This is the mantra we should all chant to maintain the highest state of alertness in avoiding a catastrophe, incident, accident and etc. All it takes is a little effort to ensure that a preventive measure has been put into place and this will help you avoid one of the negative factors which could affect your life (family members) and in some instances change it even.
Please do your part to ensure that the safety of your home and your family members comes first, as the world economy is ailing and more people lose their jobs and livelihood, many will turn into crime to make a living and to survive. With this said it is also time for us to be aware that such environment will lead to more crime and thus escalating crime rates throughout the country. This is already evident when you read the news in the papers, news on tv and even online.
Do your part by ensuring that the perimeter of your house is well lit after dark and that sensor lights at the back is turned on. Although we are living in a gated and guarded environment, preventive measures are still necessary as people who resort to criminal activities are those that have nothing to lose or desperate even.
Please recap by reading all the previous blog post pertaining security and safety and do your best to prevent and be the obstacle to any potential criminal act.
Remember only 2 types of people that are not concerned about safety and security:
1) people who are insane and
2) criminals
The above was mentioned to me in one of the security prevention seminar I attended.
COMMUNITY POLICING IS EVERY RESIDENTS RESPONSIBILITY!
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Safety campaign launched in SS19/1
By THO XIN YI
JUST as SS19/1 Residents Association (RA) pro tem committee member Zulkifli Abdullah was taking over the microphone at the launch of the area’s safety campaign, the siren of a nearby police car blared.
More than 200 residents attending the ceremony, which was held at a playground, craned their necks to see what was happening while two patrol cars cornered two men on a motorcycle.
The uniformed police officers jumped out of their vehicles and caught the “snatch thieves” red-handed.
Well done: Yeoh (right) presenting a letter of appreciation and a RM100 shopping voucher to WPC Adibah Abdul Hamid (left), who was part of the team that captured two armed robbery suspects recently. Looking on is Ariffin.
READ MORE......
After having read the said article above, all I can say is that aren't we all lucky in TMP. Especially when so much have been done for the sake of security and safety and with tremendous preventive foresight by the RA committee memmbers.
I sincerely hope to see more residents having a more thankful attitude towards the RA and sincerely appreciate the amount of effort put into safeguarding the community by improving it tremendously after the developer refuse to manage it and handed the said responsibility to the RA (2 weeks shy of the handover period) approximately 1 year ago.
Remember folks, the RA consists of residents volunteering to serve the community but in actual fact the responsibility lies with all the residents in any one community to equally be socially responsible.
Let us not take things for granted but to appreciate and also make time to be a part of a community that continues to be proactive and with initiative to carry out activities and enhancement for the betterment of all.
JUST as SS19/1 Residents Association (RA) pro tem committee member Zulkifli Abdullah was taking over the microphone at the launch of the area’s safety campaign, the siren of a nearby police car blared.
More than 200 residents attending the ceremony, which was held at a playground, craned their necks to see what was happening while two patrol cars cornered two men on a motorcycle.
The uniformed police officers jumped out of their vehicles and caught the “snatch thieves” red-handed.
Well done: Yeoh (right) presenting a letter of appreciation and a RM100 shopping voucher to WPC Adibah Abdul Hamid (left), who was part of the team that captured two armed robbery suspects recently. Looking on is Ariffin.
READ MORE......
After having read the said article above, all I can say is that aren't we all lucky in TMP. Especially when so much have been done for the sake of security and safety and with tremendous preventive foresight by the RA committee memmbers.
I sincerely hope to see more residents having a more thankful attitude towards the RA and sincerely appreciate the amount of effort put into safeguarding the community by improving it tremendously after the developer refuse to manage it and handed the said responsibility to the RA (2 weeks shy of the handover period) approximately 1 year ago.
Remember folks, the RA consists of residents volunteering to serve the community but in actual fact the responsibility lies with all the residents in any one community to equally be socially responsible.
Let us not take things for granted but to appreciate and also make time to be a part of a community that continues to be proactive and with initiative to carry out activities and enhancement for the betterment of all.
Saturday, February 28, 2009
Smile, you're caught
By Teoh El Sen February 27, 2009 Categories: News
Hey lady, smile — we got you! Aren’t you the same woman who has been breaking into homes with your two male accomplices?
You three foreigners are now burglars caught in the act, thanks to an alert neighbour who has a video recording and photographs of your botched burglary in Puchong at 11.30am on Tuesday.
The video footage and photographs of your attempt to burgle the home of businessman Ricky Boey in Bandar Kinrara have been handed to the police.
The neighbour, a car mechanic who wished to be identified only as Hon, 40, got a clear shot of you in the car while you were making your getaway, empty-handed.
Shots of your accomplice escaping through the rubbish chute after Hon confronted him are also there for all to see.
The only thing we don’t know is whether you are all from the Middle East or Latin America, but you resemble the latter.
It all started when Hon and his wife were tutoring their daughter and the neighbour’s two dogs began barking.
From his window, Hon saw you, dressed in white, calling out for his neighbour.
You then hurled bits of food for the dogs that went silent immediately.
