PUTRAJAYA, Oct 31 — The Urban Renewal Bill (PSB Bill) has received positive feedback from various stakeholders, according to the Department of Town and Country Planning (PLANMalaysia).
It said the encouraging response was recorded throughout the three-day national-level World Town Planning Day (HPBS) and the National Planning Congress (NPC) 2025, which concluded yesterday.
The support came from professional bodies, academics, higher education institutions, residents’ committees, local authorities, government agencies, and organisations involved in urban renewal during a knowledge-sharing session titled ‘Transforming Our Cities for a Better Urban Future’.
The engagement session, attended by over 500 participants, discussed urban renewal based on the current legal framework and concluded that a new legislative framework should be established to guide agencies and stakeholders in implementing urban renewal initiatives.
“PLANMalaysia remains open to receiving input from all parties to further strengthen the content of the PSB Bill before it is tabled in Parliament,” it said in a statement yesterday.
According to PLANMalaysia, the implementation of urban renewal will pave the way for more strategic collaborations with various stakeholders in carrying out development agendas, in line with the establishment of a new, more comprehensive, and effective legal framework.
