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Retakakibatubahsuairumah
Oisebabkanberlakunya
keretakanterbabit,
penyewayang
mendudukirumahnya
terpaksaberpindah
keluarempatbulanlalu
keranafaktor
keselamatan.
Pemilik perumahan dua tingkat
di JalanWawasan 4/6, di sini
kesal kerana tinda.kan jiran~
nya yang mela:trnkan pengubahsuaian dengan l11erobbhkan keseluruhan struktur rumah
tidakmendapat kebenaranl11a}
pindahkeluar empat bulanlalu
kerana faktor keselamatan.
Pemilikyanghanyamahu
dike.nalisebagai Tayberkatil,
dia hanya menyedari jiran sebelahrumahnya merobohkan
keseluruhan struktur rumah
teres dua tingkat pada bulan
Jun lalu.
Katanya, Perkara terbabit
dimaklUmkanoleh penyew(j.
rumahnya yang memberitahu
rumah yang terletak bersebclahan rumalmya 'hilang'
dan dirobohkansebaik mereka
pulang dari kampung.
"Ketika
menghubungi
saya,penyewa memaklumkan
rumah sebe1ahsudah 'hHang'
,dansaya Yangterkejut ketika
itu bertanya bagaim(j.naboleh
tidak mahuberjumpa dengannya.
"~aya cubapergi ke pejabatnya untuk mendapatkan
penjelasan namun sering kali
diberitahu dia tiada oleh pekCljanya.
"Malah saya sudah, membuat aduan kepad<J. pihak
Majlis Perbandaran Subang
Jaya (MPSJ).mengenai. perkara ini nanlun sehinggakini
tiada tindakM diambil," kat<J.nya ketika difemui di sini,semalam.
lisperbandaran.
hilarig.
nya.
"Saya difahauwanpemilik terbabit tidak nlendapat
kebenaran MflSJ, untuk merobohkankeselurtihan.bangunM itu.
. "Juste11l,saya,mJ.:nggesa
pihak berkenaan mengambil
langkah supaya tidak memberi permit membiria kem-
NURFARHANA
ABDUL
MANAN
.
PUSATBANDAR PUCHONG-
.
Beliau mendakwa tindakan
pengubahsuaian itu l11emberi
kesan negatif apabila rurnannYil mengalami keretakante.ruk di.bahagian dalam.
Beliau turut mendakwa disebabkan berlakunya keretakan
terbabit, penyewayang menduduki rumahnya terpaksa ber-
'~Kel11udian penyewa
men-
jelaskan11lmah berkenaan dirobohkan pemiliknya menyebabkan wujud beberapa
keretakan di dalam bahagian
rumah," katanya.
Tay berkata, dia kesa:Ikeranajirannyatidakmemaklumkan mengenai perkara itu dan
~.'~
Jelas Tay,pi4akny<J. kesal keranadi(j. hanyamanu
menuntut haknya itPatah lagi
kos memperbaiki b£lhagianretak belum tentumenj\}minkeselamatan pengh1ffiidirumah-
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Teresa.(tiga dari kiri)melihat tapak rumah yang diroboh menyebabkan keretakan di rumah
bersebelahan yang' boleh mengundang bahaya kepada penghuni.
bali 11lmahberkenaan kecuali
. pemilik l1Jnlahmemberi penje1asandan berbincangterlebih
dahulu,"katanya.
Sementara itu, Ahli Dewan
Undangan Negeri (ADUN)
Kimara, Teresa Kok Suh Sim
yang mengadakan lawatan ta-
pak ke rumah berkenaan berkata, pihaknya akan membuat
susulan dengan MPSJ.
"Kita meriggesa MPSJ
mengambil tindakan terhadap
pemilikyang me1~nggar undang-undang dan cuba menyelesaikan masalah ini untuk
mengelakkan ia berlaku kepada
oranglain.
"Perbuatan ini juga dianggaptidakbertanggungjawab
kerana, pemilik me1akukan
pengubahsuaian tanpa memikirkan ketenteraman penduduk seke1iling,"katanya:
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puluhan rumah kongsi yang
menempatkan warga asing sejak empat tahun lalu di Bandar
Puteri 11disini menimbulkan
kebimbangaJlpenduduk setempat mengenai keselamatan mereka.
Bukan itu sahaja, penduduk juga mendakwa sikap
warga asing yang kini sudah
naik lemakseringmengganggu
pelajar sekolahdan menimbulkan kekecohan.
Penduduk yang hanya
mahu dikenali sebagai Din
berkata, dia hairan bagaimana kewujudan rumah kongsi
berkenaan boleh bertahan terlalu lama tanpa disedari pihak
berkuasa.