He was shocked when you, quite the agile one, climbed over the gate and unlocked the rubbish chute to let your accomplice in. Your other accomplice stayed in the car.
That’s when Hon began recording your crime.
Your accomplice who crawled in had a spanner and screwdriver in his back pocket.
You, in the meantime, went outside to keep a lookout.
You were looking the wrong way: You didn’t expect Hon, did you? At the porch, Hon confronted your accomplice who had managed to break the main door hinge.
He fled through the chute and to your now moving getaway car. Hon gave chase, grabbed a stick and hit your fleeing accomplice.
But he managed to get in — and you thought you made a clean getaway.
Too late idiots, you were all in a Toyota Wish MPV bearing the number WSB 3943, obviously rented or stolen
Hey lady, smile — we got you! Aren’t you the same woman who has been breaking into homes with your two male accomplices?
You three foreigners are now burglars caught in the act, thanks to an alert neighbour who has a video recording and photographs of your botched burglary in Puchong at 11.30am on Tuesday.
The video footage and photographs of your attempt to burgle the home of businessman Ricky Boey in Bandar Kinrara have been handed to the police.
The neighbour, a car mechanic who wished to be identified only as Hon, 40, got a clear shot of you in the car while you were making your getaway, empty-handed.
Shots of your accomplice escaping through the rubbish chute after Hon confronted him are also there for all to see.
The only thing we don’t know is whether you are all from the Middle East or Latin America, but you resemble the latter.
It all started when Hon and his wife were tutoring their daughter and the neighbour’s two dogs began barking.
From his window, Hon saw you, dressed in white, calling out for his neighbour.
You then hurled bits of food for the dogs that went silent immediately.
He was shocked when you, quite the agile one, climbed over the gate and unlocked the rubbish chute to let your accomplice in. Your other accomplice stayed in the car.
That’s when Hon began recording your crime.
Your accomplice who crawled in had a spanner and screwdriver in his back pocket.
You, in the meantime, went outside to keep a lookout.
You were looking the wrong way: You didn’t expect Hon, did you? At the porch, Hon confronted your accomplice who had managed to break the main door hinge.
He fled through the chute and to your now moving getaway car. Hon gave chase, grabbed a stick and hit your fleeing accomplice.
But he managed to get in — and you thought you made a clean getaway.
Too late idiots, you were all in a Toyota Wish MPV bearing the number WSB 3943, obviously rented or stolen
Monday, February 16, 2009
Why You Should Join A Residents Association In Your Area!
Here are a list of reasons with the main underlying objectives of protection and insurance as a home owner against unscrupulous developers, inefficient public service by local authorities and etc. etc. REASONS.......
Last line of defence for any home owners where all else have failed is through the voice of the Residents Association, where it is a legitimate entity to represent residents from a particular community.
More can be done by organising media coverage of a specific issue to highlight to the public and to raise certain concerns more effectively as evident and reflected in the articles below:
MPSJ orders developer to rectify problem at Taman Mutiara Puchong
Erosion at Puchong pond getting worse
Lake now the pride of Puchong folk
Residents take initiative to plant trees
If you are yet to have a residents association in your community and in need of setting one up kindly get in touch with the ROS (Jabatan Pendaftaran Pertubuhan Malaysia) for the guidelines.
It takes committment and sacrifice to start and to get the ball rolling but for peace of mind and empowerment to have more avenues to resolve community related issues this is the best way to go.
Last line of defence for any home owners where all else have failed is through the voice of the Residents Association, where it is a legitimate entity to represent residents from a particular community.
More can be done by organising media coverage of a specific issue to highlight to the public and to raise certain concerns more effectively as evident and reflected in the articles below:
MPSJ orders developer to rectify problem at Taman Mutiara Puchong
Erosion at Puchong pond getting worse
Lake now the pride of Puchong folk
Residents take initiative to plant trees
If you are yet to have a residents association in your community and in need of setting one up kindly get in touch with the ROS (Jabatan Pendaftaran Pertubuhan Malaysia) for the guidelines.
It takes committment and sacrifice to start and to get the ball rolling but for peace of mind and empowerment to have more avenues to resolve community related issues this is the best way to go.
Friday, February 13, 2009
Herculean task to check crime in Selangor
By LOURDES CHARLES
SELANGOR police chief Deputy Comm Datuk Khalid Abu Bakar (pic) has a big task ensuring that crime in the state is kept in check, while bearing with public criticism over rising crime.
The state’s police strength is only 10,000 personnel members and given the state’s population of eight million this means one policeman has to protect 800 people.
Q: House break-ins, car-jackings, snatch thefts and other robberies are on the rise. People are extremely worried. How do you plan to combat such crimes?
A: We recently formed several task forces to tackle the three most feared crimes: wayside robberies, car-jackings and house break-ins.
Every district has its own task force and when crime occurs in one district the task forces in all districts will be mobilised to search for the suspects. That is why we have arrested or eliminated quite a number of armed house break-ins, car-jackings and wayside robbery gangs during confrontations and shootouts.
We have had a good measure of success for January and the beginning of February as far as these three crimes are concerned.
