Dead Fishes By The Thousands 26.10.2007

View YouTube version click here (Thousands Of Dead Fishes In Lake).

Picasa Web Album: Thousands Of Dead Fishes In The Lake

Latest development in Taman Mutiara Puchong has definitely been very interesting. Now I think the we as residents can consider renaming TMP temporarily to Kampung Nelayan Mutiara Puchong as the foul smell eminating from the westside lake due to the thousands of floating dead fish carcasses is reminiscent of a fishing village, well at least for me anyway as I am a avid angler and have frequented many fishing villages thought of course the smell is not as strong I must say as compared with what I am experiencing at this moment as I am blogging this post.

Yes, you are right I am able to smell it from my very own living room approximately 40 house length from where my house is located from the lake. Did we expect this to happen? I do not want to be a real smart arse here but after witnessing so many lorries dumping wastes as well as gossip from neigbours and fellow residents of illegal chemical waste discharge nearby to phase 3A I am incline to state that I did expect this to happen and primarily for logical reasons I am putting forth below:

1. This is not the first instance of dead fishes documented as the first incident was recorded by a fellow resident approximately less than 6 weeks ago, but the number of fishes surfaced at that time was not deemed too excessive though serious enough in nature. Please refer to this article for the very first documented article in the star online of illegal dumping incident prior to this day (Title: "A Lovely Lake Gone To Waste") take note the date published JULY 5th 2007.

2. Dumping of waste after the article was published apparently did not stop as recently documented TV3 Bulletin Utama dated 17th October 2007 clearly showed in daylight and captured/recorded live by the TV3 news crew showing dumping (Bulletin Utama TV3 17.10.2007).

3. Photos posted to the Picasa web album also indicated proof of continious dumping in plain sight of residents and the general public in broad daylight documented on August 22nd 2007.

4. Unrecorded dumping that happened during the night of possibly more toxic wastes? This hypothesis cannot be ruled out because since dumping in broad day light can happen how about during the night? Interesting is it not?

So my point to the local authorities especially the enforcement division of related government agencies with jurisdiction over this area and matter is, how come since July 5th 2007 of the first reported incident of dumping until October 17th 2007 and possibly as recent as October 24th 2007 the day the fishes started dying, allowed the dumping of wastes into the lake to continue? Not enough enforcement officers? Miscommunication? Or just pure ignorance until something serious happens then only act? Sounds familar? Bus operator case? Rape case in shopping centres before compulsory installation of CCTV system? Latest being the ferry incident in Langkawi? What is next?

Imagine more than 3 months passed (90 days) of dumping? How many lorries do you think per day? Let us just assume conservatively a total of 20 lorry load per day for 90 days? How many lorries and type of wastes have already gone in? Imagine 20 X 90 = 1,800 lorry loads, this is conservative as I have seen, it only takes less than 5 minutes per load to be offloaded in the lake with my own eyes and I have seen easily 5 lorries emptying their loads within 20 minutes of me standing at the bank of westlake side in Phase 3A. So you can estimate what should be the actual figure!

I am just dissapointed at the slow pace of our public delivery system by local authorities, not justifiable of a developing nation like Malaysia. Government agencies should work efficiently and effectively to serve the people of this great nation. My only advice is please practice proactive mindset and to look into prevention rather than a cure. I believe I am not the only person to suggest this many in the past have done and even our current PM have reiterated the importance of an efficient and effective public machinery system to serve the "RAKYAT". With pay increases and bonuses for all government officers as well as government servants how come we have to continue to deal with these inefficiencies? I do not expect over night change but come on 90 days and flood for people to take notice? Ridiculous?

What is next? Wait for a minor to fall into the lake and drown before we see more efficiency from relevant authorities? Imagine whose head/s will roll then? Definitely not mine as I have done my part as a responsible "RAKYAT" to make known publicly to the community their rights and to fight for their basic rights as home-owners and to approach the relevant authorities for assistance.

MALAYSIA BOLEH?

This Is What Malton Bhd Meaning Of High Security?

Use your brain, use your brain as what Phua Chu Kang likes to say and I think again I have to add is where was Malton's when designing the said perimeter wall fence? Like one of the comment received by a resident, anyone could have drawn up the design as it requires no brains in doing so.

HALF SECURITY = NO SECURITY

This video is specifically posted to challenge Malton's COO statement of providing high security features for the residents in Taman Mutiara Puchong. Either he is in a world of his own in his mind or he is in denial in his capacity as a COO or he refuses to admit the shortcomings of his project team or his whole organization.