"Apa . yang dilihat kebanyakan projek rumah di
situ sudah siaptetapi bilangan
warga asingJndonesia itu semakin bertambah setiap hari.
Sikap mereka yang keterlaluan dengan mengganggu pelajar serta kaum wanita yang
pulang bekerjajuga menaikkan
kemarahanpenduduk.
Beliau mendakwa sepanjang warga asing ini berkampung di situ hanya sekali
sahaja pihak berkuasa mengadakan operasi besar-besaran ~~nangkap pendatang tanpalZIll.
"Sekarangbilanganwarga
asing yang menduduki rumah
kongsi berkenaan juga bertambah dan lebih 500 orang
yang tinggal di situ. Jika dibiarkan pihak berkuasa tanpa
mengambil apa-apa tindakan,
tidak mustahil kumpulan ini
akan menjadi lebih besar dan
penduduk bimbang sekiranya
ini berlaku,banyakmasalahsosial akan timbul," katanya.
Diajuga mendakwawarga
asing di situ turutmenjalankan
aktiviti laga ayam,berjudi serta aktiviti~aktivitilain yang ti-
daksihat.
Justeru,katanyadia meminta pihak berkenaansupaya 'l1emantaumasalahini
memandangkaniamembabitkan keselmnatanribuanpenduduk.
"Sekarang ini juga banyak kes jenayah yang timbul
antaranya mmah penduduk di
pecah masuk, motosikal serta
basikal kami turut dicuri.
"Kami tidak mahu menuduh sesiapa cuma sekiranya pihak berkuasa mengmnbil tindakan tegas pasti
pendatang asing ini tidak sewenang-wenangnya membuat apa-apa perkara sesuka
hati mereka," katanya.
Sementara itu, tinjauan yang dibuat ke kawasan
itu mendapati, mmah-rumah
kongsi yang dibina ditutup
denganzinkbagimengelakkan
pihak berkuasa menyedari kewujudannya.
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Stopping the rot
Liu promises action against abusive and corrupt officers
AWKERS and traders in
Se1angorhave been urged to
»We understand
provide information to the
state government if they have evithe plight of the
dence of abusive and corrupted
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councilenforcementofficers.
Accordingto Selangor local govRONNIE LlU
ernment, research and study committee chairman Ronnie Liu,there
may be some enforcement officers
wtio are high-handed in their
dealings with the business peo- sary dinner of the Federation of
ple.
Hawkers and Petty Traders
"If hawkers or traders are bul- Associationsof Malaysiain Klangon
lied by enforcement officers,please Monday night.
let me know and I will deal with
More than 1,000people attended
them.
the function.
Liusaid before he was elected as
"I cannot deny that there are
enforcement officers who are abu- an assemblyman and made an
sive and corrupt, but not many vic- executive councillor, he had
tims have come forward to give us received many complaints from
the evidence,"he said.
hawkers and traders that enforceLiusaid this at the 53rd anniver- ment officers were giving them a
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traders
hardtime.
"We understand the plight of the
traders and, as a new responsible
government, we want to get rid of
the unhealthy practices.
"Please give us time to resolve the
situation," he said.
Liu also apologised to the hawkers
and traders who had been ill-treated
by enforcement personnel.
He said while the state government was doing its part to eliminate
corruption, the traders and hawkers
should also do their part and adhere
to the rules and regulations.
Meanwhile,
Federation
of
Hawkers
and
Petty
Traders
Associations of Malaysia president
Datuk Ghai Soo Ming urged the
hawkers and petty traders to look
for ways to survive the current
inflationary
situation instead of
just passing on the cost to con-
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'The prices of the main ingredients such as rice and noodles are
going lip and up and everyone is facing great pressure from the effects of
inflation.
"Hawkers and traders should not
just keep increasing prices because
of the rising costs although a slight
increase is unavoidable.
"The high prices will only force
the consumers to spend less, which
mean lesser sales and profits for
traders," he said.
Ghai also said they hoped the
problems facing the traders, especially when dealing with enforcement officers,could be resolvedfast
by the new Pakatan Rakyat state
government.
"Many are penalised unjustly,
which affects their rice bowls," he
said.
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a lesson to voters, says Najib
KUALALUMPUR:The Selangor government has not lived up to the
Pakatan Rakyat's pronrises of lower
taxes and free education, the deputy
prime IfiiIiistersaid.
Datuk SeriNajibRazaksaid the failure of Selangor would be an "eyeopener and a lesson" to voters.
He said the Federal government had
long predicted that opposition parties
would have difficulty fulfilling their
promises made in the general election.
