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nowopentop~"licTHE majority of residents inSubang Jaya rejoiced whenthe Millennium Park waswrestled back by the councilsometime last year.

I understand from newspa-per reports that there were bigplans for it to be converted intoa recreational park.

Can I know what is theprogress,and when can we fi-nally use the park?

ALANPAK,Subang Jaya

DatukAdnan Md Ikshan: Theredevelopment of the Millen-nium Park in SS13. Subang ,Jaya. has been completed andis ready for use by the public.

The Subang Jaya MunicipalCouncil (MPSJ) has plantedsome 200 species of trees inJune last year.

Apart from this. MPSJ hasalso made improvements, andupgraded the facilities at thepark by repairing,the surfaceof the pavementS. installingchairs at the park, putting uprailings and signboards aswell as placing new rubbishbins for public use.

The Millennium Park before it was redeveloped.

However. the installation ofnew lights will only be carried

, out later this year.The Millennium Park is now

open 'as a public r~creationalpark. .

MPSJwill continue to mon-

itor the park to ensure it's keptclean and safe as well as tomaintain the serene nature ofthe Millennium Park.

More trees will be planted to,enhance the beauty of thepark and to keep it green.

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Raid on illegal cybercafesComputers seized and power supply cutBy THO XIN VI.tl1oxinyi@thestar.com.my

THESubangJayaMunicipalCouncil(MPSJ)continued its efforts in getting rid of ille-gal cybercafes by raiding nine such

premises yesterday.Assistant enforcement director Ahmad

Hassan and assistant enforcement officerTarmidi Kadri led a team of 30 enforcement

personnel to enter four unnamed outlets inPutra Heights through the back entrances.

Allwere closed at the time of the raids andonly a 'few computers were found to be inuse.

Some of these computers were not com-plete sets but the team managed to break intothe locked storerooms and took away morecomputers. . .

A similar situation awaited them in Taman

Full: MPSJ enforcement staff Sarjit Singh load.ingthe seized computers into a truck.

Subang Mas where they raided five more out-lets.

Some of these outlets also did not have com-plete computer sets on the tables and the teamhad to conduct thorough checks to ensure allthe equipment were seized.

They fQund monitors hidden underneaththe tables in one of the outlets.

Along with th~ MPSJ enforcement team,Tenage Nasional Bhd (TNB) officers and thepolice from the vice, gambling and secret soci-ety branch of Subang Jaya district police head.quarters led by ASP Raduan Mohamad werealso present.

The TNB employees disconnected the elec-tricity supply to all nine outlets and took away

. the meters.MPSJ president Datuk Adnan Md lkshan said

the onus was on the premises owner to ensurethat the outlet was not used for illegal busi-nesses.

''Their application to have the electricityreconnected will not be approved if the policehave no confidence in them to ensure theiroutlets are free of vice activities," he said.

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»We needinformation related tothe illegal outletsfrom the the public«DATUK ADNAN MD IKSHAN

Adnan said outlets that offered gamblinggames were on the list of 99 illegal cybercafesto be closed down by MPSj.

'We need information related to the illegaloutlets from the the public," he said.

MPSJenforcement director Mohd ZulkurnainChe Ali said 147 monitors, CPUs and keyboardswere confiscated in the operation.

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Pemilik rumah teres duatingkat yang mempunyai em'patbilik mengubah suai ru.mah itu menjadi lapan biliktanpa kebenaranMajlis Per-bandaran Subang Jaya(MPSJ).

Setiap rumah puladidudu'ki sehingga ~4orang dengansetiap penyewa 'dikenakanbayaran antara RM200.hing-ga RM300seorang.

Difahamkan ,setiap pemi-lik rumah yang melakukanubah suai premis tanpa ke-benaran mendapat pendapa-timbulananhinggaRM4,OOOberbanding bayaran kepadabank dalamlingkunganRM800.

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Ratnam Thong, berkata be-berapa pemilik kediamanditigakawasan di SSI5, PJS 7dan Taman Batn 3 di kesanmengubahsuai rumah tanpakebenaran yang membahaya-kan penghuninya.

