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tik dalam kawasan pentadbirannya bermul~awal bulail
lalu - dalam usaha mehgurangkan;penggunaaan bahan,
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Ia didapului kafeteriaMESJ
yang ditegah daripad<l,menggunal<.ansebarang bekas ber.;"
asaskan plastik ternrasuk,polisterin, sebaliknya diganti
d,enganbegkertas, bek~s dan
beg plastik yang boleh dikitar
semula.
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Yang Dipertuanya,~Adnan
Md Ikhsan,berkata pellguat ->,
kuasaan dasar itu selaras ara'..
han kerajaan negeri yang DEDIKASh..Aclnan berucap clipefl'lim~ohan'biJlanijnl5al5itanganMPSJ,bafli~baruini.
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mahu semua pihak berkuasa .
,~'Kamimenerima- arahan beg..kert~satau'.bekasyang
tempatan(PBT) wilayah Sesertai ;24 ahli majlis MPSJ
,selain
langorbebas daripada menglni daripada kerajaanll~geri bolehdikitarsemula
ya~$ barudilantik, sebelum
awal JUn lalu; dan ia se- ,kakitangan mefub'awa b~kas . merekadiperkena'lkan
gunakan plastik terutama
sedalam 'penyediaan
mak~- patutnya dilaksana"L:~Ogos makanan, sendiri dari .ruorang demi'seorang kepada
nan.
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depan serentak di semua mah.
kira~kira. 900 kakitangan
Katanya, })1engikut peranPBT selurul} Selahgor, ,lla:- "Saya percaya pematuhan
yang'berkumpw.
cangan arahan berkenaan sec' mUn diawalkan untuk tu- ke atasdasardni
mungkin
Mengenaipenentuari ahli
patutnya dila:ksanaserent~
Juan mendiaik kakitangan ambil plasa; tetapikaIll,i ak~
jawatankuasa, Adnan berkadan penduduk di bawah usahakan supayai<l,dipatuhi
di semua PBT, Ogosdepan
ta pihaknya akan menguMPSJ.
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namun pihaknya mengambil
s~mua pihak," k~tanya se- mumkan senarai.penuh pekeputusan untuk mengada. "Buat permwaan,kita sU" lepas Perhimpunan I}\.danan megang 10 jawatankuasa
kannya lebih awal bagi tudah, rri~ngarahkall kafeteriil BersalliaKakitangan MPSJ dL berkenaan selepasmesyuarat
Juan mendidik kakitarigan
agar tidak1.agiI1lenggPnakan ~()mP1eks .SukanMPSJ, Ai mengenainya selesai di samsillibaru-barwini.
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MPSJ seka'li gus menggahikbel<.as, plastiksebaliknya
phlg J,elIlbahagian ahli majkan penduduk.
menggantikannya q~ngan 'P7rhimpunan
itu~urut. Qie lismengikut 24 zon.
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Pelbagai
carapromosipinjaman
wqng
SUBANGJAVA-Pelbagai cara d,an taictik san Puchong dan sekitarnya masih banyak iklan
digunakan kumpulan pemberi pinjaman wang yang dipercayai haram digantungsepanjangjadi sini, bagi 'menarik perhatian mereka yang Ian ke taman perumahan.
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kemudahan'itu.
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"Bagi mereka yang terdesak mungkin akan
Terbaru, Sinar Harian menerima laporan
menyangka ia ada keha mengena dengan iklan
l ol1ll,lgramai bahawa ada peminjam,wang me- k(:menterianterbabit danmengambil keputusan
memjnjam tanpa berfIkir panjang. Lagipun ayat
letakkan pos.ter ,mengiklankan.: perkhidmatan
mereka dengan tulisan mirip 'sebuahiklan kec d!gunak~~~a iaitu 'kami bukan along, kami
;~menterian xang 'ditayangkan di media massa - CUIDamiktoloIig',
elektrdnik.~'"
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wang sekiranya gacbagai Ahmad; 45,~erkata, syarikatterbabit meng,
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ayat itu'diRercayai unml.cm~I1geIirukal1; ',' gal melangs~ikwihutang/,katanya.
SeJlqbungariitu,Ahri1'itdmenggesa pihakter"<'9rang ramai supaya}akin dehgan skim'merekil.
'sediakan.
babit mem@tau perkara itU!teterusnya.menurunKatanya,dia kesal ke,ranakebanyakankawa- kan ~a,y. yang digantung tanpa kebenaran.
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Ratepayer.s
.welfare
theobjectr&1
FINALLY,after more than three months of
uncertainty, the 12 local councils in selangorhave
'their councillors. Almost all the new councillors
_have never served before. Tllis isnot totally a
bad thing as many former councillors-acquired
some bad habits, such as turning a'blind eye to
the proliferation Qf billboards and o<;cupation of
open spacesby politicalparties.
