They are taking away my Chan Ah Tong |
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Wednesday, 02 June 2010 09:18 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
"Federal Territories and Urban Well-being Minister Datuk Raja Nong Chik Raja Zainal said the cabinet had decided to give Malaysian Resources Corporation Berhad (MRCB) the land two months ago and that the company had submitted a proposal for commercial development to the federal government...
Raja Nong Chik said there was a possibility that the government quarters would be torn down. However, the Chan Ah Tong field, which is gazetted as a green area, will be preserved. he said." Outrageous, says JAYANATH APPUDURAI
THE breaking news hit me like a thunder-bolt. The Brickfields I grew up in was going to change forever. They are going to demolish the 95 years old ‘Hundred Quarters’ – home to families of public servants since 1915. Worse, they are going to desecrate our Chan Ah Tong field. This was our small plot on Earth we called our own. ‘Ex- Brickfielders’ will regale you with happy tales of games played and replayed on our revered patch of earth. Football, cricket, “rounders”, “chopping”, “kaundah kaunte”; and the list goes on... Many a national sportsman learned and honed his skills at Chan Ah Tong. Importantly, the carefree and indomitable human spirit was nurtured here for generations. Now it looks like this. No matter - true to the spirit of the generations before them, these ‘warriors’ were fighting a rear-guard battle to protect the yet untouched piece of our beloved Chan Ah Tong! Perhaps, the ‘vultures’ will take a leaf from our young warriors, and spare the century-old trees that have provided natural canopy cover for generations of happy-go-lucky children.
Multi-storey car parks and hawker centres have their utility, but the beauty endowed by Mother Nature is simply irreplaceable. We hope the folks at MRCB get the message. We can only pray that good sense prevails and some part of Chan Ah Tong will be preserved for posterity.
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 02 June 2010 10:16 |