How can such blatant injustice to the residents in Taman Mutiara Puchong be tolerated by the authorities is beyond me.

Perimeter Wall East Side. Easy Access For Intruders.

Please click on this collage to have a better view of the pictures depicting the reason why residents in Taman Mutiara Puchong are not happy with the promise of high level security as mentioned by the COO of Malton Bhd. Do you reckon this is high level security? Any Tom, Dick and Harry willl tell you otherwise except for Malton Bhd.

Failure In Proper Planning Or Do You Think It Is A Cost Cutting Measure?

Dear Fellow Residents,

Ladies and gentleman members of the public, rakyat of Malaysia, friends, Datuk's, Tan Sri's, VIP's and VVIP's in Malaysia I have a favor to ask...merely your kind feedback based on your experiences throughout your life until this very day.

The feedback I seek is merely to understand and ascertain the logic behind the actual design of the said perimeter wall fencing surrounding Taman Mutiara Puchong, as I believe though we are the very 1st "Gated and Guarded" housing development in Puchong, I also believe we have the weakest security amenities and features. The feedback I am hoping to receive to shed some light purely for discussion sake evolves around these couple of questions:-

Q1. At the time of the said drafting of the design and eventually to the submission of the said design of the perimeter wall fencing, person/s whom approved the said design could have actually looked into the said design more thoroughly before approving? Whether the said design enhances security, and safety by being able to effectively deter intruders since Taman Mutiara Puchong is after all a gated and guarded housing development? How come the developer did not use other gated and guarded housing development as a model or example as there were many available in Selangor state?

Q2. Since there is a total of 504 houses built in TMP, how come it did not occur to the developer that there should be a dual lane entry to properly cater for the traffic volume for 504 households not including visitors, delivery personnel, buses, vans, lorries, contractors etc. ?

Q3. Why did the developer erect the said guardhouse at the entrance without properly taking into consideration traffic flow of the roads in the said area especially when the said roads are windy and linking to a light industrial area with heavy transport vehicles frequenting the roads? How come the local council approved the said guardhouse without properly conducting a thorough inspection of the said location? Without taking consideration of traffic flows? Without visitor parking bays?

WHY?WHY?WHY?

504 houses X RM 380,000 - 600,000 = RM 200,000,000 Approximately

What kind of quality did we get? Is it fair? Jusitifiable? Should we just stay quiet? Who is going to help us?

Sinar Harian Article 19th October 2007

Please click on the above article and print to enable easy reading. Readers please kindly inform your friends if they are a member of any other RA in other communities please kindly get in touch with the RA of Taman Mutiara Puchong at tmp_committee@yahoo.com.
We believe that there is a need for the RA of neighbouring communities to form an alliance to better govern and at the same time share resources to collectively have a stronger voice and more avenue to seek justice against errant develepers whom usually believe they are above the law and do not regard its residents seriously when it comes to issues pertaining safety of its residents.

Affirmative Action Paying Dividends When Diplomacy Fails.

