Klang become a city on 8/8/08

[thundercats]

Eh, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klang:

Klang is expected to be declared a city on 8th August 2008.

Really meh? Anyone knows anything about this? If it is true, MPK will become DBK (Dewan Bandaraya Klang)...

[HappyFeet]

What's the point of being a city when there are so many stretches of abandoned buildings, potholes, poorly lit areas....might as well call it a ghost town

[kimmy]

August 8, 2008? I thought that day will be the opening day of Olympics in Beijing. Which one would you choose to watch, Olympics opening ceremony or Klang City

[HappyFeet]

oh well....watch 4-Ekor board..to see if win 1st prize or not

[intan_azlinda07]

Klang become a city on 8/8/08. if it so, i will back to Klang before the declaration, there's a "due" to settle then. i wish i can meet the lot of you in the day, so you will know who Intan Norazlinda is.

Is it offical? Better ask MB first.

[yhtan28]

u guys didn't read the star meh??? came up on 11/1/08 and again yesterday (21/1/08). Nope, I dun think it will call Dewan Bandaraya Klang. Instead, it will be known as Majlis Bandaraya Klang. Anyway, this is my assumption.

Source (from The Star)
MPK needs to improve its services

Valley View: By FREDERICK FERNANDEZ

THE royal town of Klang, which happens to be my hometown, is set to be a city, a royal city to be precise, in about seven months’ time.

The news has certainly caught the attention of Klang folks, especially since the declaration is expected to be made on the auspicious date of 08.08.08.

Klang Municipal Council (MPK) president Mislan Tugiu said the only stumbling block that remained was the lack of a university in the town.


Perpetual crawl: Traffic is a major problem in Klang and it seems to be getting worse by the day.
With an area covering 573.8 sq km and a population close to 900,000, coupled with good infrastructure and facilities, Klang is poised for city status.

However, MPK must pull up its socks first and ensure its services are up to mark before thinking about attaining city status.

The thought of charging higher assessment rates should not be the council’s priority; rather, it should focus on its current shortcomings and seek effective means to resolve them.

For starters, it has to clean up the place, so that Klang sheds its image as a dirty town with uncollected garbage strewn just about everywhere.

Some even poke fun at Klangites, saying the town is so dirty that there are more crows than people in the town.

Klang also does not have a good record when it comes to crime. The council must work closely with the police to reduce crime in the town.

MPK must do its part by installing more closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras in crime-prone areas.

Traffic is another major problem in Klang and it seems to be getting worse by the day.

The recent announcement that a third bridge would be built across the Klang River was a great relief for motorists.

However, that alone is not going to solve the traffic congestion problem.

The council needs to come up with better road planning measures. Roundabouts are certainly not practical any more. It has no choice but to widen the main roads and build more flyovers, especially over the more busy roads.

Importantly, MPK should not follow the same path taken by the Shah Alam City Council and Peta-ling Jaya City Council in raising assessment rates when services are still not up to the mark.

It should realise that residents in general are least bothered whether their neighbourhood is located in a municipality or city.

All they want is good service from their local government in return for the assessment they pay annually.

This means having the roads tarred, the streetlights in working condition, garbage collected on time, the drains cleared, the grass at the playing fields trimmed regularly, the facilities at the children’s playgrounds maintained properly and so forth.

[wlmak]

after become city, will the quit rent and taxes all increase ah???

in front my house got 3 big potholes leh.....

[Pooh88]

Even the farking facilities in stadium like crap!!
Some more dare to talk about Klang become a puny city!

[thundercats]

ya, before Klang becomes a city, i think the government needs to fix these 1st:

potholes everywhere!
crows everywhere!
rubbish everywhere!
traffic jam everywhere!

and then we can be proud of Bandaraya Klang.

[Pooh88]

The drain is full of rubbish!!
MPK is sleeping is it.
U need me to contact datuk Z !!