KUALA LUMPUR: Police are seeking the public’s help to locate a man, who is a person with disabilities (PwD), reported to have gone missing since Nov 4.
SIXTEEN years ago, when Ahmad Shaari decided to move into the Seri Malaysia people's housing project (PPR), a low-cost government housing scheme in Taman Desa Petaling, Kuala Lumpur, his primary goal was to provide for his wife and five children with a healthy and clean environment to live and grow up in.
Home-grown: Zaiton watering the vegetable garden grown on a narrow strip of unused land. Photos: YAP CHEE HONG/The Star
KUALA Lumpur City Hall’s (DBKL) noble plan of community and urban farming was in need of an impetus, which as it turned out laid in the Covid-19 pandemic, as unwelcome as the disease might be.
The plan was kick-started and as a result, various unsightly sites in the city were turned into pockets of greenery.
StarMetro ventures to two community farms in the city that have been transformed by residents, some of whom have lost their jobs and are seeking alternatives in earning a living.
Saturday, 13 Feb 2021 08:09 PM MYT
Federal Territories Minister Tan Sri Annuar Musa said the ministry wanted those involved in the programme to generate their own capital to sustain the activity and not solely rely on government’s assistance.. Picture by Shafwan Zaidon
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KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 13 The Federal Territories Ministry will strengthen the urban farming programme to allow the farm produce to be commercialised and sustain the activity for a long time.
Its Minister Tan Sri Annuar Musa said this would enable those involved in the programme to generate their own capital to sustain the activity and not solely rely on government’s assistance.