In fact, the crime rate for January and the first two weeks of February for all three crimes is down by 13% compared with the corresponding period last year.
We will continue to further reduce crime.
Q: How serious is the gangster problem in Selangor and how cooperative are victims or the public in providing information about these gangs?
A: We have identified several Chinese, Indian and Malay gangs operating in Kajang, Klang, Puchong and Gombak. We recently arrested several of their leaders under the Emergency Ordinance. They are now serving time in several detention centres.
We hope the public can continue to give us more information so that we can rid the state of these bad hats. The public should not be afraid of retaliation. They can SMS me or call me with information on any form of crime. I assure them I will personally look into the matter.
READ MORE......
My initial reaction after reading the above article when I first stumble upon it going through the paper is......crime is rising? You must understand why my initial reaction is more of a suprise rather than being alarmed as one would naturally be.
My initial reaction can be partly attributed to the fact that I am enjoying the benefits of living in a gated and guarded housing community and therefore having the privilege of being more protected and shielded as oppose to others. It is already a proven fact statistically though I do not have the actual numbers to show but with reference to a couple of articles in the past which I have read, there is indeed a mention about low crime rate in gated and guarded community or zero crime rate.
I am one of the more lucky individuals as I am blessed with the fact that where I live, I am able to boast about a record of minimal crime up until now since late 2006...apart from some undergarments being stolen by construction workers in the early years(1 case) and a house or 2 being used as hostel or accomodation for foreigners engaging in illegal activities in the most recent incident a couple months back (2 cases).
In actual fact it should be classified as zero crime since those mentioned above are petty one off incidents and in fact were quickly reported and measures taken almost immediately to prevent reoccurence.
In Taman Mutiara Puchong I am proud to say that the RA have painstakingly taken the time and effort to ensure that safety and security is the top priority from day one with the implementation of the following to date:
1) compelled developer to erect the barb-wire fencing throughout the perimeter wall fencing enclosing the entire TMP (this took more than a year of correspondences)
2) compelled the developer to replace faulty boom gate to ensure that that the security is not compromise by having an entry point without a functioning boom gate or one that is always open to all.
3) weather sheltered guard post as opposed to the umbrella system in the past, whenever there is downpour or a hot sunny day the guards will disperse to seek shelter in nearby vacant units closest to their posts.
4) floodlights in the park installed generously by MPSJ after many applications and pursuasion, the reason is because such floodlights in actual fact should have been installed by the developer but otherwise due to reasons only known to them. The park area since have become brighter and thus providing a safer environment as oppose to before being pitch black.
5) floodlight opposite the bio waste management depo opposite the nursery was installed by MPSJ after the RA send in the application to highlight the danger of the junction it poses to motor vehicles and pedestrians.
6) speed breakers outside MBF printing and TMP also installed after application to MPSJ to report danger of the curve and speeding vehicles around the bend posing a serious danger to the residents exiting from TMP onto the main road leading outto LDP.
7) close monitoring of the security vendor SOP and on many occasions replacing the said vendor when security management standards do not meet the SOP stipulated by RA. Current security vendor is the best to date (after changing vendors 5X) and the most proactive as they are willing to take criticism constructively and to improve immediately which to date have proven to be a great asset to the community.
8) barring of access cards of defaulters to ensure tighter access control to prevent any loopholes or misuse of the access cards by outsiders. The assumption here is that if you are a resident security will be a priority unless otherwise, so resident owners whould always place great emphasis on keeping their accounts updated.
9) speed breakers constructed most recently (Feb'09) to discourage speeding within the community compound with the upmost priority to protect children bicycling and crossing the roads to the park area.
Upcoming initiatives planned....
1) Dual lane entry to ease congestion and queuing time for residents gaining entry by allowing segration of visitors and properly assigned and allocated parking bays for visitors. Such an initiative will also assist in increasing the security level as visitors vetting can be done more efficiently and effectively with a dedicated entry lane just for them coupled with the properly allocated parking bays for them to park and to register at the guardhouse before gaining entry like any other gated and guarded community (closest example YTL LakeEdge)
- proposed plan above submitted to MPSJ more than a year ago but delay is due to the fact that the R & D - road and drainage of the entire TMP are yet to be handed over to MPSJ by the developer hence the limbo.
2) Additional 2-3 CCTV cameras to cover the corners of the perimeter wall, but the said CCTV system initially installed by the developer needs to be upgraded properly to facilitate additional cameras, the other complication is the electrical points which are needed to complete installation which is not provided for. Looking into the possibility of going wireless but only if affordable and justifiable.
3) Additional street lighting for TMP dark spots.
4) Lighting for each of the sheltered guard post.
With all of the above initiatives implemented and more planned, I am just happy to be staying where I am and rather than take things for granted I choose to take it as a privilege and to be a part of a community that is well managed and preserved for the betterment of all in it.
Kudos to all of my neighbours whom have served so well and unselfishly voluntarily to make TMP a safer and more secure community. Be thankful that in TMP we are not as exposed as others in Puchong or other parts of Selangor.
Note: Please do more to put in place preventive measures in your own home although we are in a gated and guarded environment.
