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International
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| 40. |
The development of Malaysia is now
guided by the national agenda and Vision 2020 that envisions Malaysia
as a fully developed country economically, socially, politically and
spiritually by the year 2020. Embodied in this vision is the aspiration
of achieving excellence, glory and distinction. A critical factor
in attaining this vision is the sustenance of rapid economic growth
which is achieved mainly through growth in the export oriented secondary
and tertiary sectors. Malaysian industries must be able to compete
successfully in the global markets through a more effective
application of science and technology as well as a more imaginative
utilisation and marketing of the country’s inherent and acquired
advantages and strengths with respect to natural, human, financial
and cultural resources. |
| 41. |
Kuala Lumpur, being the premier city
of the nation, must contribute strongly to the attainment of the ideal
embodied within Vision 2020 and its aspirations. The development vision
for Kuala Lumpur must therefore be consistent with, and reflect the
underlying principles of Vision 2020 while being appropriate to the
City’s own particular role in the nation’s development. |
| 3.2 |
The
development vision for Kuala Lumpur |
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| 42. |
The vision for Kuala Lumpur that is
consistent with the national vision is: KUALA LUMPUR - A WORLD-CLASS
CITY. |
| 43. |
The vision of ‘A World-Class City’
encapsulates the ambition to make Kuala Lumpur a city that will assume
a major global and subglobal role for the benefit of all its inhabitants,
workers, visitors and investors. |
| 44. |
Kuala Lumpur will strive to establish
the highest quality living, working and business environment benchmarked
against the best in the world. This is necessary if it is to attract
and retain national and international investors as well as skilled
and professional workers, both local and foreign. |
| 45. |
As a world-class city, Kuala Lumpur
must also ensure that the infrastructure, environment, city management
and cultural, social and community facilities meet the highest expectations
of the majority of its residents, workers, visitors and investors. |
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Photo 3.1: Kuala Lumpur, being the premier city of the nation,
must contribute strongly to the attainment of the ideal embodied within
Vision 2020 and its aspiration. |
| 46. |
The four principal constituents of
a worldclass city are a world-class working environment, a world-class
living environment, a world-class business environment and a world-class
governance. |
| 3.2.1 |
A
world-class working environment |
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| 47. |
There should be a wide range in the
choice of jobs and career opportunities together with good training
facilities. Convenient and efficient transportation services offering
minimum commuting time and cost together with good communication services
and infrastructure are important considerations. Workplaces should
be well equipped and provide a pleasant working environment and there
should be well-developed supporting institutions such as libraries
and information services as well as childcare facilities for working
mothers. |
| 3.2.2 |
A
world-class living environment |
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| 48. |
A world-class working environment must
also encompass all the ingredients that make up a world-class living
environment such as good quality housing, adequate, accessible and
high quality facilities and a healthy, safe and lively environment
so that those who work in the City together with their families can
enjoy the best possible standard of living. In addition, City’s
living environment shall be further enhanced by giving emphasis on
cultural heritage, good values as well as promoting active community
interaction at all age and level of community including the teenagers,
youth, aged, disabled and women. |
| 3.2.3 |
A
world-class business environment |
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| 49. |
The availability of skilled personnel
together with high quality, competitively priced office, production
and storage space are amongst the most important considerations for
a world-class business environment. This needs to be supported by
a wide range of auxiliary and ancillary services and industries including
financial and management services, research and professional facilities. |
| 50. |
Excellent and efficient transportation,
communication and information infrastructure links within the City
and to other parts of the country and the rest of the world are essential. |
| 3.2.4 |
A
world-class city governance |
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| 51. |
A world-class city governance is necessary
to ensure that all the ingredients that go to make up a world-class
working, living and business environment are provided, sustained and
continuously upgraded so as to keep pace with the best in the world. |
| 52. |
A world-class city governance is essentially
one oriented towards an efficient and equitable use of available financial,
organisational and human resources. Dedication, innovation, creativity
and integrity are qualities of good governance that ensure the provision
and maintenance of the best possible working, living and business
environments. |
| 53. |
In order to achieve the vision of A
World- Class City, five goals are identified:
Goal 1: To enhance the role of Kuala Lumpur as an international commercial
and financial centre. |
| 54. |
For Kuala Lumpur to become a world-class
city, it must enhance its existing strengths and position itself as
a commercial and financial centre able to compete at a regional and
international level. Kuala Lumpur must also reinforce its status as
the nation’s capital by becoming a major centre for the K-Economy
and taking a lead role in
implementing government policies. |
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Photo 3.2: ...City must enhance its existing strengths and
position itself as a commercial and financial centre able to compete... |
| 55. |
The City leads the nation in the high-end
service industries. To orientate itself globally, these service industries
together with manufacturing industries that are compatible with its
urban status, such as skilled and technology intensive manufacturing
and knowledge-based industries must be developed as important export
industries. |
| 56. |
In addition, Kuala Lumpur must seek
to attract regional headquarters of transnational companies operating
on a global or sub-global scale by promoting itself as a competitive
location in Asia Pacific Region and developing its support services
and infrastructure to a level that is commensurate with the best in
the world.
