The food court and an under-utilised community hall next to it were built by the developer of Apartment Sri Rakyat about 20 years ago and handed over to Kuala Lumpur City Hall on Oct 11, 2003.Kuala Lumpur mayor Datuk Seri Mahadi Che Ngah said although the buildings were built according to specifications and were meant for public use, they were inaccessible.
“That is why it has been abandoned for so long,” said Mahadi in an exclusive interview with StarMetro.He said DBKL was looking at repurposing the food court and studying the best options for both buildings which are on government land. StarMetro published a frontpage report on the issue with the headline, “Food court left to rot” on July 19, 2022.Following complaints from the Apartment Sri Rakyat management corporation , the food court was given a makeover in 2013 by the developer, Bukit Jalil Development Sdn Bhd.
Mahadi said DBKL’s architect would come up with a plan for the food court site, including detailed drawings as well as finding an alternative route so that the building would be accessible to the public.“All this will take time and I hope the community will be patient,” he said.Once ready, DBKL would manage the place but if there was a request from the Apartment Sri Rakyat MC, Mahadi said the authority could consider it.
“The road gets so congested that it takes an hour just to get into my unit nearby,’’ said Tracy Tan, a resident of Jalil Damai Apartments located across the road. Agnes Chan from Jalil Damai Apartment said she hoped DBKL would build a public park at the site of the food court and community hall.
Demolish the road side shops ler DBKL very funny ler u mind boggling one shop has even Aircond installed 🤣🤣 and the stalls are empty used for workshop ..