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Councillors play important roles. They pass bylawS,policies and annual budgets,includingfor dev~
elopmentprojects. They highlight problems faced
by ratepayers and often playa direct role in ~olving these. Those app6inted to committees like the
One Stop Centre (OSC)committee that approves
applications for development proJects, also'play
important executive roles. ~.
Of interest inthe new line-up is the presenceof
non-governmentalorganisati.on(NGO)nominees.
Although six out of 24.councillQrs in each Couf1cil
is far short of the much touted 8-8-8 formula to
represent political parties, NGOs and professional
bodies, it is still better than the past practice of
appointingoply ruling party members.
Appointees such as petaling Jaya city councillor Richard Yeoh of Transparency International
Malaysia and Subang'Jaya municipal councillor
Chang Kim Loong of the House Buyers Association are examples of a new and progressive
step in the selection of people to serve in local
councils. IndeedJ the appointment of chagg to the
powerful OSC committee is also commendable.
'~i(HoWev~r,the decision to allow state assembly~
mefi' and'members of parliament to participate in
touncilmeetings, including committee.me~tings,
is wrong even though they have no yoting rights.
local councils are local governments.
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Just,as MPscannotpartiCipatein state
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ingfor recurrent e2<penditLJres; Utile isle{t for, !:
developmef1tprojects. "
Raising assessment ,1;
rates is unthinkabl~for
the timebein g.ln deed, .
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ratepayers are already.
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disappointedthatthe' ,
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promised 20% rate cut
LoealCounsel
by Goh Ban L.ee
is out.
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Further,almost all ~I
the officersare the
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''Same persons. While 'I..
some may share the \1
new enthusiasm for II
change, it is unlikelythat all have had a sudden
transformation and become more productive,
selangoLeanS too have not suddenly become
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.civic-minded. They still discard rubbi$h indiscriminately,park vehicles anywhere they like, operate'
illegalfactories a!!dbuild illegalexten~jons.,
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.As a.ge~eral rfile,coM(1~iltors,Alu~:refraiQJr9111,.,:\
,nterfenng In enf9rce_ment'{Vh~!1:a,PPrpaShe.p.bX,j~IJ
the law-breakers for help. NOrJo:corpphancewith'
municipalregulationsisone of the rW,ncauses of
haphazard, dirty Cindinefficient towrsarid cities.
Besides, interfering'in enforcement is ~orruption.
'- Ne.w councillors must quickly learn'their roles
and responsibilities. An understandjogJof
the
local Governmept'Act,Town and copntfy"Planning Act; StreefBuilding and Drainage..4.Ct and
important by-laws is a must. They shourd;Cilso be
aware of c6ncepts,like good urban governance,
-sustainable development and livable cities.
Workshops and seminars are useful. Unfortunately, while rpostlecturers'tlave
theoretical
knowledge of certain topics, they have little idea
of the real world in which councillors operate
- party politics, administrative procedures and
ratepayers'needsanq expectations.,
Despite what is'Stated a60ve aboufbad
habits, a'rich source ofknowl~dge is former
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councillors:Many na\{e~g,rveddiligeiltly.Even in
assemolies, tl'1ereis also no provision forthem,
areas wheretheY'~reperceiv~dJo have failed,
there are lessonstc)'belearnt.
and assemblymen to partiCipate in local governNew'councillors, especiallY poiitical appointment meetings; Onlytl1ose sworn in as.coilnC;I"
ees, should be humble enough to approach former
lors and presidents or mayors can do s6.
~There is no doubt that assemblymen, and
councillors to exchange id,eas over teh tarfk. The
MPS wffo attend council meetings. want only.
latter should accept !hat the people have made
to cP!1tributR tl°wever,.besides the qUestion of- ',. their choice and extend a helping hand.
The election is, over. Besides,'most council
legality, their participation also goes against good
..issues are non-ideological. There is also no polgovernance becauseJt blurs accountability. The
1tica( divide in issuesHke cleanliness, pedestrian
fact that MPs were allowedcto participate in the
past does not make it acceptable.
walRway~ flpod mitigation and safe cities. The
only agenda for councillofs, both present and
The newCQUnCiliors.already face formidable
challenges without having MPs and assemblyrilen
past,is the ~atepayer'~W~lfare.
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interferin~r Councillors are only oDe component
Dr Goh Ban'Lee is a retired academic interested
in the lAIorkingsof local councils.
