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PETALING JAYA: Urban planning and development should not sideline humanitarian values and the welfare of the people, in line with the Malaysia MADANI concept, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.
He said the efficiency and performance of the Petaling Jaya City Council (MBPJ) should serve as an example in improving urban planning to ensure it is not focused solely on the grandeur of physical structures.
“When we talk about physical and urban planning, we are talking about life, humanity, and matters related to our faith in religion, values and morality.
“Sometimes, we go to work and return home, forgetting that urban development is actually about human development, as well as fostering our faith and morality, so that humanitarian principles remain at the core,” he said.
The Prime Minister was speaking at the opening of World Town Planning Day 2026 and the launch of the Fifth National Physical Plan (RFN5) and Third National Urbanisation Policy (DPN3) here today (Nov 4).
Also present were Housing and Local Government Minister Nga Kor Ming and Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Federal Territories) Hannah Yeoh.
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