:13 PM

Outside of AK's project, this part of Tmn Desa seems fine whenever I go there for meals and other activities.

In terms of rampant parking, I'll expect Residensi Desamas to have this issue, not this project since the former only allows 1 carpark for all units, whereas the minimum for the latter is 2 since the smallest unit is 1,085sf.

This post has been edited by DesRed: Mar 14 2021, 01:04 PM

All thanks to gov't shortsightedness when the affordable housing initiative was first implemented. Those in charge should've foreseen that each family in a unit would've more than 1 car, regardless of how big/small that 3-bedroom unit is.