Federal Territories Minister Tan Sri Annuar Musa said the local authority would consider several suggestions and hoped to find other ways to finance the project instead of relying on government funds.
“Perhaps the new market can also be fitted with green technology cleaning systems as well as efficient cold rooms, ” he said after visiting the Pasar Borong Kuala Lumpur in Jalan Ipoh to check on the progress of its transformation project. “However, there are still illegal immigrants and refugees trading outside the market and this needs to be checked.
“Priority will be given to those renting at other places and who come from far away, ” he said, adding that the hostel was being built to encourage locals to take up jobs at the wholesale market.