Wisma Mega Indah

Liem never gave up hope and finally in 1987, she had the opportunity to meet Mayor Hazel McCallion of Mississauga. Liem seized this opportunity and zealously expressed to Mayor Hazel McCallion the dire need to build a non-profit apartment for the low income residents in Mississauga. The Mayor then introduced Annie to David Culham, then Councillor of Ward 6 and also to Keith Ward, who was the Direc

tor of the Non-Profit Housing Association. From thereon the dream to build a non-profit apartment began to take shape. Although there were many challenges to overcome, the idealistic dream to provide more living opportunities for Mississauga citizens was unyielding. One such challenge was to obtain the necessary zoning requirements (at the time Wisma's ground was not zoned for high rise residence). Fortunately, David Culham stepped in and helped in obtaining the zoning for this project. Many surrounding neighbours in the area opposed to the building of a non-profit apartment in their neighbourhood. The Board of Wisma Mega Indah worked effortlessly to obtain petitions of support and signatures from neighbours in and around the area. Then 4 days meetings were held with the OMB (Ontario Municipal Board) to discuss and satisfy the resident's objections to the project. At the end we were fortunate in obtaining the approval for re-zoning from the OMB. Hence in 1992 Wisma celebrated the Ground Breaking ceremony and obtained its full occupancy for the Wisma Mega Indah building in 1993. Our thanks to the Mayor Hazel McCallion, David Culham, Keith Ward and Kaneff, the builder.