Katanya" «1.alam,OperasiPeineriksaan Rumah Kedia-man MPSJ,lAprillillupi-haknya mengesan 35 pre-mis ya,ng diubah suai se-bagai asrama.,

"Operasi ataSaduan orangramai Uu bertujuan me,ngambil tindakan ke atas ke-diaman yang dijadikan asra-ma. Daripada jumlah itn, 15premis dikenakan notis pem-beritahuan bangunan, tigapremis tidak melakukan ke-salahan dan Premis selebih-nya tidak boleh "dimasukialau berkunci.

"Tindakan lanjul akan di-ambil kepadapemilik rumah

PEMILIKkedla",an menampal notls rumah,untuk disewa.

kan bunyi bising hinggamengganggn ketenteramanjiran serta masalah sam-pah.

""Seramai enam orang di-benarkan menghuni pangsa-purikos rendah, map.akalabagi rumah teres dan lain-lain adalahmengikut kelua-sankediaman terbabit," ka-ta)lya. .

Katanya. tindakan ke ataspemilik premis itu boleh di-ambilmengikut Seksyen 70Akta 133(12)Akfa Jalan. Pa-rit dan Bangunan 1974,jikamereka melakuka,npengu-

- bahsuaian tanpa kebenaranMPSJ dan menimbulkan ka-caJl ganggukepada pendu-

, duk sekitar."Bagi kesalahan pengu-

bahsuaian pula denda mak-simum RM50,OOOboleh dike-nakan kepada pemilik pre,mis ,.dan denda maksimumRM25.000bag[ kesalahan ine-ngubahSuai dan salah, gunabangunan," katanya.

yang ingkar tennasuk tinda-kan merobohkan bangunanyang mendirikanpembahagidinding (bilik) tanpa kebe-naran," katanya..

Theresa, berkata, keadaanrumah juga berbahaya kera.na pendawaian elektrik yangdiragui tahap keselamatandan masalah lain jika ber-

lakukebakaran."Kebersihan rumah juga

diragui kerana hanya ada:dua bilik air yang perludi-kongsi semua penghuninya.Masalah lain juga timbultermasukpenghul1i asramameletakkan kenderaan se-suka hati di kawasan peru.mahan terbabit, menimbul-

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The gated and guarded community in Damansara Jaya, Petaling Jaya,is the only one deemed legal by the M'~PJ. The other 15 operated"byresidents associations do not meet the council's requiremen.ts.>M~&3

VastcontrastA guardhouse inDamansara Jaya.Petaling.Jaya.that meets therequirements setby MBPJ.lnset ispicture of a guardmanning a basicshelter in USJ3.- The Star

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Nod for only one gated.and guarded schemeBy CHRISTINA LOWchrlstinalow@thestar.com.my

Damansara Jaya RA fulfills council guidelines~It.

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THE only approved gated andguarded community amongthe 16 operated by the. resi-

dents associations in Petalingjaya isthe one from Damansarajaya.

Another 28 residents associations(RA)which are operating gated andguarded service in Petalingjaya havenot obtained approval from thePetalingjaya CityCouncil(MBPj).

The council'sengineering director,CheremiTarman,said during a brief-ing on Sunday that the Damansarajaya Residents and OwnersAssociation (DjROA)was the onlyone approved so far.

'The application by DjROAwasthe only one approved for gated andguarded community out of the 16applications we received while the28 other housing areas providingsuch facilities have not obtainedapproval from the council:'

Cheremi said the council hadapproved DjROA's application asthey had fulfilledthe criteria underthe term "guarded community".

''They have 85%of the residentsgiving consent for the service andthe security booths do not obstructtraffic," said Cheremi during hispresentation on guarded communityto about 100 residents representingtheir associations in the city.