Saturday, February 7, 2009
Stop the World, I want to end the woes
Please click on the image above to enlarge to enable proper reading of the said article extracted from The Star as dated.
After such a long hiatus of not posting any new material in this blog in regards to the happenings in Taman Mutiara Puchong due to various reasons from increased work committments, community service and others I felt that the time is now very appropriate to manage some comments as per the article as it specifically struck a particular nerve which in my capacity as a concerned resident feel passionately about.
What is he rambling on one might ponder? Well after reading the above article you will come to a couple of conclusion but I will leave it to each individuals interpretation of the said article, however in this post I would like to just mention the interpetation I would like to focus on which boils down to the gathering of a group of dedicated individuals following a common objective to ensure the rights of all property owners is protected and not taken advantage of by anyone in specific reference to developer as well as individual house owners whom have very little regard to moral obligation and social responsibility to safeguard the lifestyle and continuity of the concept of a "Gated and Guarded" community which each and every unit owner bought into the day they signed the S & P as well as the DMC.
These are the specific highlights of the points made in the said article:
1) Authorities do not place emphasis on their moral and social obligations as their first priority in serving the people whom have put their trust in them; they are usually more concern about serving their own agenda first which usually involves enriching themselves as per the reference in the article to political alignment of the recent debacle in a nothern state in Malaysia.
2) Direct quote from the article, "What's interesting about all these crises is how people respond to them. Some will take one or two causes and do what they can for them. Others will simply turn their minds off such issues and deal only with what affects them personally. Still others will take up certain issues and then demand that someone else does something about them. This last trait seems to be a common one among our people."
"We have become used to expecting others to take care of things that we don't realise any more how we disempower ourselves."
I am relating to point number one to the developer attitude, which to date is yet to handover the R & D (Road and Drainage) of the entire Taman Mutiara Puchong, the park area (which explains why many aduan submitted to MPSJ in regards to the maintenance of the park facilities have not been acted on to date eventhough the said aduan submitted to them more than 2 months back), and lastly Phase 3. The other shocking thing is all the previous correspondences to the said developer pertaining specific "Handover" enquiry are usually met positively of either it has been handed over or in the process and will be handed over "soon".
Please refer to another article in The Star dated 6th February 2009 as published in this blog for more: ARTICLE STAR
Second point made earlier is in reference to some residents/owners in Taman Mutiara Puchong as per the quoted exerpt. To make it short and simple, the message I am sending in this post is that all resident owners and unit owners who owns a unit in Taman Mutiara Puchong has a specific personal ineterest and moral obligation as a stakeholder in the community to maintain the peace and harmony, safeguard the interest as a property owner by ensuring adequate funding for all the facilities and upkeep of the entire community compound, promote tolerance and mutual cooperation to uphold all the terms and conditions stipulated in the Deed Of Mutual Covenant to ensure sustainability of such a community for all to enjoy especially the young future generations to come.
With this in mind it is a compulsory responsibility of all unit owners to support and be a member of the Residents Association to ensure adequate and fair representation and most importantly a large pool of members to ensure stability and continuity in properly replacing candidates of the steering committee members as the term of each committee comes to an end. Most importantly a bigger support base via large membership will allow for greater voice and solidarity to bring a certain particular issue to the attention of the relevant party/authority to enable quick and efficient resolution. Stronger voice by a majority group always work wonders and can move mountains (obtacles).
The Residents Association's wish is to see more support through such a membership drive as it is gearing up to increase and enlarge its support base to help achieve many of the community development and enhancement objectives, "One Voice One Community".
The actual membership drive will take place come this 15th March 2009 (during the scheduled AGM 2009). The said AGM 2009 will also include a petition drive (signature drive) to compel the said developer in handing over to the residents the Road & Drainage of the entire TMP, the park and phase 3 in a stipulated time reasonably set.
Such a move is necessary as too many enhancement plans such as dual lane entry, additional street lighting, upgrading of the park facilities and maintenance of it have all been delayed and hampered by the "HANDOVER" limbo.
Point to note here is that MPSJ will not accept handover unless all criterias are met eg. the drainage system must be effective and not cause water retention and flooding, soil erosion problem rectified etc. We are lauding MPSJ stance on this as we do not want the developer to hand over to us a drainage system that can be clogged easily and flooded everytime a heavy downpour occurs and same said for the park area which is usually in knee deep high of water causing damage to the courts and water ponding throughout. However having said that we want the handover stalemate resolved soonest possible.
REMINDER: All unit owners responsibility is to be a part of the RA and must make it a compulsory obligation to support as it is the right thing to do, to share the responsibility of caring and managing the community collectively. This responsibility should not only befall a handful of socially responsible individuals.
NOTE: Service fee may I remind all is to ensure sustainable funding to upkeep and enhancing all the necessary in the community: security services, boomgate system/repair and maintenance, fogging, management services, perimeter wall fencing/repair and maintenance - paint and repair/rust, sweepers, roads humps, shelterd guardposts, upgrading of CCTV system, additional CCTV cameras.
