{"id":6787,"date":"2013-07-19T15:19:50","date_gmt":"2013-07-19T07:19:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klscah.org.my\/?p=6787"},"modified":"2020-11-26T18:20:43","modified_gmt":"2020-11-26T10:20:43","slug":"press-statement-by-jawatankuasa-pertahankan-taman-merdeka-negara-ptmn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klscah.org.my\/en\/2013\/07\/6787.html","title":{"rendered":"PRESS STATEMENT BY Jawatankuasa Pertahankan Taman Merdeka Negara (PTMN)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On 1 &amp; 2 July 2013, PTMN together with community residents submitted letters of objection to Datuk Bandar Kuala Lumpur, objecting to the proposed change of area Layout Plan and Land Use from Open Space and Institutions to Commercial in respect of those Lots as advertised on the DBKL notices for 118 Storey Mega Tower development project.<\/p>\n<p>All the Lots stated they are Reserved for Open Space and Institutions, which means, for the goods and benefits of all the Rakyat. These include Lots where Stadium Negara, Stadium Merdeka and Merdeka Park are situated. A historical school is also directly affected.<\/p>\n<p>We have raised Our objections to such change of area Layout Plan and Conversion of Land Status for the proposed Commercial project.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/klscah.org.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/PeoplePark_4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6788\" alt=\"PeoplePark_4\" src=\"https:\/\/klscah.org.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/PeoplePark_4-1024x753.jpg\" width=\"605\" height=\"444\" srcset=\"https:\/\/klscah.org.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/PeoplePark_4-1024x753.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/klscah.org.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/PeoplePark_4-600x441.jpg 600w, https:\/\/klscah.org.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/PeoplePark_4-300x220.jpg 300w, https:\/\/klscah.org.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/PeoplePark_4.jpg 1130w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 605px) 100vw, 605px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In accordance to the laws and due process, where meaningful public participation is the pillars for sustainable development, we found the media statement by Datuk Bandar Tan Sri Ahmad Phesal Talib on 16 July 2013 that \u201cEveryone Must Sacrifice so that High-rises can be Built\u201d totally irresponsible.<\/p>\n<p>Datuk Bandar, who is supposed to conduct a public enquiries and answering directly to people 2 weeks after public objections submitted to DBKL, had failed to do so. Instead, he speak through media and his statement clearly demonstrates the arrogance and dictatorial attitude of the Authority. In another words, the Datuk Bandar has indirectly stated that they will not consider or even bother with public objections, in any event, the 118 mega project of such scale will go on, as \u201cEverybody must Scarifies\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>We are disgusted by such attitude. Completely deviant from the principle of democracy and the spirit enshrined in our Independence, we wish to remind the Datuk Bandar that he does not have the mandate from the Rakyat of Kuala Lumpur to decide arbitrary.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>With that, we demand that:-<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>\u2022 Datuk Bandar shall immediately made public all related project documents, including but not limited to, the layout plan, the survey plan indicating the location of the Lots affected and their respective land titles;<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>\u2022 Datuk Bandar shall conduct an open and participatory public enquiries;<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>\u2022 Datuk Bandar shall be transparent and accountable to the Rakyat of all his decision, failing which, the Datuk Bandar shall Resign.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Statement by:<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Haji Ishak Surin &#8211; Chairman of Pertahankan Taman Merdeka Negara (PTMN)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Dato Thasleem Mohd Ibrahim, Ser Choon Ing, Victor Chin &#8211; Vice Presidents of PTMN<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Tang Ah Chai &#8211; Executive Director of PTMN<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #800000;\"><strong>Jawatankuasa Pertahankan Taman Merdeka Negara (PTMN)<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nPertahankan Warisan Kita \u2022 Warga Kota Prihatin Kuala Lumpur \u2022 Dewan Perhimpunan Cina Selangor &amp; Kuala Lumpur \u2022 Saya Anak Bangsa Malaysia \u2022 Sekretariat Pembangunan Kampung Baru \u2022 Pusat Pembangunan Kebudayaan Lim Lian Geok \u2022 National Indian-Rights Action Team (NIAT) \u2022 Majlis Permuafakatan Perkampungan Warisan Melayu Kuala Lumpur (MUAFAKAT) \u2022 Sekolah Menengah Confucian \u2022 Jawatankuasa Bertindak Kampung Kerinchi \u2022 Jawatankuasa Bertindak Kampung Railway \u2022 Persatuan Pengurusan Perkuburan Kwong Tong Kuala Lumpur \u2022 Pertubuhan IKRAM Malaysia \u2022 Gereja Gospel Kuala LumpurPersatuan Keturunan Chan She Shu Yuen Kuala Lumpur &amp; Selangor \u2022 Rakan KL \u2022 Persatuan Kwong Siew Selangor dan WP \u2022 Tamil Foundation Malaysia \u2022 Stadium Chin Woo Selangor &amp; Kuala Lumpur \u2022 Persatuan Hokkien Selangor &amp; Kuala Lumpur \u2022 Seniman Paksi Rakyat (PAKSI) \u2022 Persatuan Drama Kebajikan Yan Keng\u2022 Jihad for Justice<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On 1 &amp; 2 July 2013, PTMN together with community residents submitted letters of objection to Datuk Bandar Kuala Lumpur, objecting to the proposed change of area Layout Plan and Land Use from Open Space and Institutions to Commercial in respect of those Lots as advertised on the DBKL notices for 118 Storey Mega Tower development project. All the Lots stated they are Reserved for Open Space and Institutions, which means, for the goods and benefits of all the Rakyat. These include Lots where Stadium Negara, Stadium Merdeka and Merdeka Park are situated. A historical school is also directly affected. We have raised Our objections to such change of area Layout Plan and Conversion of Land Status for the proposed Commercial project. In accordance to the laws and due process, where meaningful public participation is the pillars for sustainable development, we found the media statement by Datuk Bandar Tan Sri [&#8230;]\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9507,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[260,164],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6787","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-joint-statements","category-statements-announcements"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/klscah.org.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/coffee-cup-desk-pen-large.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/klscah.org.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6787"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/klscah.org.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/klscah.org.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klscah.org.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klscah.org.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6787"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/klscah.org.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6787\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6789,"href":"https:\/\/klscah.org.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6787\/revisions\/6789"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klscah.org.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/klscah.org.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6787"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klscah.org.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6787"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klscah.org.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6787"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}