Ingenieur Vol.72 ingenieur October 2017-FA3 | Page 82

INGENIEUR Circular Road Flats, Kuala Lumpur 1954 By Cheo Hong Keyong In the 1950s, the Municipal Council of Kuala Lumpur (now Dewan Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur) was active in development projects and began building low cost housing to solve squatter problems which were prevalent then. A Public Works Department (PWD) engineer giving instructions to a PWD operator on the preparation of a site at Circular Road (Jalan Tun Abdul Razak), Kuala Lumpur for the construction of flats to resettle squatters. Source : Jabatan Penerangan Malaysia Present view of the area around Jalan Tun Abdul Razak with the flats in the background. 6 80 VOL 2017 VOL 72 55 OCTOBER-DECEMBER JUNE 2013