This advice came from Kelana Jaya MP Loh Seng Kok after a meeting with some 30 residents at Sri Kuala Lumpur school in SS15 here last night.

The meeting was held to discuss measures to preserve the park. The residents have been protesting against the move by a developer to turn a portion of the 30-hectare park in SS15 into a theme park, comprising a paint ball field, a go-kart circuit, a fishing lake, a futsal centre and a restaurant.

They claimed they were cheated by the developer who had marked Subang Ria as recreational park in the brochure when they purchased their houses.

They are also appealing for the park to be gazetted as a green lung, failing which residents fear they would soon have to pay to be able to enjoy the fresh air and beauty.

Loh, accompanied by a lawyer Derek J. Fernandez, said residents should look into legal remedy if they feel cheated by the developer.

On the residents' request for the park to be gazetted as a green lung, he said the matter lies in the hands of the Selangor Government.

He said that in principle, residents should not be denied their right for an open space or recreational park promised to them by the developer.

Fernandez, meanwhile, said residents should get legal advice to determine their right to the park. "If, it is a fact that the park has been promised as a public recreational park, then they have the right to demand that the land be preserved as one," he said.

He added the residents must ascertain as to how a title could be issued for the land if it is a public recreational park.

Residents' representative, Ching Eng Keat, 67, said he would arrange a special meeting with residents to discuss Loh's advice.

During the meeting, residents agreed to form a pro-tem residents' association to lobby for the park to be gazetted as a green lung by the State Government. Council.