Najib was refeq:ing to Selangor
Menteri Besar Tan Sri Abdul Khalid
Ibrahim's announcement on Monday
that the state government was not in a
posit;i.onto reduce quit rent by 20 per
cent as pronrised in the Parti Keadilan
Rakyat election manifesto.
The state government will, instead,
be giving incentives so thatpeople settl€ their arrears.
Khalid had also said that a study was
being carried out to determine
whether it would be apt to reduce the
quit rent since the state's economy was
not growing at the desired rate, land
prices were high and housing projects
were ongoing.
Najib said people were often taken in
by promises oflower taxes.
"During the elections, anyone can
make pronrises," he said, adding that
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"We must have the maturity and the
wisdom to decide for ourselves."
Higher Education. Minister Datuk
Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin also
criticisf;Jdthe Selangor government for
making promises it could not keep.
He said this was the obvious differ- I
ence between the Pakatan Rakyat,
which took a populist approach to gain
popular support, and the ruling
Barisan Nasional, which had experiencein government and only made responsible promises.
Khaled was speaking after officiating the opening of the International \
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Conference On Educational Innova-
tion, jointly organised by Universiti
Malaya and the Malaysia!} National
Commission for UnescQ (United Na-tions Educational, Scientific ao.d Cultural Organisation) in Kuala Lumptir.
"If they bring down the rates,how
can they ensure that quq.litystandards
within the jurisdiction of the various
local authorities are maintained?"
Higher Education Minist~r patul.<.Seri
Khaled asked, addit1gthat the. opPQsiMohamed Khaled Nordin says the'
tion's pronrise of free education for all
opposition's promise offree
was unrealistic.'
education for all is unrealistic
"If fuIitls are channelled towards fihe hoped that people would realise nancing free educatiQn, and not
that what was importantwas not the enough is allocated to -develop ~e
economy, graduates won't be able to
pronrises but how likely tI;leywere to be
get jobs."
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KUAlA LUMPUR: More than
2,000 house-buyers
in Puchong have had enough with
developers.
After waiting for more than
three years for their houses,
they bave demanded that the
Ministry of Housing and Local
Government act to solve their
problem.
They have bought houses in
Taman Lestari Permal, Tmnan
Lestari Puchong, Tanum Saujana Puchong 9 m1d Tmnan
Puncak JaIi1 Phase 10 which
have aU become abandoned
projects.
The house buyers bave also
threatened to stage a protest
march to Parlimnent and seek
legal redress against the developers Iftheir houses are not
delivered by 2009.
The owners are also asking
for the developers to pay them
liquidated and ascertained
dan1age
claims
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The four housing schemes
were scheduled for completion between em'ly2003 and
2005.
Some 100 owners, representing the unfortunate house
buyers, hm1dedover a memorandmn to the ministrv's
deputy director-general Dr'G.
Parameswaran at his officein
Pusat BandaI'Danmnsara on
Monday.
Tmnan Lestati Permai representative Mat Ali Hanafiah
Mohamed said the scheme
was due for completion in
2005. but has since been
abandoned.
"Maybefor some. this is a
smallmalter but not to us.We
are having sleepless nights
thinking about our investment.
'''We have been burdened
wilh our monthiyloan installment. At the same thne, we
are also payingfor our house
rentals because we cannot
mov" into our houses," he
said.
He said some of them had
alsobeen blacklistedbybanks
fortJleirfailuretoservice their
loans.
"We have tried raising our
problems with the developer
and the ministry but to no
avail.\I arc desperate now,"
hesaia.
Mat AU said pI'olmses by
.heir deveioper that their
10llseswould be ddivered on
,cWn dales were ne, \f kenl.
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Ayamany (right) was among the irate house-buyers complaining to deputy director general of housing Dr G, Parameswaran
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"Now, the developer has
abandoned the project, leaving us in the lurch," he said.
Mat Ali claimed tJ1at to compound matters, the ministry
had done nothing to solve their
probiem despite nun1erous
complaints lodged with the
millisiry since 2005.
"h1 fact. we are confused
about the mIDistry's role in
this matter. ill their website,it
states that it is their duty to
make sure that all housing
projects are carried out in a
proper and efficientmanner,
and the interest of the purchasers willbe protected. But
that's not the case,"he said.
Mat Alisaid ail they wanted
was for their houses to be
completed and delivered to
them.
Taman Puncak Jalii Phase
10 house-buyer G.Ayamany
said by right, the project
comes under the jurisdiction
of the ministry as after signing the sales and purchase
agreement, the buyers were
supposed to be automatically protected bythe ministry.
