State housing, local government and tourism committee chairman Nolee Ashilin Mohamed Radzi said the special area plan (RKK) for the heritage town includes various developments in areas such as lake gardens, heritage sites and markets.

“Among the planned and ongoing facelift projects are the Taiping Market, Kamunting Lake Gardens and Taiping Royal Lake Gardens.

“The RKK reforms also comprise age-friendly terms as an urban component in line with the Sustainable Development Goals,” she said after launching the Taiping Survey and witnessing the exchange of a memorandum of understanding between MPT and Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) today.

Nolee said Taiping has been chosen for the age-friendly city pilot project based on the standards set by the World Health Organisation (WHO).