Goal 2: To create an efficient and equitable city structure. |
| 57. |
For Kuala Lumpur to realise its vision
as A World-Class City, it is important that the commercial and financial
goal is achieved efficiently and also in a manner that benefits all
members of the City’s community. Development must be balanced
in such a way that the overall configuration of land use is optimized
without compromising societal needs or adversely affecting the existing
natural and built environment. |
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Photo 3.3: Development must be balanced … without compromising
societal needs or adversely affecting the existing natural and built
environment. |
| 58. |
Good transportation and other communication
linkages within the City and externally to the rest of the country
and the world are also essential ‘enabling factors’ in the
attainment of Goal 1. Public transportation plays an important part
in the achievement of this goal by enabling greater flexibility and
freedom of movement. Other infrastructure, utilities and facilities
must be equitably distributed to ensure that they are accessible to
all citizens.
Goal 3: To enhance the city living environment. |
| 59. |
The City must be functional, liveable
and impart a sense of community and belonging. In addition, it must
also provide a clean, healthy, safe and caring environment that caters
to the needs of all. The City needs a wide range of employment and
business opportunities, education, training, sufficient quality housing
for all income groups and well designed, easily accessible social,
sports and recreational facilities. It is of great importance to ensure
that the needs of future generations are not compromised by decisions
or developments related solely to present day issues.
Goal 4: To create a distinctive city identity and image. |
| 60. |
In a world where globalisation has
led to certain homogeneity in the appearance and character of major
cities across the world, it is imperative that Kuala Lumpur seeks
to define its own distinctive identity reflective of its tropical
climate and multi ethnic population. This should be manifested in
the built and natural environment and the everyday way of life of
the City’s inhabitants as well as the various forms of cultural
expression. |
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Photo 3.4: ...to define its own distinctive identity reflective
of its tropical climate and multi ethnic population. |
| 61. |
The image of a tropical garden city
is appropriate implying as it does the need to moderate the climate
by providing shade from the sun and shelter from the rain. |
| 62. |
These can be achieved by using a combination
of natural elements such as trees and physical ones such as buildings.
The distinctive way of life in Kuala Lumpur, which stems in part from
the ethnic and cultural diversity of its people and also from the
blending of aspects of those cultures, should be jealously guarded
and given greater emphasis. Culture and the arts shall be enhanced
while buildings and historical areas or architectural values shall
be preserved as heritage and be promoted as tourism products.
Goal 5: To have an efficient and effective governance. |
| 63. |
The importance of good governance is
of central importance in the achievement of the goals, strategies
and policies set out in the Plan. This requires a commitment to the
qualities of good governance as set out in the Habitat Agenda, namely
transparency, responsibility, accountability and the adoption of just,
effective and efficient administrative practices. |
| 64. |
Transparency can be accomplished through
sharing of a common vision, active and meaningful participation of
all stakeholders and the free flow of information. Citizen and customer-oriented
policies need also to be adopted as a means of improving the authority’s
responsiveness to the needs of its citizens. |
| 65. |
Equity and fairness can be achieved
through the distribution of all facilities and services to its citizens
including the disabled, aged, poor, children and women. |
| 66. |
Effectiveness and efficiency are also
key elements of good governance which the authority must improve through
management innovation, capacity building, outsourcing, benchmarking,
human resources development and networking. Processes and institutions
must be reengineered to produce results that meet the needs of the
City and its population while making the best use of resources. |
| 67. |
The vision and goals for Kuala Lumpur
have been formulated with the aim of creating a sustainable city.
City Hall Kuala Lumpur (CHKL) shall ensure that the planning of the
City shall strike a balance between physical, economic, social and
environmental development. Local Agenda 21 shall be adopted to encourage
citizen participation towards creating a sustainable society. This
is in line with government policies of implementing sustainable development
strategies as stipulated in the Habitat Agenda of the Rio Declaration. |
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