Malaysia too hot to cycle in? It is more a mindset, says this Dutch cyclist (NST Online)

On Saturday, NST Online conducted a poll on social media, asking Malaysians whether they were interested in using a new bicycle lane linking the suburbs of Wangsa Maju to the KLCC area which City Hall said would be completed in a year.

A total of 2,400 of our readers answered the poll, and when voting closed, it was revealed that 50.2 per cent said they would not use the bicycle lane, while 49.8 per cent said they were interested.

As the issue unfolded, there were many comments on the articles suggesting why cycling is still not a common practice in Malaysia. Safety and poor infrastructure as well as dangerous drivers and narrow Kuala Lumpur roads were cited as some reasons why Malaysians don’t cycle to work, and why cycling lanes were not suited for Malaysia. Yet, there were other naysayers who said that the Malaysian climate was not conducive to cycling, and any effort would be doomed to fail.

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MBPJ offers waivers for green households (The Star Online)

Petaling Jaya City Council (MBPJ) is the only local council in Asia that provides assessment rebates to homeowners practising green living.

Deputy mayor Johary Anuar said this at the launch of the 2019 Petaling Jaya Homeowners Low Carbon and Green Initiative assessment rebate scheme at the council.

The scheme, which was first introduced in 2011, has in total waived assessment worth RM414,380.48 for 1,240 households in the city up to last year.

Once again this year, the council is calling from entries to participate in the scheme, which ends July 31.

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