Guard House New Number

Please be informed that the guard house has a new number, effective immediately:

016-3851457

This is after we have complaint that the previous number was not reachable. I have just made a call to this new number, and there was a guard picking up this call. Hopefully no more changes again in the future.

Strata Titles

I am sure that most of you must be waiting anxiously when is your turn to get your individual strata titles for your home. You should also already know by now that there are already a few houses already got their titles (mostly in Jalan BPP 4/3, dunno why).

For your information, the strata titles is issued in batches. So far there are only one batch who got their titles, and that's not a lot. If you have it, you should be notified by the developer by post. The first step is to go to Tujuan Ehsan (or Equine Capital) and pay about RM200. Then you will need to go to the developer's lawyer firm in USJ 10 to pay the taxes. That's where the big money is, it's about RM4500 for an intermediate unit, and the price is standard; it follows your purchase price, NOT the current market price. You will also need to bring the copies of your cukai tanah and cukai pintu, to prove that you have made your payments to those. If you haven't, you might need to settle them too. Total damage : at least RM5000! Also you must also be prepared to do a lot of runarounds, so it is best to take the day off. It will be harder if the property is under two or more names, all of them need to take leave at the same time!

So just be prepared for this eventuality, financially and mentally. From what I understand, the 2nd batch has already been submitted last year December. If you receive the letter, please expect a duration of about 6 months from the time you receive the letter from developer until you receive the strata title. But I am sure it is worth the wait!

If you need further information, please call the sales office in Taman Equine at 03-8945 7878, please look for Ain. Take nicely to her, she might be able to put yours in the next priority list! ;-)

Minit mesyuarat 21 Disember 2010

Berikut adalah beberapa perkara yang dibangkitkan semasa mesyuarat dengan pihak FWG bulan lepas:

- Pondok pengawal masih tiada air

- Pelekat kereta, walaupun mereka adalah ibubapa kepada kanak-kanak yang belajar di tadika di sini, mereka juga patut ada pelekat. Penduduk akan berpendapat pengawal tidak konsisten dalam polisi mereka. Cadangkan untuk menjual pelekat kepada mereka

- Audit diperlukan, menemuramah pelawat untuk mendapatkan pendapat pihak ketiga. Cadangkan untuk bermula 2 Jan 2011.

- Pengawal selalu tidak ada di pondok, kencing

- Bermula Jan 2011, gaji minimum untuk pengawal ialah RM700 sebulan, menurut Persatuan Perkhidmatan Kawalan Keselamatan Malaysia, jumlah kasar mececah RM1600-1700! Susah mencari pengawal

- SOP sudah diletakkan, tapi tidak dilaksanakan

- Rondaan tak nampak, perlu basikal. Beri masa satu minggu, telah memberikan permohonan untuk membeli basikal

- Semasa waktu puncak, pengawal perlu dinampakkan oleh semua penduduk, mereka perlu duduk atau berdiri di tengah jalan

- Masih tidak memberikan sistem pass untuk pelawat, drop off dan kontraktor

- Peti keselamatan untuk menerima cek di pondok pengawal. Kunci disimpan oleh pihak AJK.

- Meletakkan lampu di kawasan berisiko tinggi

More expensive security service?

Have you heard the news? Next year onwards, we might have no choice but to pay a much more expensive rate for security service for our taman!

http://thestar.com.my/metro/story.asp?file=/2010/12/20/central/7644203&sec=central

This is according to the budget 2011 tabled by Datuk Seri Najib where the minimum wage is RM500, and the allowance at RM7.50 per hour. Compare that to the current rate of RM5.50 that we are paying now! That's almost a 50% increase!

On Tuesday we have had a meeting with FWG, and they did promise to look over this matter and to come out with a solution for us, perhaps by adding more value to us. However currently they still have a lot to improve on!