With photographs to assist, hepointed out the several gated andguarded community schemes whichhad guardhouses obstructing the

. traffic as well as those using oil bar-rels as gates for backlanes and mainroads at night

"Gated community areas shouldnot hinder vehicles from enteringthe area by putting up barricades.The local authorities have the rightto enter such housing areas at anytime of the day," said Cheremi,adding that this was one of theSelangor Housing Property Board's

.'" ._' -..",ot allowed: The use of oilbarrels like in 882, Pelaling Jaya, willhave 10be removed.

guidelines and which MBPj had beenadhering to.

The other guideline is that eachsecurity booth should only measure6mx 8m.

Obstructions classified as critical

. Barriers placed on public roadswhich cannot be removed;. Barriers that could affect the cur-rent traffic flow in the area;. Barriers using a pass or an auto-gate system; and. Action taken on barriers if the

council receives complaints fromresidents in the area and after inves-

tigation had been conducted.He said in the council's infrastruc-

ture and traffic advisory meeting inDecember last year, it was agreedthat action would be taken on per-manent structures'while the council

would also not take responsibilityfor the demolition costs or theremoval of the barriers. This wouldhave to be bom~ by the residents.

He went on to enlighten the resi-dents on the Street, Drainage andBuilding Act 1974 (Act 133)46 (1 Xa)that states that any person whobuilds, erects, sets up or maintainedany wall, fence, rail, post or any accu-

mulation of any substance or anyobstruction in any public place shallbe guilty of causingan obstruction.

The Road Transport Act 1987states that any person who platesobjects acrossa road that endangersliveswill be fined or imprisoned fora term not exceeding six months orboth.

MBPl,enforcement and securitydirector Mohd Fauzi Maarop thentook over with another presentationon MBPJ'ssuggestion to introduceauxiliarypolice in the city.

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Fauzi said application for MBPrs,al!~ilIiary police was sent to both the$~la.!gq;:,police chief Deputy Comm

id Abu Bakar as well as theeneral of Police Tan Sri

Ion Feb 26. TheY,

hope to'sonnel involved.:ation for the RM4.2milurned down on March22lOci!r~appliedag,"non

~t~'i.rcb2~l~nd would only know the'final-oOtcomein two months."Fauzi a~p, specifiedthe 15 duties oftile ~Uxilli1iTypolice officers and whytlt:YITere needed to keep the city~.[~, "

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pgtj';e\~~ session.'."Y~u~re",j applying for 100 policetU1tLtu~f![tMn you want them to guard

,8:couI1~i!j1d the MPBj. Thlin the 100'pgople,wo,Hld be of no use and the

:s are not going to see the use~. ,

,:~..*r~~)l know, police bantuan aremeanttiJ asSist police where the police

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residential areas,

t is no wqnder that the IGP turned,,10wnthe ~pplication. We must get()uracttogether prst. There was not~nough deliberation before proposing

t:he idea tci the IGP,"said a resident'rom Section 18-

, Aresiclent from Kelana jaya said hefOO did nO

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'raking. "''With only 100 officers in 25

~omisinlit,hecity, 1don't think theyauld h~ye time for the residents

,,~sthey w\JUldbe busy guarding the~:ourts and escorting VIPs,"said the

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, Councilior Derek Fernandez who, !',Sattheimeeting was quickto rebut,~t"tjilg that the residents had over-Ibokedthe main point of the presenta-

"tion'byFauzi.,I "The main reason is protection in~he area you are talking about, and'in the other areas are subsidiary(luties," said Fernandez, referring tothe list mentioned by Fauzi like~ssisting MBPj officers in raids, on~lutyat its free trade zone, escortingVIPs, checking illegal foreign work-~rs and other duties set by the coun-ql.

