{"id":6619,"date":"2010-06-21T14:38:51","date_gmt":"2010-06-21T06:38:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/others\/2010\/06\/21\/pudu-prison-wall-story\/"},"modified":"2010-06-21T14:38:51","modified_gmt":"2010-06-21T06:38:51","slug":"pudu-prison-wall-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/borninmalaysia\/2010\/06\/21\/pudu-prison-wall-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Pudu prison wall story"},"content":{"rendered":"

Just days ago, the reason given for demolishment of the Pudu prison wall was “road widening and underpass construction<\/a>” :<\/p>\n

The 300m stretch of the Pudu Prison wall along Jalan Pudu will be demolished on June 20-23 to make way for road widening and the construction of an underpass. <\/p>\n

Kuala Lumpur Mayor Datuk Ahmad Fuad Ismail said the construction of the underpass gave priority to road users although it involved a national treasure.<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery day we face problems because of this wall, getting to the office late, so this is just a matter of which one is the priority to us and the government,\u201d he said Thursday.<\/p>\n

The underpass will be an alternative route linking Jalan Pudu to Cheras will reduce congestion at Jalan Hang Tuah.<\/p>\n

Construction will be carried out in stages and the project is expected to be completed in December 2012. Bernama<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Today, we are hit with this news<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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The Pudu jail, which 394m wall will be demolished tonight, will be re-developed in stages ove a period of 10 years beginning next year. <\/p>\n

Deputy Finance Minister Senator Datuk Awang Adek Hussein.<\/p>\n

He said UDA (Urban Development AUthority) will carry out the re-development, comprising 40% residential area and 60% commercial units, including hotels.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Do you smell something?<\/p>\n

If the wall has heritage value, why not just dismantle it and move it elsewhere. Or even retain a small section for old times sake? Surely there are experts in excavation and conservation who can help out, albeit for certain consultation fees. We Malaysian just love consultants \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Just days ago, the reason given for demolishment of the Pudu prison wall was “road widening and underpass construction” : The 300m stretch of the Pudu Prison wall along Jalan Pudu will be demolished on June 20-23 to make way for road widening and the construction of an underpass. Kuala Lumpur Mayor Datuk Ahmad Fuad […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[230],"class_list":["post-6619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-borninmalaysia","tag-kl"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6619","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6619"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6619\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}