TMP RA COMMUNITY MEET 8.12.2007 - 4.00 PM

Dear Fellow Residents,

Please be advised that the Pro-Tem RA is organising a community meet this coming Saturday 8th December 2007 @ 4.00 PM to be sitiuated at the usual meeting place near the gazebo in front of the show house.
We have distributed flyers to all residences and have even sent out email reminders to attend as hand over is imminent and due on the 18th January 2008 (less than 2 months to go).
We as residents ourselves will update all the outstanding issues that we have with the said developer and we will take down all petition via signatures for all the items we will be tabling for unaninous support and hence to be acted upon.
Please bear in mind that upon hand over the said developer will wash their hands clean of all issues and we as residents will have to fork out from our own pockets to resolve anything and everything within our taman including repairing the boomgate, enhancing the perimeter wall, treating the termites infestation evident in our taman and drainage gradient causing water ponding (breeding of mosquitoes/dengue) and lastly second entry lane as well as properly designated visitor parking bays to enhance traffic flow and convenience for all in TMP.
Your attendance is compulsory if you truly value your investment in Taman Mutiara Puchong and lastly your support is as important to help achieve common objectives we as residents have, value and peace of mind for what we had invested in.

RA Reply To Lee/Malton Dated 28.11.07

It was decided after a unanimous vote from all committee members at the 9th RA meeting held today 1st December 2007 that the letters are to be posted for all to view for the benefit of all readers cum residents.



You be the judge and do post in your comments as we would like your views on this matter. We will continue to struggle and fight for the rights of all residents as we are residents ourselves too.
Hence it is ridiculous to have to put up with baseless accusations etc. All residents in Taman Mutiara Puchong do have a personal interests, and that is to see that all matters pertaining to the end parcel are to be handed over in prime,usable condition and at a quality level acceptable for a housing development where price of the houses are ranging from RM 360,000 - 600,000++.
We want what is promised and what has been paid for, I believe this is a logical and reasonable concept and demands made to date has been for what is due.

Below is the reply by the RA Chairman to Lee/Malton letter reply to RA.
http://voices-tmp.blogspot.com/2007/12/leemalton-reply-to-ra-letter-201107.html

Dear TMP residents,

1. Security lax
a. Perimeter fence design flaw – ladder-like, too low, passable by thin person
b. No perimeter fence at phase 3 – Malton promised it would be built up by July, postponed to Aug, and then end Nov… perpetual. This is the kind of promise by Malton Bhd? So many intrusion records held by the appointed security firm. Is our demand not valid? It’s futile to put a guard to monitor at phase 3 as the gap is too wide (960ft).
c. Barb wires at base of fence along TNB high tension area – incidents and signs of intrusion coupled with 3 flights of cement ladders proved the need for barb wires is not uncalled for. Alternatively, add spikes to the existing fence to curb trespassing.
d. Malfunctioned boom gate motor at entry made guards helpless to perform their duties to check visitors. Does it take 2 months to repair a motor? Do we have to wait longer at the expense of security? Isn’t it rational to replace it with a new motor after such a long period of repair? Is Malton practising Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)?

2. Termite infestation
a. We are not asking Malton to fund the extermination of termite colonies behind TMP 6. It is a logical call by Malton to Antz Sign Sdn Bhd to exterminate the termite colonies knowing that they are living next to TMP houses. Infestation is visible even above ground on wooden supports to young trees, and many trees in front of our houses have died by termite attack. As a developer appointing Antz Sign Sdn Bhd to provide the service, it is logically to demand from them to exterminate the colonies even at boundaries, unless it is cronies’ business connection. This is again a matter of CSR Malton prefers to keep within the boundaries as compared to YTL Lake Edge, they send guards to patrol even our perimeter boundary, put up barb wires and wire mesh fencing even beyond TNB high tension area, beautify the service road with beautiful palm trees and twin light lamp poles. All these are beyond their boundaries. They practise good CSR.
With the above in mind and their refusal to treat knowingly termites infestation with up to 5 residences now recorded termites infestation and bearing own costs of minimum RM 1,500 - 2,500++ each, and they dare accuse the RA with baseless claims that our actions is the cause of the property price diminishing......can you believe that.

3. Drain with uneven gradient
a. Malton’s so-called solution is to lay a flat layer of cement to the uneven gradient of the drain instead of relaying with PVC type to ensure smooth flow and proper gradient. Water ponding is still observed. It is not a well done job. Please check it yourself that you will pay for the work if the drain is behind your own house. Water ponding breeds mosquitoes(dengue) and rats.
We have a confirmed report from a resident in TMP8 of her husband admitted for dengue case as at 30th November 2007 @ Sunway Medical. Whether it is due to all the water ponding in the taman is yet to be determined as we have no proof but what do you think? Something that could have been avoided again obviously.........

