KUALA LUMPUR: New Kuala Lumpur mayor Datuk Ahmad Phesal Talibwants to bring Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) closer to the people, especially the city folks, by ensuring they receive the best service.
He gave the assurance that DBKL would respond to all their complaints.
“We also want the society to help us by giving us suggestions on how to improve our services so that we can provide them with the best service,” he told reporters at the DBKL Tower Wednesday.
Ahmad Phesal, who started work as the 10th Kuala Lumpur Mayor Wednesday, was giving a rousing welcome by his staff.
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| Ahmad Phesal Talib being welcome by DBKL Staff. |
The former Federal Territories and Urban Wellbeing secretary-general replaces Tan Sri Ahmad Fuad Ismail, whose term expired last July 15.
Ahmad Phesal said he would focus on town maintenance, like cleanliness, lamp posts, billboards and road maintenance, to provide a better environment and living condition for the people.
He called for cooperation from the media and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to help DBKL to provide the best service for the people.
“We need the assistance of all quarters to serve the people,” he said, adding that Kuala Lumpur had a population of more than 1.6 million people and is expected to increase to four million people by 2020.
To meet the increase in population, he said DBKL had to continuously upgrade its delivery service.
"Kuala Lumpur now ranked 78th among the best cities in the world and we hoped to make it to be among the best 20 cities by 2020," he added.
Ahmad Phesal joined the civil service in 1977 and used to serve at the Economic Planning Unit of the Prime Minister's Department and the Labuan Municipal Council.
He obtained his bachelor's degree in Anthropology and Sociology from University Malaya and then pursued his master's degree in town and regional planning from the University of Wisconsin. - Bernama
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