KUALA LUMPUR: The budget for this year's Federal Territories Day may be less than that of last year's but the celebrations in Kuala Lumpur, Putrajaya and Labuan will be as merry and joyful as ever.

Various programmes have been planned by the Kuala Lumpur City Hall in Kuala Lumpur, Putrajaya Corporation in Putrajaya and Labuan Corporation in Labuan under the coordination of the Federal Territories and Urban Well-being Ministry.

A STORM of controversy is brewing over two development projects in upscale Bangsar. One is a project that has been put on hold by the Federal Territories Ministry following safety concerns by residents.

The other, meanwhile, is causing consternation to residents over its ambitious development plan on a relatively small plot of land.