Snake Alert

Dear residents, 

A snake was seen appearing on Jln PH2/5 this afternoon and yesterday.  

Please dial 03-88881999 immediately to Putrajaya rescue team if you happen to see the snake. 

Boom gates to stay, for now

'Metro Central' - 2013-12-28

Selangor govt will come up with guidelines by September 2014

By VINCENT TAN vincent.tan@thestar.com.my

WARNING letters were issued by the Petaling Jaya City Council (MBPJ) on July 2 to two residents associations in Petaling Jaya.

The Bandar Utama Residents Associations (Bura) and Winchester Residents Association (WRA) were ordered to take down their automated gates and other road barriers which restrict access into the housing areas.

Although Petaling Jaya mayor Datin Paduka Alinah Ahmad promised that action would only be taken after Hari Raya Aidilfitri, the news stirred a hornet’s nest.

So far, 18 RAs and RTs have registered their gated-and-guarded schemes with MBPJ and received conditional approvals.

According to MBPJ public relations officer Zainun Zakaria, the council has received more than 50 complaints this year, with many coming from the two areas in question.

Many questioned the distinction between “illegal” (e.g. unregistered with the city authority) and those found not to have complied with council guidelines.

In the worsening security climate where MBPJ is in the process of trying to acquire its own auxiliary police, many say boom gates and hired security guards represent a relatively effective measure in reducing crime.

While Bura and WRA managed to buy time by sending in their applications to be registered with MBPJ in September, matters came to a head by mid-October.

A three-housing-area operation was led by MBPJ’s Engineering Department against Bandar Utama Precinct BU 6, Winchester Ara Damansara and surprisingly, Damansara Jaya SS22, whosescheme was registered with the council.

Although the council claimed that they had given sufficient warning on the matter, Damansara Jaya Residents and Owners Association (DJROA) claimed otherwise.

The operation, which was also conducted without prior communication with the council’s Infrastructure Committee, prompted heated debate with letters and e-mails both for and against the move by MBPJ.

Nonetheless, the raid seems to have had a favourable effect, as MBPJ reported that 30 housing areas have registered their gatedand-guarded schemes, including Bura and WRA.

The matter has also been brought up in the recent state assembly, and the Selangor government is expected to issue new guidelines on boomgates and gated-andguarded schemes by September next year. In the meantime, local councils will refrain from tearing down any further boomgates until the new guidelines are out.

Road Closure

Syarikat Prasarana Negara Berhad (Prasarana) has announced the temporary closure of part of the Bukit Jalil Highway Kuala Lumpur-bound traffic from now until Jan 5 from 11pm to 5am. KL-bound traffic will be diverted to Jalan Kinrara 4 and Jalan Kinrara 2 to bypass the construction area before re-entering the highway at a junction near SMK Seksyen 1 Bandar Kinrara. Puchong-bound traffic of the highway will not be affected by this closure. For details, call Prasarana Helpline at 03-7885 2585.

Source: Star Metro Central, 30 Dec 2013

Road Closure - LDP

Syarikat Prasarana Ne­gara Ber­had has an­nounced that the two lanes on the slip road on Da­mansara-Pu­chong High­way, head­ing to­wards Ban­dar Sun­way from Pu­chong/Pu­tra­jaya, will be closed in stages to fa­cil­i­tate the­con­struc­tionofLRTLineEx­ten­sion Pro­ject (LEP) from Oct 8 to 10 from mid­night to 5am. The sec­ond stage of work starts from Oct 21 to 22 from mid­night to 5am. 

For de­tails, call Prasarana Care­line at 03-78852585 or LDP Helpline at 03-7494 7333.

IOI Photography Contest

Show us the beautiful colours of this lively town in your very own creativity and participate in the IOI Photography Contest.

Cash prizes worth more than RM10,000, attractive vouchers and mystery gifts will be given to the winners in the respective categories, such as, Nature, Architecture, People. 

The Photography Contest starts from 1 October 2013 until 30 November 2013.

If you are interested to learn better skill in photography shooting, you may wish to join the Free Workshops. Limited seats are available and those who are interested may visit www.myioi.com/photocontest to register.