Wow.....the last couple of days have been truly interesting and hectic as I have never been involved ever in a live recording by a TV crew on site nor have I seen myself and my fellow neighbours in TV, ever.
Please refer to the link for the impromptu recording by fellow residents of the TV3 news segment in:
1. Bulletin Utama TV3 (17th October 2007)
2. Bulettin Utama TV3 (18th October 2007)
Having said the above it was however the natural course of progression as diplomacy have failed and the RA had no other alternative but to act and to act fast!
To make it very clear to all residents in Taman Mutiara Puchong whether you are aware or not, handover of the responsibilities of managing Taman Mutiara Puchong will ultimately rest on all our shoulders come this 18th January 2008. Come this date the developer will wash their hands clean of whatever responsibilities they have to make good on all their promises whether it is via contractual, verbal or through their A & P materials what so ever.
The RA comprising common people as residents have been seeking the assistance of the developer for the past upteen months via commonly practiced procedures by conducting regular meetings, diligent correspondences as well as teleconversations but the end result has always been laborous and painstaking slow, and worst of all issues that the RA are fighting to get done are always the ones that are logically duty bound by the developer in the first place eg. properly designed drainage that will not overflow, proper termite protection by a trusted contractor, common area amenities like the basketball courts to be properly constructed that is even and without water ponding issues causing cracks and molding, signages at the guardhouse with written house rules, properly constructed entry and exit lanes that will cater and assist in smooth traffic flow for 504 units of residents (Average 5 individuals per household) will easily equal 2,520 residents with at least possibly 1,512 vehicles averaging 3 per household. This is not including visitors, vans, lorries, delivery and contractors coming in and out on a regular basis, proper and sufficient lighting in the common area to enhance overall safety of the residents, road humps in specific locations to discourage speeding and hence preventing fatal accidents, and last but not least the most important of all a properly and reasonably constructed perimeter wall that will deter intruders like other gated and guarded housing development you will be able to find in neigbouring townships within Selangor state.
We as house buyers at the time this project was launched had only the model replica of how the entire project will look like and of course by word of mouth and possibly to associate Malton Bhd with other project like Li Villa in Sec 16, Petaling Jaya, which I have to say at that point in time in year 2005 was recognised as a successful development. Honestly I bought and trusted Malton at that point in time is because of Li Villa. But sadly this is not what the residents in Taman Mutiara Puchong feels today as over the course of our residency since we were handed the keys had to deal with (click this link for a chronicle of pictures by one of our residents from the first day until current of his experience).
How would you feel if you had paid from RM 350,000 to RM 600,000 and above plus renovation costs to own your property in a supposedly gated and guarded housing development that is not delievered the way it should have been delivered? Please refer to previous post in the archive lists for references of all issues brought up, but do take note that the issues brought up goes way back to the very beginning after handing over of the keys. The RA only started this blog in August 2007 with the main objective of transparency and a chronicle of our activities as we foresaw the need to document our fight and plight in the near future.

More Support........Residents Please Come Forth And State Your Case.

Mr. Steven,I just came back fr bangkok on 14th late night n sorry to hear that our community turn into "sea" on13th evening. I would suggest to run a full resident signatory campaign & hand up to our MP and also prepare a memorandum to the housing ministry and request for further action. we just can not let go this irresponsible developer, they just don't care our safety! Therefore, I urge all Fellow Residents,kindly give your full support to our RA committee.

cheers,
Alvin Tan

More Residents Speaking Up!

Dear RA,

Having seen what happened last Saturday, I am very disappointed. The worst is this may just be the begining of bigger problem, when flood water gets into the house! I just want to bring a few points of this issue. The problem may not just be the internal drainage system within the TMP compound. I believe the internal drainage can cater for that sort of rain. I believe the real problem is stormwater can't "get out" of our compound due to the full capacity of the main drain in front of our entrance. When there is heavy downpour, I observe that the main drain will be near its full capacity (but not overflow yet).
Therefore, apart from our "beloved" developer, we still need to get MPSJ / JPS (depends on who is maintaning the main drain) to be involved to resolve this. Potential solution is to find another drainage discharge outlet (apart from the main drain; I can see the "lake" only). However, this will involve a lot of $$ to re-design and re-do the drainage gradient; possibly at Phase 3B. Another root cause is the design platform of TMP is not "high" enough. Useless to talk about it because there is nothing we can do about it now. Obviously, substantial amount of $$ saved on earthwork.

Another sickening sight is our guardhouse and entrance. Frequent beakdown of boom gate, dodgy CCTV (working or not working, I don't know), road barrier (why is it there? this is still a construction site? to stop motorbike????), insufficient road lighting, fast car / motorbike from industrial area, heavy lorry moving in/out from our entrance (dropping earth, dirty & damage the road) etc.
For the boom gate, I think the motor is under-powered. It can't support a long boom. When I visit One Utama, I noticed that their car park boom is the type when it lifts up, it will form an "L" shape (the mid section will fold and held by a tie back to the motor). I guess this will lessen the stress on the motor and less breakdown.

The guardhouse is the "face" of TMP. With the current deteriorating state, I believe our house value will drop. Floor tiles fallen off, dirty, potholes at the entrance etc need to be adressed.

I faced similar issues when I lived in an apartment by a shit developer called T****, and I can understand why it happens. I thought things will get much better when I moved here but doesn't seem worth the $$ paid for.

I hope the RA (with the backing of all residents) can bring all these issues up with the developer, authorities and MP/DUN. Thanks.


Regards,
SK Siauw
13, Jalan TMP 3.

A Resident's Truthful Comment (Two Thumbs Up Mate!)

