Headline Lush quality of life MediaTitle The Star Date 25 Jan 2016 Color Full Color Section Metro Circulation 338,368 Page No 1,3 Readership 1,032,000 Language English ArticleSize 770 cm² Journalist EDWARD RAJENDRA AdValue RM 25,585 Frequency Daily PR Value RM 76,755 Lush quality of life Urban forestation projects in Selangor aim to create more green lungs for a balanced environment. >3 RM40mil urban forest in Shah Alam Putra Heights in Subangjaya also to have its own recreational park By EDWARD RAJENDRA and KATHLEEN MICHAEL
[email protected] URBAN forests connect us to Section 13, Shah Alam, for the Programme m Shah Alam. nature, providing a balance urban forest. He said the gazetted land was a between development and envi "Discussions have begun to short distance from the Raja Tun ronment conservation. bring in the right people with the Uda Library in Jalan Kelab Golf City folk will be glad to see knowhow on urban forestation. 13/6. more and more parts of the Klang "Allocations to finance the pro The Selangor government has Valley getting a green makeover ject have been given under the allocated RM40mil for the project, in the form of urban forests and 2015 and 2016 Budget. We envis which will be carried out in phas lush recreational parks. age a forest in three years from es. The latest additions are a 16.3ha now. Also at the event was Tourism, urban forest in Shah Alam and a "People will be spending time to Environment, Green Technology 3.23ha recreational park in relax, having a picnic with their and Consumerism Committee Subangjaya.