![]() The clearing work at the park has already taken place, he added.įong said the Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) has set several conditions for developer Permodalan Nasional Bhd (PNB) to fulfil before the development order is issued. He said this provision requires local authorities to seek approval from the Heritage Commissioner before any development order is issued on the site. Ong said Section 40 of the same Act stipulates that the Heritage Commissioner shall coordinate and advise the local planning authority before any planning permission or development order is granted involving a heritage site. ![]() “It is a way to protect the nearby national heritage sites,” he said. “Under the section, a site which does not have national heritage or cultural significance can be designated as such due to close proximity to other national heritage sites,” said Ong. Ong said according to a reply in Parliament from Tourism Minister Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz, Tunku Park, also known as Merdeka Park, is protected as a heritage site under Section 25 (1) of the National Heritage Act as it falls within the 200m buffer zone of Stadium Merdeka and Stadium Negara, both of which are heritage sites. This was the question posed by Serdang MP Ong Kian Ming and Bukit Bintang MP Fong Kui Lun yesterday during a press conference at the site. KUALA LUMPUR: Were the necessary approvals obtained from the National Heritage Department for Tunku Park to house the Warisan Merdeka development project?
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