V said.......
It's time for all residents of Mutiara Puchong to speak up and be heard. Please stand up for your rights as a house buyer. Do not just stand by the side and expect just the few of our outspoken RA committee members to do the work. It doesn't work that way. We need all the support we can get.
Our society has long been nurtured in such a way that most of us do not want to voice opinions or dissatisfaction against anyone for fear of repercussions(e.g. residents who think we can be sued or sent to jail for telling the truth about an irresponsible developer-how preposterous!)
Can we blame our fellow Malaysians. We've all been brainwashed since young to be seen and not to be heard. Teachers told us to be quiet all the time. Don't ask questions till you are asked to speak, they say. It's difficult to discard this type of thinking but we can all try yes? Just because we were lucky this time that the rain stopped in time doesn't mean we'll be spared the next.
It's a small little wake-up call from the great one above for us to sit up and do something before it's too late. Now after the first experience of flood I am sure each time it rains a little too heavily all of us will be worrying and looking out for the first signs of flooding even if it disrupts our sleep in the middle of the night, While i bet our dear Malton Bhd's CEO or COO or whatever O is comfortably snoozing in their well-built houses.(probably not ones built by their own company).
Honestly, I did not expect that when I moved here from Petaling Jaya, I would be moving to a possible flood prone Kampung! Although admittedly, PJ Sect 14 where I grew up was a flood prone area but that was in the 1970s! It's the year 2007 and we've just celebrated our 50th Merdeka. What does that tell you about how much has changed?
We have to make the change to stand up for our rights! Malton has to change! Change for the better! Become a more responsible, caring and far-sighted developer not a short-changing, solely profit-centric one.
October 16, 2007 10:49 AM

More Pictures By TMP Residents Of Flood.......

Flood VClip 3

Flood VClip 2

GREAT HARI RAYA FLOOD IN TMP - V1

Well, well and well......love to utter these words and I believe this is the perfect time to say "I Told You So Malton Bhd". Please click this link to see why? (Pics taken after the flood 14.10.2007)

This is a perfect and classic example of a developer like Malton Bhd not paying heed to the numerous complaints of its residents and this is the end result. This is headline stuff, imagine paying for a RM 380,000 plus home and having to deal with flooding after more than 1 year living in Taman Mutiara Puchong.

This incident was avoidable and definitely could have been prevented by Malton Bhd as the Resident Association have on numerous occasion highlighted the flooding of the backlane drainage as well as the drainage sump filled with sand and not to mention the gradient of the said drains is not optimum for enhancing drainage water flow out of TMP. (Please refer to pevious post as well as photo chronicle and do pay special attention to the dates of the posts, many months ago).

This is a very serious affair and we will make sure all home owners and Malaysians as well as propective home buyers will be informed of the incident as to how to avoid being in the position like residents in TMP as well how better the respective government agencies should govern developers that do not practice proper corporate social responsibility.

This is something we can all learn from and this is a slap in the face to Malton Bhd, as a main board listed company in Malaysia apparently ranked 32nd in the list of top developers in the country to have such an incident in one of its development portfolio. It a shame and it is unacceptable. Believe me this is one of the many issues unresolved and we the RA and all the residents are now even more united and vigilant after this. We will not waver our rights nor will we compromise from now on but instead "DEMAND" that Malton Bhd act now on every single justifiable complaint we have submitted to date and we will not stop in our efforts to lobby all governmental agencies and regulatory body until Taman Mutiara Puchong is the way it was suppose to have been built and delivered to all home owners.

Please advice all your friends and family members to be careful and to do the necessary research before purchasing from any developers. Spread the word let it be known that not all developers are the same and not all can be trusted and depended upon when push comes to shove and when promises made are not honoured.

More Pictures available in Picasa Web Album.

Termites Infestation - Another Victim In TMP (3rd Case)

