IT was not a case of “moving house”. It was the shifting of a government administration from Kuala Lumpur to Putrajaya.
The brainchild of Dr Mahathir, the idea of a planned city came about due to the increasing traffic congestion in Kuala Lumpur. Bernama, in a report in June 1999, quoted Putrajaya Holdings Sdn Bhd as stating that the funding for the development of Putrajaya stood at RM5bil then with the private sector footing most of it.
“Putrajaya has come a long way. It is no longer merely a ‘government city’ where people come here for official purposes only, ” said The Star’s deputy news editor Mazwin Nik Anis, who has been based in Putrajaya for the past six years.
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