NOTE: Expenses incurred by the RA for all the notices sent via flyers and banners for all the previous events etc are separate costs and were all borne by committee members donations as well as donations from residents plus others (ADUN and corporate sponsors). This includes all the office equipments sponsored i.e. computers, furniture, copier, fax machine etc by committee members.
I know I have mentioned all of this before but I believe a constant reminder is necessary to enable the realistic expectation of all the residents in Taman Mutiara Puchong that the current committee members are all volunteers and hence are not obligated to anyone but themselves as concerned and responsible residents in safeguarding their property and lifestyle in the community. We all want the same thing but we need more people to come forward to help, not just complain when there is a problem but not even lifting a single finger to assist in looking for a solution. Contribute by action do not say you are working and have no time, we are all working people too and money do not grow on trees for all of us. Community service is a social responsibility to be shared by all in the community, imagine what can be accomplished if every individual in every household in TMP contribute just 1 hour to community service eg. picking up litter in the park or surrounding area when walking about, keeping your households free of water catchment to prevent mosquito breeding, keeping your front and backyards neat, putting your litter properly enclosed in bins or plactic bags and many more other activities.
All of the above concerns a certain level of common sense, so use it to come up with ways to help and assist in making TMP an even better place or the best place to call home in Puchong. Do you feel safe in TMP? Zero crime since 2006 FYI second to none other than YTL Lake Edge, but take note their service fee is at RM 300-350 p/month. 3X more.......and yet we have residents complaining and defaulting on just RM 100!
MPSJ orders developer to rectify problem at Taman Mutiara Puchong
By THO XIN YI
CHANNELLING the rain water into the lake is not the proper way to resolve the soil erosion problem at bank of the lake near Taman Mutiara Puchong, according to Subang Jaya Municipal Council (MPSJ) engineering department deputy director Adnan Derahman.
“There should be no outlet discharging water into the lake. It is an offence under the law and it will also further induce the soil erosion problem,” he said.
Adnan said this during a meeting of the MPSJ with residents of Taman Mutiara Puchong and nearby housing estates and the developers of the housing projects around the lake.
Worsening condition: A file picture of the lake taken recently.
MPSJ deputy president Mohamad Yusoff Ghazali chaired the meeting held at the MPSJ complex in Subang Jaya on Wednesday.
The soil erosion problem was first highlighted in StarMetro in July last year.
The developer’s company was featured in another news report on Jan 6 this year that the problem was caused by rain water flowing from the landscaped area into the lake.
The company has proposed to collect the water into a sump and then channel the water through pipes directly into the pond.
The residents have confirmed that the company has installed the pipes but they want the council to come out with a permanent solution to the problem.
In response, Adnan instructed the company to cover up the drains at the landscaped area.
“The level of the land should be raised so that the water will flow in an opposite direction, instead of flowing into the lake and worsen the soil erosion problem,” he said.
The residents, however, expressed concern that flooding would occur should the water flow into the residential area.
“Due to clogged drains, flood happens during downpours and the water covers up the roads and back lanes,” resident Michael Yeoh said.
Yeoh is the Taman Mutiara Puchong residents’ association assistant secretary and JKP Zone 9 vice-chairman.
Adnan then told the company to clean up the drainage system, giving it three days to submit its work programme to the MPSJ and a further 14 days to rectify the soil erosion problem. During the meeting, it was also revealed that the third phase of the housing project in Taman Mutiara Puchong has yet to be handed over to the MPSJ.
Adnan said the MPSJ would study and evaluate the clogged drains and soil erosion problems before receiving the project from the developer.
“We will conduct checks on the project based on the residents’ complaints,” he said.
LATEST UPDATE 15TH FEB'09 - LAPORAN TAPAK MPSJ
CHANNELLING the rain water into the lake is not the proper way to resolve the soil erosion problem at bank of the lake near Taman Mutiara Puchong, according to Subang Jaya Municipal Council (MPSJ) engineering department deputy director Adnan Derahman.
“There should be no outlet discharging water into the lake. It is an offence under the law and it will also further induce the soil erosion problem,” he said.
Adnan said this during a meeting of the MPSJ with residents of Taman Mutiara Puchong and nearby housing estates and the developers of the housing projects around the lake.
Worsening condition: A file picture of the lake taken recently.
MPSJ deputy president Mohamad Yusoff Ghazali chaired the meeting held at the MPSJ complex in Subang Jaya on Wednesday.
The soil erosion problem was first highlighted in StarMetro in July last year.
The developer’s company was featured in another news report on Jan 6 this year that the problem was caused by rain water flowing from the landscaped area into the lake.
The company has proposed to collect the water into a sump and then channel the water through pipes directly into the pond.
The residents have confirmed that the company has installed the pipes but they want the council to come out with a permanent solution to the problem.
In response, Adnan instructed the company to cover up the drains at the landscaped area.
“The level of the land should be raised so that the water will flow in an opposite direction, instead of flowing into the lake and worsen the soil erosion problem,” he said.
The residents, however, expressed concern that flooding would occur should the water flow into the residential area.
“Due to clogged drains, flood happens during downpours and the water covers up the roads and back lanes,” resident Michael Yeoh said.
