KUALA LUMPUR, July 28 -- The Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) has allocated a total of RM2.59 million to carry out maintenance and upgrading works at the Seri Pantai People's Housing Programme (PPR).

PPR Seri Pantai, which began operating in 1998, has 936 housing units, including 615 rental units and 321 owner-occupied units.

The project forms part of the federal government's RM300 million allocation to refurbish and maintain public housing (PA) and People's Housing Programme or Program Perumahan Rakyat (PPR) schemes managed by DBKL across Kuala Lumpur.

Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Federal Territories) Hannah Yeoh, during a site inspection today said DBKL aims to complete all upgrading works by the end of the year, focusin...