Another resident said his housing<ireadecided to implement only the

Ali In order: The guardhouse in Damansar,a Jaya.

his explanation on,tQe,gated ~n(\guarded community ,problems fatedbythecouncit '

"The problem here is not thatMBPl'wants to victimise theRAs;The fact that there are, 28 that donot comply with the law and thawe have not taken any drastic actionshows that we sympathise withtheir problems,

"We recognisethe need of the resi-dents to protect their homes.We haveto operate within the law and we feel:that the law presently does not alloW]the barricades and the closure ,ofjroads." ,

At present he said MPBjwas onlytaki,ng dQ~l1' barrier~ in criticalareas like,those which were causingtraffic congestion and the removal'of oil barrels that had been said tobe a breeding ground for mosqui"toes. '

DjROA president Yew Cheng Hoesaid he was surprised when MBPjannounced the decision at the meet-ing.

"When we started in' 2008, we gavethe council, police and the fire,stationsall our plans, and we will brief themwhenever there are any changes," saidYew when contacted.

He added that crime in the area had

reduced from about 35 cases a m.onthlto about two now, '

. See also page 6: What security ilgunrdsinept ' I

»The~ have 85%of the residentsgiving cOlJsentfor the serviceand the securitybooths do notobstruct traffic«CHEREMI TARMAN

guarded community concept afterreading the problems in setting up agated and guarded community.

He said for a guarded commUnity,the residents only had to employguards to make rounds in their hous-ing area.

"Whydo we need the consent of so, many people when we are not a gatedcommunity. I feel that we do not haveto have such a clause as long as theresidents within the housing area areagreeable to paying the guards eachmonth,

"We are not disturbing anyone, wedon't have boom gates. we don't havepass cards,"

Fernandez then continued to give

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PETALINGJAYA: Residents,' asso-ciations (BAs) that placed oil drumsand autogates in back lanes andmain roads have been warned to-remove tIiem. -

ThePetaling Jaya City Council(MBPJ) said this to the HAs at ameeting 'at the PJ community Ii-braryon Slinday.

Th,e meeting was held to brief theHAs,o!!, the ~arded' commmutyscheme'and to remind t\lem thatemergency lanes and main, roadsshould be acceSsible and should notbe obstructed with'penp.anentstrucmresorbariieis, a.s these arecritical roads. ..

According t<i'MBPJ, critical roarlsare public r~Rds wlIiclt are heavilyused by motorists and during omer-gencies.

Th.H:iouncil said it.5 Engincmi!lg:Dep,l!I1ment would carry out an ex-"ereiSe' soon to detennine whetherroadswlIich were deemed criticalWlJrepbstructed. -

At.theiifiet'ingiMJ3PJ deputy sec-retary, AJunat Mohaayen Said saidRAS.would be "aSked to remove,ob-

S~~Ol1S' thai they ,~"1 placed' ill

The Petaling 'aya City Council is allowing boomgates to remain, for-the time being, as long as they do not obstruct traffic flow. - Picture byS.Sugumaran -

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Ceupacsmoh:onnail<se.mulaganjaranlJe:r~arapilinan~~/~\oSHAHALAM- KongresKesa- .gaWaynfekonoII)j.,sekarang beIkamm serta tempatantuan .Pekerja-pekeJjaDalam daIif)el~aS'1nasalahini sele- dengan syarat barn yang di-Perkbidmatan Awam (Ceu- :;;ai;{1eupacsberbafap'kera- piJrkenalkanroulailFebruari"'!. '. . . -paes) roeroohon Jabatan Jaan~roengembalikarmya se- lalu.

Perldridroatan A~ (JPA) rot1lakeJ>,(l~lOO~tuS. . Syaratituroeroerlukanka-mP.l1;1ikhn,seroula .ganjaran ''Kita wenyeru kepaaaka~ kitang(ln bersetuju menerima

befsaritp!!than (6p~kepa- Ski~~aIi ~w~.SUp(lVclIP~~ 29. ,PBFcltus ganjaran atauda.as81 i!ritu... ".tus'ber- p.pu.a~pe~c~iW'tefiti WI~ ,,;RMIO,obo merigikUt mana

b<¥1dll1g'.. s~~{~,.F2O."':biAd~ulU§,ebe1 ~inb~ai.~}ebih tinggi~ bersa-p~tu:f;ikeputtis<:m be aW~J¥~- "'m piltlmnberl>andingbayaran~j ". . ,; , daP~a!1 JWt¥~eka.;".",,~k~)i&ussepertisebeluminigan ..'.'.r ..?lel:1ilHe~ ." ":M:ari.akaIa baki ganjaran