Yeoh is the Taman Mutiara Puchong residents’ association assistant secretary and JKP Zone 9 vice-chairman.
Adnan then told the company to clean up the drainage system, giving it three days to submit its work programme to the MPSJ and a further 14 days to rectify the soil erosion problem. During the meeting, it was also revealed that the third phase of the housing project in Taman Mutiara Puchong has yet to be handed over to the MPSJ.
Adnan said the MPSJ would study and evaluate the clogged drains and soil erosion problems before receiving the project from the developer.
“We will conduct checks on the project based on the residents’ complaints,” he said.
LATEST UPDATE 15TH FEB'09 - LAPORAN TAPAK MPSJ
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
BARRING OF THE ACCESS CARD FOR SERVICE FEE DEFAULTERS
Dear Fellow Residents Of Taman Mutiara Puchong,
BARRING OF THE ACCESS CARD FOR SERVICE FEE DEFAULTERS
Effective Date: 16th January 2009
Please kindly update your overdue accounts to avoid any unnecessary complications as barred access cards will take 10 working days to activate.
Please kindly support your community in Taman Mutiara Puchong by ensuring timely payments for the betterment of all residents (young and old) to facilitate proper funding of monthly expenses to upkeep the following items: Security services, boomgate system, CCTV system, community cleaners, fogging, upkeep of the perimeter wall/metal grille, property management services and resident community centre.
Adequate funding will only allow for more security enhancements planned in the future and currently under consideration such as dual entry lane to ease traffic and security management plus additional manual boomgate (subject to Malton handover of the property to MPSJ and approval), hiring of Gurkha guards (2 for each shift to handle main guard house), additional CCTV cameras to be placed at the four corners of the perimeter wall, additional lighting to ensure the park area is well lit to facilitate sporting activities after dark, repair and resurfacing of the basketball and badminton courts just to name a few.
Be A Responsible Resident. The Future Of Taman Mutiara Puchong Lay In Your Hands!
THANK YOU
MANAGEMENT
Note: This message was brought to you by the property management company with the full support of the Residents Association. "ONE VOICE ONE COMMUNITY"
亲爱的蒲种珍珠花园居民，
解除没缴交月费违反者出入卡的功能
生效日期：2009年1月16日
因重新启动已被解除功能的出入卡需要10个工作天，为了您出入方便，请马上付清您拖欠的所有月费。
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Erosion at Puchong pond getting worse
By THO XIN YI
Worse than before: The erosion has almost reached the chain link fence around the pond.
THE soil erosion at the lake edge near Taman Mutiara Puchong has become worse and the residents want action taken immediately.
The problem was highlighted in StarMetro on July 17 last year but nothing has been done to tackle the problem.
“Now, after six months of consistent downpour, the soil has eroded further into the lake. Large crevasses have appeared up to the perimeter fencing,” resident Gerard Lim said.
He is worried that the problem may worsen in the coming months.
“The residents hope that the developer and the Subang Jaya Municipal Council (MPSJ) can respond positively with a permanent measure to rectify the problem and not wait for a bigger problem to happen,” he said.
The developer, when contacted in November, said the land at the side of the pond does not belong to them.
“The chain link fence represents the demarcation line between Mutiara Puchong and the other people’s land.
“We have surrendered the lake edge area (which was landscaped earlier) to the local council. Hence, it does not belong to us and neither does the pond.
“Since the land belongs to another party, technically, we cannot be held responsible for erosion control on their land,” it said in a statement.
However, the developer was keen to address the problem by constructing a couple of sumps at the affected area.
“Whenever it rains, the water will find a natural course to flow. In this particular case, the rain happened to flow from the landscaped area into the pond. Over time, this had created the erosion of the lake edge.
“We can collect the water into a sump and then channel the water through pipes directly into the pond. This will prevent the rainwater from causing further scouring of the slopes of the pond,” the developer’s statement said.
MPSJ councillor Chang Kim Loong told StarMetro recently that he was aware of the issue.
“I have submitted an official letter to the council to highlight the erosion problem, as well as the incident two months ago where fish in the lake died suddenly.
“Some said the fish died because of discharge from a nearby factory, while some said it was due to the change in the water temperature.
“The MPSJ will carry out investigation on these matters.
“I will drop by the MPSJ today to see what can be done to solve these problems,” he said.
A RESIDENTS FEEDBACK
Dear Xin Yi,
Thank you once again for highlighting the issue of soil erosion at the lake edge of Taman Mutiara Puchong in StarMetro on Tuesday 6th January 2009.
It is nonsensical for the developer Malton to claim that the land at the edge of the pond does not belong to them when the developer themselves had dumped many truck loads of earth into the lake to prevent further structural cracking of the corner houses / units which till today left several unsold! I have photo evidence showing the original land area when we moved into our home in 2007 and the present extended land area of 50'ft further into the lake.
