KUALA LUMPUR, November 2 Federal lawmakers here have urged the Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) and the federal territories minister to reverse the decision to prohibit the sale of liquor at all convenience stores, grocery stores, and Chinese medicine halls. After the ban came into effect.
Thursday, 14 Jan 2021 08:57 AM MYT
BY JOHN BUNYAN
People are pictured jogging at the Titiwangsa lake park in Kuala Lumpur May 4, 2020. Picture by Shafwan Zaidon
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KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 14 Kuala Lumpur MPs have urged the Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) yesterday to reverse its decision to close all public parks and playgrounds throughout the movement control order (MCO).
The nine MPs in a joint statement said that the city council’s decision was not in line with the Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin’s speech, who had earlier announced that members of the public are allowed to jog and cycle during the MCO period.
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Nine Kuala Lumpur (KL) members of parliament (MP) have disagreed with City Hall’s (DBKL) decision to close all public parks, claiming that such an action goes against Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin’s speech, where he said that all public parks can remain open.
However, DBKL announced yesterday that the 14 public parks under its jursidiction will be closed, including the children’s playgrounds. This is because based on their previous experience, the public failed to adhere to SOPs while in the parks.
In their announcement, DBKL noted that residents may still jog and cycle in the areas around and surrounding the parks, but the parks themselves will be closed.