Jemputan ke Program Komuniti Rakyat

Sukacita dimaklumkan bahawa pihak Persatuan dan pihak Surau Nurul Ikhlas bersama-sama menganjurkan program tersebut di atas pada masa dan tempat yang berikut:

Tarikh : 11hb Disember 2010

Masa : 7:30 pagi

Tempat : Halaman Surau

Program ini bertujuan untuk memberikan peluang kepada penduduk untuk memahami tugas Perbadanan dan Jabatan Kerajaan yang terlibat. Para penduduk digalakkan untuk mengambil peluang untuk menyertai program-program menarik yang telah disediakan.

Antara perbadanan dan jabatan kerajaan yang mengambil bahagian termasuklah:

• Polis Diraja Malaysia
• Jabatan Bomba
• Agensi Anti Dadah Kebangsaan
• KPJ HealthCare
• Suruhanjaya Pilihanraya, dll

Antara program menarik yang disediakan termasuk Program Motivasi Remaja dan Ceramah Ma'al Hijrah pada waktu malam. Aturcara program adalah seperti berikut:

• 7:30 pagi - Senamrobik
• 8:00 - 10:00 pagi - Sukan Tradisional (dewasa dan kanak-kanak)
• 10:00 - 1:00 tengahari - Pameran Agensi Kerajaan
• 1:00 - 1:30 tengahari - Solat Zohor
• 3:00 - 4:00 petang - Ceramah Motivasi Remaja
• 4:35 - 5:00 petang - Solat Asar
• 7:05 - 7:20 malam - Solat Maghrib
• 7:20 - 8:20 malam - Tazkirah Ma'al Hijrah
• 8:20 - 8:50 malam - Solat Isya'
• 9:00 - 9:45 malam - Jamuan

Adalah diharapkan para penduduk dapat meluangkan masa untuk menghadiri program ini. Kami percaya bahawa program ini akan dapat memberikan faedah kepada seluruh komuniti Pusat Bandar Putra Permai.

Guarded neighbourhoods: Only Malaysian, Nepalese guards allowed

Excerpt from The Star today:

Only Malaysians and Nepalese employed by licensed security companies are allowed to be guards at guarded neighbourhoods, Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk Chor Chee Heung told Parliament Tuesday.

He said according to the ministry's Gated Community and Guarded Neighbourhood guidelines introduced in September this year, security guards of other nationalities were not allowed to work at these neighbourhood.

"They must also be able to speak in Bahasa Malaysia or English to work as security guards at these housing schemes," he said.

Report card - April 2010 to Oct 2010

Time flies! A lot has happened during the last period that warrants a full write up on this blog. Let's start with the important stuffs - the security service.

We have changed the service of the security company to FWG Security in August this year. There are some good and bad points about this company, but the reason is that we wanted to make sure we do not rest on our laurels and keep on improving. We must admit that there are still a lot of room for improvements with FWG, but at least we see something new. We have created a four-point clocking-system around the perimeter of the taman, something like this:

This is to make sure that the guards perform their round securing the important areas around the taman. You might see them on their rounds sometimes, but not hear them anymore, because they are supposed to be using bicycles.

The biggest change you might notice will most probably be the guard house. We have spend the biggest sum on rebuilding a more prominent and permanent guard house. Some might argue the usefulness of this guard house, but it serves a few purposes:

1. To house the security guards in a safe environment so that they can perform their duties better.
2. To improve the overall image of this taman. That means that you can now sell / rent your property at a higher value!
3. As a basis for creating an automatic barrier system in the long run.

Along with the guard house, we have also created a few road bumps around the taman. Most of them come from the bank account of the association.

The building of the bumps are obvious, to stop those speeding demons from knocking down a few cats, cars, or worse, children. The traffic situation around the guard house, especially in the morning, can be very harzardous. The creation of the bumps should create peace of mind among residents. Total amount spend on the guard house including pipings and the bumps is RM 17,500. Please approach your nearest friendly neighbourhood wakil jalan for further breakdown of the price.

These are just the beginning. In the next collection period we wish to improve on the surroundings on the taman and make this a more safer and secure place to live in. In the meantime do tell us what we can do to improve.