By the developer simply putting up the chain link perimeter fencing is not suffice to say that it is the demarcation line between Mutiara Puchong and the land of others! Strangely indeed, how does a developer surrender only the lake edge to the local council MPSJ when the entire Taman Mutiara Puchong has yet to be surrendered to the local council? Yet, residents of Taman Mutiara Puchong have for the past two years been paying the local council MPSJ "Cukai Taksiran"..Assessment Tax.
Obviously, the developer is "washing their hands" of this matter by pushing the responsibility to the local council MPSJ. I sincerely hope that the local council MPSJ would be quick-witted in handling this matter and not be coerced into accepting otherwise.
Best regards.
Yours sincerely,
Gerard Lim
_______________________________
Cr Chang Reply
Hi Xin Yi,
Thanks for highlighting the issue in the media in your StarMetro 6.1.09 issue titled ' Erosion at Puchong pond getting worse'.
The impending issues were deliberated in the Jawatankuasa One Stop Centre (OSC) MPSJ this (8.1.09) afternoon.
The Director of Enginering Dpt. En Adnan Derahman has yesterday (7.1.09) visited the site and is finalising his report to the committee.
The Director of OSC, En Norjafni has forthwith been directed to initiate a meeting to be chaired by Timbalan YDP inviting all the related developers; namely Malton, YTL, Glomac and Interpile as well as all the neighbouring RAs namely, Persatuan Penduduk Tmn Mutiara Puchong, protem committee Lake Edge and Lakeview to attend the discussion and to sort out the imminent problems in no uncertain terms.
As soon as a date and time is fixed, all are invited to attend and be heard. I shall notify you in due course and shall be at the meeting with Cr Ng Sze Han.
Regards,
Cr Chang Kim Loong AMN
Ahli Majlis MPSJ/ JKP Zon 9
_________________________________________
Taman Mutiara Residents Association Reply
Dear Cr Chang & Xin Yi,
Thank you for highlighting and bring up the soil erosion issue to the press and the relevant authorities to act before a catastrophe occurs; otherwise the Developer would be very famous for the wrong reason, and the owners of the affected houses (should the houses collapse into the eroded lake edge) would have their properties "gone with the water" and the whole Taman house value "gone down the drain".
From a layman's view, the cause was that there was no sheet piling done at the lake edge. The last soil collapse reached the last corner house whose entire garden and fence disappeared, which prompted the Developer's immediate action to re-fill hundreds of lorry loads of soil to maintain the lake edge to its present distance from the lake, as confirmed by Gerard's statement.
Rain water supposedly flows into drain holes at road curbs drags with them sand and mud, clogging the holes. Heavy downpour has been causing flood in this stretch next to the lake caused by the clogged holes. Flood water over flows to the lake edge and that's how the soil has been eroded so fast. The Residents' Association has proposed to the Developer rep to install pipes connecting rain water at the curb edge directly into the lake, but was turned a deaf ear probably due to cost factor and the common "contractually not obligated" statement. Instead, the Developer has dug a trench within and along the perimeter fencing and channel the collected rain water out to the same eroded spot, which is not a solution. In fact it would accelerate the soil erosion even faster.
Mutiara Puchong experienced not less than 6 times serious flooding. One of the causes was most of the sumps in front of each adjoining house was clogged by sand which impeded water flow to the monsoon drain just outside the entrance of the Taman. Rain water has to flow into holes at the road curb through underground drains to the bigger drain at the north near the TNB high tension area. This is an ex-tin-mine land and the amount of sand being flushed into the holes is massive. MPSJ has to maintain a routine schedule to clear the sump to avoid flooding recurrence.
Taman Mutiara Puchong RA look forward to the meeting with MPSJ, the 3 Developers and RA Committees, and we will bring along photos to support our findings and hope to find a solution to the erosion problem before a calamity happens.
Thank you again for your unrelented efforts to help house buyers in championing their cause, which if they fight alone would never be successful.
With regards,
Steven Poh
Chairman
TMP RA
Worse than before: The erosion has almost reached the chain link fence around the pond.
THE soil erosion at the lake edge near Taman Mutiara Puchong has become worse and the residents want action taken immediately.
The problem was highlighted in StarMetro on July 17 last year but nothing has been done to tackle the problem.
“Now, after six months of consistent downpour, the soil has eroded further into the lake. Large crevasses have appeared up to the perimeter fencing,” resident Gerard Lim said.
He is worried that the problem may worsen in the coming months.
“The residents hope that the developer and the Subang Jaya Municipal Council (MPSJ) can respond positively with a permanent measure to rectify the problem and not wait for a bigger problem to happen,” he said.
The developer, when contacted in November, said the land at the side of the pond does not belong to them.
“The chain link fence represents the demarcation line between Mutiara Puchong and the other people’s land.
“We have surrendered the lake edge area (which was landscaped earlier) to the local council. Hence, it does not belong to us and neither does the pond.
“Since the land belongs to another party, technically, we cannot be held responsible for erosion control on their land,” it said in a statement.
However, the developer was keen to address the problem by constructing a couple of sumps at the affected area.
“Whenever it rains, the water will find a natural course to flow. In this particular case, the rain happened to flow from the landscaped area into the pond. Over time, this had created the erosion of the lake edge.