"It lookSlike the ministry
does not care about our
predicament," he said, when
approached after a meeting
with Parameswaran.
Ayamany said they raised
many
issues
with
Parameswaran and the latter had agreed to meet them
next week.
"We have had enough of
meetings and if they do not
provide a solution to our
problem, we will organise a
protest march to the Parliament. We jl1st want our
problem to be solved," he
said.
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Ayamany said the developers should issue a commitment letter, saying that
their houses would be completed and delivered to them
within a stipulate time.
Parmneswaran said he
had a meeting with the new
developer last week and was
told that the company had
agreed to complete the four
projects within one year
from December.
"They have also agreed to
start work by end of this
month," he said.
Parameswaran also gave
his assurance that he would
arrange a meeting between
the company and house buyers for the latter to raise
their concerns and queries.
"Wewill also get the company to issue a letter of commitment to the house buyers
that their house willbe com,
pleted within a stipulated
time," he said.
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Opentoth~ public:.Khalidsigniqg .emthe plaque to
commemorate the op~l1ingof tbeHulu Langat
parliamentary and KaJangstafe assembly service
,Cl;)ntr~iI1Kaj~ng.With h.im,;sI..ee.
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No landfills
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near rivers
State acts to prevent water contamination
By GEETHA KRISHNAN
geetha@fhestar,com,my
Photo courtesy of NANYANG PRE~S
F
UIURElandfills in Selangorwill not be
located close to waterways. MentriBesar
TanSriKhalidIbrahimsaid in sourcingfor
new landfill sites, the major consideration
would be to ensure that there would be no
threat to any water treatment system.
Khalidsaid such a measure was needed in
view of possible raw water contamination
when leachate from landfills and dumpsites
seeped into the waterways.
Most of the Selangorwater treatment plants
are located near intake points and there had
been contamination incidents ih Sungai
Selangorand SungaiChembong.
Khalid was speaking to reporters after
attending a briefing by various department
heads at the Huh.! Langat District Office in Bangi
assemblyman Lee Kim Sin.
On opening more landfills for ihe state,
Khalid said there was a request from the Refuse
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DerivedFuel(RDF)factoryin Semenyihto reopen the former BukitChembonglandfill.
"The RDFhas offered to reopen the landfill
and equip it with the latest technology.The
Kajang Municipal Councilis looking into the
viabilityofthe proposalandthe request has also
been,forwardedto the federalgovernment,"he
said.
Earlier, Khalid said the state government
would examine the legal mechanism when
tackling the issue of abandoned and stalled
housing projects in Selangor.
"We want to explore the options available
and the solution that will be best for all - the
buyer, developer, banker and the state.
'Those responsible will have to adequately
compensate the affected parties.
"The state will provide its support in the form
of advice on land administration and related
matters," he said.
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last Friday.
TheMentriBesarhadearlieropened thejoint
service (entre in Kajang operated by Hulu
Accordingto Lee,there are 11 abandoned I:
Langat MP Dr Che RosliChe Mat and Kajang projects in the Hulu Langat constituency.
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it is: Loh pointing to the billboard site near the Federal Highway.
Loh says highway billboard project is illegal
ON ONE of his trips back home,
Kelana Jaya MP Loh Gwo Burne
noticed a steel cage built close to the
Glenmarie turnoff along the Federal
Highway.
"Upon closer inspection, I discovered that the structure is a base
pole being built for a billboard project.
"It is obviously illegal because the
relevant permits have not been dis-
played,"Loh said during a press conference at the site recently.
'The approvals deemed necessary
for billboards include a temporary
occupation licence (TOL) from the
Land Office, licence and planning
approvals from the local authority
and the approval of the Public Works
Department (PWD)," he added.
Loh said the contractor only
seemed to have the approval of the
PWD.
He also said if the billboard project
was carried out, it would block the
clock tower located close to the
highway.
Under the National Land Code
Act, anyone found advertising on
illegal billboards could be charged
with abetment.
"I checked with the various local
authorities and discovered the area
comes under the purview of the
Shah Alam City CounciL
''The council said the application
for the billboard
project
was
received. but the approval had not
been given," Loh said.
He added that when he approached the project manager, the
person claimed the company had
applied for approval more than a
year ago.
"If the relevant authorities are
serious about nipping the problem
of illegal billboards in the bud, they
should work towards a better system where approvals are speedily
granted," Loh said.
According
to him, billboard
advertising
generates
huge revenues for advertising
companies
while councils tend to gain from
the annual licensing fees and service charges.
Loh said the issue of illegal billboards in Selangor would be brought
to the attention of Mentri Besar Tan
Sri Khalid Ibrahim.
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