Below is the email received from a fellow resident pertaining termites infestation which solidify the evidence to date that Antz Sdn Bhd appointed by Malton Bhd our "Beloved" developer has again failed its customers in Taman Mutiara Puchong in providing a level of service that is of acceptable quality as far as a main board listed developer company is concern.
Please refer to the previous posts pertaining the termite menace which all residents should pay special attention to.
To date recorded actual termite cases are No: 79 (Michael Yeoh), No:85 (Steven Poh) and now No: 99 (Andy Collier)...........who will be next??? YOU??? Incidentally all from TMP 6, reason you may ask well we have termite colonies as our neighbours and is it our fault to get these infestations because we renovated our houses? Like I did mention before 9 out of 10 Malaysian home owners will renovate their houses hence why did Antz Sdn Bhd have such a clause in their terms and conditions? Pretty obvious right who the terms and conditions is protecting!!! Imagine getting a certificate of warranty for 5 years and with such a clause for Malaysian home owners, pure "BULLS**T"........absolutely moronic, might as well not give such a warranty in the first place and yes we know this is another ploy to ensure that Malton's marketing arm represented by Interpile Sdn Bhd has a sizzle when they pitch us the benefit and value add when they were selling us the property back then (not to mention "Gated & Guarded" concept) of high security with perimeter fencing with nicely printed A&P materials depicting a housing community which we will be happy living in...........mind you at that point in time we only had a concept and the intangible idea of what it will be like.
To date however reality wise it is not the same as what has been pitched to us and the idea sold at that point in time as compared to the the perimeter fencing we end up having, the single lane entry and exit, the current lack of quality in the boomgate, the poor cctv equipment available and last but not least termite protection that do not actually work.
I believe a lot of residents are telling themselves "Haiyaaaa what to do, the developer so big we already sign deed of mutual covenant.........so what can we do???" Well I do once have the same mentality but alas I have changed since then as I truly believe any misrepresentation as long as justifiable with reasonable grounds is a battle already won, even if Malton Bhd is big or small it makes no difference because "The bigger they are the harder they fall".
Logic and commense sense by the common people will prevail, laws are made and amended through change of governments and globalisation, in the case of Taman Mutiara Puchong we the residents have the power to force Malton Bhd to put their money where their mouth is. Who printed the A&P materials with those pictures in it? Who approved it if they were to say that marketing is a separate entity? Who contracted the subcontractors? I do not have to go that far in proving my point.....just look at the advertising signages they put up in front of Tesco hypermarket and tell me what do you see in the pictures depicting?
Now all the new buntings by the road side leading into TMP promoting free "Viva" cars if you were to purchase a unit of Phase 3B in Taman Mutiara Puchong as a gimmick to attract buyers as a "CARROT".....I wonder if there are so many bunnies out there today, when after all these issues highlighted by residents whom have paid $$$ to buy such a property and have prompted Malton Bhd to help solve to date and some outstanding for more than 8 months are yet to be entertained. FYI to date the perimeter fencing for phase 3A and 3B is still unresolved due to Malton's project team's failure to factor in soil settlement issues, landfill until today is still ongoing and projected target date for completion has been rescheduled 3 times already to date. FYI there are residents already residing in Phase 3A and without a perimeter fence so another breach of contract or misrepresentation?
I believe some credit must be given to the current management team in the maitenance office for resolving issues within their powers to solve, which coincidentally are the ones that is quite trivial eg. notice board (which incidentally was mention in the house rule book provided by Malton), repainting the back boards of the basketball court, to repair lighting in the park, repair lighting at the guardhouse, acquiring new boomgate pole cleaning the common areas, unclogging drain sump etc. Kudos to the individual/s whom are doing their best to assist us residents.
I will continue with another post soon enough to further justify the injustification by Malton in not keeping to their end of the bargain....so stay tuned......cheers!

Note:
I love my home in TMP so if you think I am a crazy blogger for fame sake well think again but honestly I am just a home buyer whom have invested hard earned $$$ and expected more from a developer previously associated with reputable real estate development like Li Villa and Bukit Rimau and currently "The Pavillion". So why the poor quality and finishing we residents in Taman Mutiara Puchong have to endure? Why Malton Bhd is not doing anything about it? Are they too big to be concerned or too well connected to bother about issues brought up by the "RAKYAT". Well.........what do you have to say as fellow residents?

Previous post on termites: Silent Menace (posted in August 2007)

Dear house owners,

Please be aware of the threat of Termites within our community, unfortunately yesterday (1oth October 2007) I have had to call in a pest controller to spray the whole house. Luckily I noticed the Termites fairly quickly and it has been confined to the ground floor but still they have managed to damaged my laminated floor and were starting to move up to the second level. Although we have been issued a certificate from Malton's pest controller for the original treatment (I think a 5 year warranty), the terms and conditions state that the warranty is void if renovations have been carried out. According to the pest controller, the Termites entered the house at the main drainage pipe at the front where there was a gap between the pipe and foundations (funny as I have had no renovations done there - again I question the quality of Maltons appointed vendors). I tend to take this up with Malton as I am pretty sick of their poor workmanship (Water leaks, electrical problems, a gate that took 10 months to fix & now Termites within a year) I come home every night and wonder what will go wrong next!!!. Attached are a few pictures for your reference so please beware. (Pictures to be posted as I have requested from Andy in Jpeg format).

Regards Andy Collier No.99 TMP 6

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