We have more in store on defects and short-comings. If Malton chooses to retaliate instead of resolving the problems at large, that leaves the residents no choice but seek alternatives to help solve these outstanding issues, which may mar the image of Malton further as more worms are poured out from the can in public.

We need to stay united to fight for our rights and to get back at what has been promised and spelt out in S & P. Your mandate for the elected Residents’ Association Committee is paramount to make our community a secured living place with all defects / short-comings rectified. Please spread this news to your neighbours to be aware of the goings on in this community and support the Residents’ Association fully to champion our cause.



Pro-Tem RA TMP
Steven Poh
Chairman

Proper Perimeter Wall Fence Structure For Gated Development

Above are pictures taken at Desa Villa at Taman Desa (near Desa Water Park) of the gated and guarded housing development. The above perimeter wall fence surrounds the entire community which comprises less than 100 units of houses. The wall fence covers a big area of about at least 3/4 of the area of the wall fence area of Taman Mutiara Puchong. All of the gated and guarded housing development surveyed comprises of a very well structured, high and secured perimeter wall fence that is almost impossible to scale because of the height and the enhance security features as shown above.

This is the standard of a perimeter wall fence observed by most developers in Malaysia and how come Malton Bhd did not erect a perimeter wall fence that is supposedly safe and one that will keep intruders out? Currently if anyone was to pay us a visit and take one look at the perimeter wall fence, I can definitely expect a cynical smile or even laughter in disbelief by all. Why? Well because TMP perimeter wall fence is way below par when compared to others and so scalable and lowly erected that you will look at it in dismay and to ponder........what idiot could have done so? It is seriously the joke of Puchong, Selangor and definitely to the addage of "Malaysia Boleh".

Please refer to the previous posts for images of the perimeter wall fence of TMP.

Cheers To All Caring and Responsible Press Journalists

My apology for not posting any new materials recently, just needed some time out after so much time has been invested in trying to get so many issues related to the well being of all residents in Taman Mutiara Puchong sorted out with the developer as well as the local council.

Imagine having these things to deal with and at the same time having your usual committments of work, it has been extremely tiring of late and the break was definitely needed by all members of the RA.

The RA of Taman Mutiara Puchong sincerely would like to thank all the press journalists for their commendable coverage of issues brought to their attention recently which reflected unbias news reporting. Kudos also goes to TV3 reporters and crew for their informative as well as unbias reporting of the issues in regards to our plight in Taman Mutiara Puchong. No names need to be mentioned here as a good job done is best kept in your heart and with a smile across your face. Cheers to all of you guys/gals!!! :)

Since all the reports in the media there has been noticeably more activities in Taman Mutiara Puchong, like more regular maintenance and cleaning of the common areas, shrubs and lalang at various places have been cleared etc. The developer has acted on various complaints such as to rectify the ponding issues of the park and the basketball court, the drainage gradient and more aggressive landfilling at Phase 3. Though some action is better than none, progress is still painstakingly slow and only after affirmative action.

The RA would like to also see immediately action to quickly rectify the faulty boomgate which has been out of order for the last 3 weeks and counting. No spare parts??? Ideally the whole entire system needs to be replaced........ wonder the developer would do so rather than the residents now having a totally open entry to all at this point in time, for the last 3 weeks. Because of this the security guards are now slowly but surely reverting back to their lackdaiscal attitude and now cases of reported stolen items by foreign workers is creeping up again. With the latest incident of under garments stolen from a house in Phase 3 TMP 8C.

This is why the residents in Taman Mutiara Puchong is not happy and will not be happy until the developer (Malton Bhd) understands the reason why? Solving problems is not by merely looking for quick fixes and short cuts as well as cheapest alternative but looking at the root of the problem, the crux of it all and tying everything together. An obvious example will be the boomgate, why such a high occurence of system failure? Why the problem of the boomgate always being knocked by vehicles and causing the pole of the boomgate to be damaged? Please get this sorted out by replacing the entire boomgate system with a new and more trustworthy system and properly positioning the sensors as well as narrowing the lanes to a proper width to allow the boomgate system to operate at the optimum level. How many poles and spare parts do you want to continue to look for? How many poles do you want to replace? How many cars do you want to damage? How many more excuses do you want to come up with? How many more years do you need to realize?

Please do us the residents as well as yourself a favor, replace the whole damn boomgate system and properly rectify the issue once and for all, no more delays. Do the right thing for once without us the residents having to resort to extreme measures for something to be done which in the first place is duty bound by "YOU" the developer.

Other issues outstanding of highest priority is the Perimeter Wall Fencing - height and structure. This is a biggie and the RA will not rest until Malton Bhd improves the feature by adding more height as well as enhancing the said structure with barb wire at the base and adding additional metal/iron grill with pointed arrows outwards to definitely prevent scaling or climbing.

To be continued with images in the next post.

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.

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?

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 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.

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