II1alakJt;~,~i, ,,,,_0" 4i~ili':t~;'kei?a~~~~!iiligari, ;lk;lnr'aili~tidakmelampaui"Presidennya,Omar.Osnian yang meropunyai pinjaman usiabersaniwajibpekeJjater-

berkata, Geup:aC$'m~erima danhutallg," katanya kepada babit "

banyak makluin,ba}as ¥e- Sinar Haridh, seIl1alam.' Bagaimanapun ke,longga-naan pengurangan vyanggan- ~:Mengerurl kP.l1;1il<imumur ran dilierikan bagi Ireskhususjaran itu menyebabkan penja- ,wajibbersara daripada 58 ke- membabitkan keperluan ra-wat awam yang membuat" padB.60 tahun, Omarberkata, wa!:anperubatanpetugas ataupilihan bersara awal menga- perkara itu rilasih di dalam keluarga, perbelanjaan pendi-

lami kesukaran roengatUr ke- p~angankerajaan. ~ sendiri atau keluaiga~:rnasapadapaIL 1erdah1Mu,JPAlIlengetat7 dan p(lgi mengelakkaIl tinda~

"CeupacslI!etnohon su- kanpeIII!phopahD~qrapili;- kai!bankraP kakitangan den-payapengurangan ini diIaku- ban ](';llduillgaIiawaIn,:perse;.' 'grofmenyatakan bUktibertU-kan hanyadalam,tempohke- kuttlan, negeri dan~adan lis.'

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1.2 juta penjawat awam periu tingkat produktiviti jika mahu kenaikan gajiOleh Nazura Ngahnazura@bharian,cam,my

K UALA LUMPUR: Cue-pacs memberi jami-nan 1.2juta penjawat

awam di negara ini akan ber-sarna kerajaan bagi menyo-kong inisiatif menjadtkanMalaysia sebagai negara eko'nomi berpendapatan tinggi.

Presidennya, Omar Os-man, berkata: sebagai tulangbelilkang kerajaan, penjawatawam periu bersedia mem-beri komitmen sepanjangperkhidmatan bagi mening-katkan produktiviti ke tahap

membanggakan. boleh dinaikkan dengan sya-"Jika mahukan satu per- rat 1.2 juta penjawat avy:am

ubahan atau peningkatan da- meningkatkan produktivitilam gred gaji,penjawatawarn dan menyokong inisiatif ke-perla ,sedar kerajaan periu rajaan untuk menjadikanmeUhatkembali prestasi me- , Malaysia negara ekonomi .

reka untuk memastikan ia berpendapatan tinggi.dapat dilaksanilkan. Perdana Menteri juga di--

"Jika produktiviti mening- laporkan berkata, selagi pro-kat dan pendapatan negara duktiviti negara meningkat,di luar jangkaim, saya .per- gaji kakitangan awarn akaricaya Perdana Menteri akan diselaraskan seiring denganakur dengan tuntutan sektor ekonomi yang lebih kukuh.awarn,"katanya ketika.dihu- Omar berkata, kenyataanbungi semalam; Perdana Menteri bolehdiiba-

Kelmarin,Datuk Seri Na- ratkan sebagai penanda arasjib Razakdipetik sebagaiber- kepada kakitangan awarnun-~ata, gaji kakitangan awarn tuk memastikan mereka bo-

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leh menikmati gaji setandingnegaramembangun yanglain.

Sehubungan itu, katanya,kakitangan awam periu me-lakukan satu anjakan para-digma dari aspek cara beker-ja, lebih berdaya saing, krea-tif dan inovatif selainmemastikan etika sentiasa.'dipa.tuhi serta tidak terbabitdengan rasuah. .