“We can collect the water into a sump and then channel the water through pipes directly into the pond. This will prevent the rainwater from causing further scouring of the slopes of the pond,” the developer’s statement said.
MPSJ councillor Chang Kim Loong told StarMetro recently that he was aware of the issue.
“I have submitted an official letter to the council to highlight the erosion problem, as well as the incident two months ago where fish in the lake died suddenly.
“Some said the fish died because of discharge from a nearby factory, while some said it was due to the change in the water temperature.
“The MPSJ will carry out investigation on these matters.
“I will drop by the MPSJ today to see what can be done to solve these problems,” he said.
A RESIDENTS FEEDBACK
Dear Xin Yi,
Thank you once again for highlighting the issue of soil erosion at the lake edge of Taman Mutiara Puchong in StarMetro on Tuesday 6th January 2009.
It is nonsensical for the developer Malton to claim that the land at the edge of the pond does not belong to them when the developer themselves had dumped many truck loads of earth into the lake to prevent further structural cracking of the corner houses / units which till today left several unsold! I have photo evidence showing the original land area when we moved into our home in 2007 and the present extended land area of 50'ft further into the lake.
By the developer simply putting up the chain link perimeter fencing is not suffice to say that it is the demarcation line between Mutiara Puchong and the land of others! Strangely indeed, how does a developer surrender only the lake edge to the local council MPSJ when the entire Taman Mutiara Puchong has yet to be surrendered to the local council? Yet, residents of Taman Mutiara Puchong have for the past two years been paying the local council MPSJ "Cukai Taksiran"..Assessment Tax.
Obviously, the developer is "washing their hands" of this matter by pushing the responsibility to the local council MPSJ. I sincerely hope that the local council MPSJ would be quick-witted in handling this matter and not be coerced into accepting otherwise.
Best regards.
Yours sincerely,
Gerard Lim
_______________________________
Cr Chang Reply
Hi Xin Yi,
Thanks for highlighting the issue in the media in your StarMetro 6.1.09 issue titled ' Erosion at Puchong pond getting worse'.
The impending issues were deliberated in the Jawatankuasa One Stop Centre (OSC) MPSJ this (8.1.09) afternoon.
The Director of Enginering Dpt. En Adnan Derahman has yesterday (7.1.09) visited the site and is finalising his report to the committee.
The Director of OSC, En Norjafni has forthwith been directed to initiate a meeting to be chaired by Timbalan YDP inviting all the related developers; namely Malton, YTL, Glomac and Interpile as well as all the neighbouring RAs namely, Persatuan Penduduk Tmn Mutiara Puchong, protem committee Lake Edge and Lakeview to attend the discussion and to sort out the imminent problems in no uncertain terms.
As soon as a date and time is fixed, all are invited to attend and be heard. I shall notify you in due course and shall be at the meeting with Cr Ng Sze Han.
Regards,
Cr Chang Kim Loong AMN
Ahli Majlis MPSJ/ JKP Zon 9
_________________________________________
Taman Mutiara Residents Association Reply
Dear Cr Chang & Xin Yi,
Thank you for highlighting and bring up the soil erosion issue to the press and the relevant authorities to act before a catastrophe occurs; otherwise the Developer would be very famous for the wrong reason, and the owners of the affected houses (should the houses collapse into the eroded lake edge) would have their properties "gone with the water" and the whole Taman house value "gone down the drain".
From a layman's view, the cause was that there was no sheet piling done at the lake edge. The last soil collapse reached the last corner house whose entire garden and fence disappeared, which prompted the Developer's immediate action to re-fill hundreds of lorry loads of soil to maintain the lake edge to its present distance from the lake, as confirmed by Gerard's statement.
Rain water supposedly flows into drain holes at road curbs drags with them sand and mud, clogging the holes. Heavy downpour has been causing flood in this stretch next to the lake caused by the clogged holes. Flood water over flows to the lake edge and that's how the soil has been eroded so fast. The Residents' Association has proposed to the Developer rep to install pipes connecting rain water at the curb edge directly into the lake, but was turned a deaf ear probably due to cost factor and the common "contractually not obligated" statement. Instead, the Developer has dug a trench within and along the perimeter fencing and channel the collected rain water out to the same eroded spot, which is not a solution. In fact it would accelerate the soil erosion even faster.
Mutiara Puchong experienced not less than 6 times serious flooding. One of the causes was most of the sumps in front of each adjoining house was clogged by sand which impeded water flow to the monsoon drain just outside the entrance of the Taman. Rain water has to flow into holes at the road curb through underground drains to the bigger drain at the north near the TNB high tension area. This is an ex-tin-mine land and the amount of sand being flushed into the holes is massive. MPSJ has to maintain a routine schedule to clear the sump to avoid flooding recurrence.
Taman Mutiara Puchong RA look forward to the meeting with MPSJ, the 3 Developers and RA Committees, and we will bring along photos to support our findings and hope to find a solution to the erosion problem before a calamity happens.
Thank you again for your unrelented efforts to help house buyers in championing their cause, which if they fight alone would never be successful.
With regards,
Steven Poh
Chairman
TMP RA
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