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Vast contrast: Old homes surrounded by high-rises are part of what is left of former rubber estate Ladang Bukit Jalil. — YAP CHEE HONG/The StarEIGHTY-Year-Old V. Ponni is one of the oldest remaining residents of Ladang Bukit Jalil, located near 6½ Mile, Jalan Puchong in Kuala Lumpur.
While many families have moved out since the government acquired the estate land, Ponni and 41 other families are holding on to the hope that they would one day own permanent homes on the land where they have lived and worked for generations.A government notice proposing degazettement of land where the estate is situated has raised concerns of potential redevelopment.For Ponni and other residents, this proposal only deepens their fear of displacement.
Constructed in the early 1940s, the zinc-roofed house, with a small chimney, is emblematic of the architecture of the era. However, after the government acquired the land in 1980, and the subsequent closure of the estate in 1995, many families gradually moved out – some willingly, others reluctantly – accepting compensation and offers to rent units in nearby People’s Housing Projects .Ponni, like Chelli’s daughter Shanti Rengasamy, 54, her husband P.
Residents, especially those still living on the former estate grounds, were alarmed after hearing about the government notice to degazette the Ladang Bukit Jalil land and its surroundings. “If the government is degazetting the land for redevelopment, it must include us in whatever plan it has for this area.
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