Bagaimanapun, Cuepa:csmahu kerajaan lebih telus de-ngan pelaksan.aan cukai ba-rangan danperkhidmatan.(GST)yang disifatkannya'se-bagai satu cara meningkat-

kan hasil kerajaan."Kakitangan awarnteruta-

ma kumpulan pelaksana per-lu diberikan taklimat menge-nai GST dengan jela.s danmemberi peluang untuk ber-dialog dellgan kerajaan bagimemastikan pelaksanaan-nya tidak membebankankumpula.n berpendapatanrendah.

"Jika GST boleh menjanapendapatan kerajaan tanpamenjejaskan kuinpulan ber-pendapatan' rendah, makaCuepacs tidak mempunyaihalangan untuk dasaritu di-laksanakan," katanya.

What security!,

if guards ineptBetter to patrol <?urown rieighbourhood

HEN my neighbourhood in Petaling]aya, initiated guarded service recent-ly, I was one of those who decided to

wait before opting to join the scheme.I wanted to see whether the security com':

pany would place barricades and block theaccess roads to make their work easier inmonitoring the neighbourhood., I am not in favour of such a move becauseplacing permanent structures at some of theinner roads would lead to unnecessary conges-tion on the artery roads.

There are valid reasons why housing devel-opers are required to buiid inner roads and oneof them is to ensure smooth flow of traffic inthe neighbourhood especially d\.lring peakhours in the morning and evening.

For the first few days when the guarded.scheme was implemented in my neighbour-h9od, there were many near misses as motor-ists' esp~cially those woo don't live,in the areawere caqght unawares by the sudden closureof the in~er roads.

A mother who was taking her usual route, todrop off her toddler son at a babysitter's homein the vicinity almost knocked into my carwhen she was forced to reverse as' a result ofthe inn~r road suddenly being blocked byempty oil drums.

There are also residents, especially those liv-ing in the comer and end lots, who use part ofthe inner roads to park their vehicles. Nowthat these inner wads are barricaded, they arenot utilised and have become no man's land.

Another reason why I did not sign up for the

Iguarded scheme was the mode of paymentHouseholds are required to pay for the securityscheme upfront for six months. Thus if themonthly security fee is RMSO,the residents arerequired to pay RM300 to cover six months ofsecurity service and later another RM300 forthe remaining six months.

I find the payment scheme lopsided infavo,ur of the security company. What if thesecurity company winds up due to unforseencircumstances, surely we as customers will beat the losing end.

A few days ago on my way home in theafternoon, I noticed a man walking about andbehaving suspiciously in the area. Upon sens-ing that I was observing him, he walked in the

opposite direction.I drove off but decided to turn back and alert

the guards. True enough, along the way I spot-ted the guy was checking out a house whichhad its front gate ajar. .

Two of the guards got onto a motorcycle andstarted to look for the "intruder". Alas, theywere not going to find him, simply .becausethey were looking for him on a different road! I

The next day, three vehicles in my row ofhouses, includingmine, had scratch marks onthe door.

Whether this was the' price my neighboursand I h~d to pay for not joining the guardedschemeisanybody'sguess,but theJact remainsthat our cars were damaged in broad daylightdespite havingguards patrollingthe area,

Residents associations (RAs)must realisethat g\.lardedschemes are not without flaws.First you need a reputable security compa-ny which has capable guards to carry outthe task of providing security in the neigh-

bourhood. IYoucannotjust employforeignworkers,retirees or jobless youths from the outskirts Iand expect them to-do a great job in oversee-Iing the neighbourhood's security.

RAs also cannot do as they please in thename of ensuring security in the neighbour-hood. Barricading public roads and giving sec-ond-class treatment to those who opt not tojoin the scheme will divide instead of unite theneighbourhood.

The way forward for neighbourhood safetyis community policing by the stakeholders.

So long as I am healthy and fit, I am morethan prepared to take turns to patrol theneighbourhood at night so that others, includ-ing my family members, can have a goodI

night's sleep.IWhat about you, folks. Will you grab a baton

and torch and join me in keeping the burglarsand thieves far, far away?--

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