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The laws and by-laws are still the same. Many
in urpan governance, housing and urban planning. Comments: [email protected]
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Indiscriminate
parking
near hospital
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AM a resident of SS12/1C Subang Jaya. In
order to get to my house, I usually pass by
the Subang Jaya Medical Centre's (SJMC)
emergency entrance.
It was not a problem until SJMC closed its
parking area to facilitate the building- of new
parking bays.
As a result of the closure, visitprs are now
parking their cars haphazardly alongside roads
near and around SJMC'ssouth tower.
They park their cars on both sides of the
road, leaving a small space for cars to go
through.
Cars have to take turns to go through. that
small space. It should be all right when there
are no cars or when the drivers are consider:- C
ate.
.But often than not, drivers- don't seem to
care. And that same road leads to SJMC'semergency room.
What if an ambulance gets stuck just
because drivers do not want to give way?
Would they (the drivers) want to be responsible for a person's death?
I have complained to the Subang Jaya
Municipal Council (MPSJ) several times, by
phone and by email, to rectify this matter,
either by towing away the cars (there is a 'tow-
ing zone' sign)or issuingsummons.
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MPSJ did respond via letters dated 12th,
16th and24th June, basically stating they
found my complaints to be true and that they
will take action.
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And the -letter on the 16th .and 24th stated
that the area in question is a.'kawasanrondaan
harian', that compounds were issued and that
the file is now closed. .
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My question is: How can the file be closed?
It has to be left opened indefinitely. People are
still parking their cars alongside the road. And
there are no enforcement officers around. And
this problem not only exists during the day but
also way into the night where it is worse since
they know MPSJ officers only work during
office hours.
I hope MPSJwilltake the necessary action.
SUZANNA
ABDUL HADI
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PADApendapat saya,rasanyawajardirobohatau dipind(jhkan
ka,binkontenadi sekitarPuchongyangte.!ahsekianlama
mencacatkan pemandangandi kawasan inLKepada penduduk
Puchong, jangan khuatir ker<masayapercaya pihak berkuasa
tempatal)serta kerajaannegeriakanrhelaklJkanyangterb.aik
bagi menangani masalah kabin-kabin ini.- NAI'TO,B~IT
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ppp Qua tahuIT'lali 'sel~pas
pemililpy(l.',dik.esan' meIal)g. garsyarat >lesep antaranya
inel,11be.liJ?esi,t(a~g b~i d~n
w~yarelektrik.'yan.g disuri\
MenterL >I)a1aJ,11)~~~geri,
P~t{1k Sen Syed H~tI11A'j\.1:
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.clansempuJ.'nasupaya tidak tinQakan segera,". katanya
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menja~~b soalan
~matan dan menjejaskan tambiihan Ahmad Lai Bujang (BN -Sibuti)" da!) Siti
ekonotni..,
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Zailah "Mohd~
Yusoff
(PAS~RaIltau"~aIJjang)."
Syed Hamid berkata, mereka yangdidapati mensuri
barang qesi bpl~~ <:lN~wa
mehgikut Seksye~ 21:9, Ka,nun Ke$eksaap. iaitu atas kec
saIahan mencuri' <itau me~
7~kes
ngiKut Seksyeh 3,1}.0,Kanun
Kes~!<s1(l.~Iliaitu ~encuri cialatn bangunaiJ. ~.ert'.l ditahan
atau disek§t l,11engikll.t Un-
lagimasih dalamperbicaraan; Bagi nieJ.'~ka yang
menjalank(;1n ",perniaga~n
tC}npa)esen;prel}lis~m~rekC},
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Beliau berkata,jumlah ke~
seltitul?-ankes keturian kaoel
dan besi di seluruh negara
yang dicatatkan sehinggakini sebanYak?,946 ~an702
penangkapan sudah3ipuat.
"Daripada<~8? kes;397 sudah diselesaikan, manakala:
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HARlAN METRO
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KUAJA ~UMPURi The special leave granted to civil
servants to perform the haj
has long-exi1';ted aIIdis .still
.a,ppli,~ab(e~-;according to
the Public Service Departinent. ','
In a statelllent yesterday,
the department smd the spe~
ciallea"e with full salary for
the hfjJ!jlgrjJn~ge for govermnent "eIfiploy~es, ?~d.-
beeninforcesince1984. .
LllSt ~ongaY-'.Mu1Y' lllem-
ber of parliaIllent Razali
Ibrallinl suggested in the Dewan Rakyat that tbe governm(jnt, allocate special leave
'for Muslims who would like
..tdperform
the hilj,especiaJly'
those, who areperforining
thepilgrinlage for .the first
tiine.
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yants, had t~llSe their arinu . .'.
'al .or sick leav~.'toperform,
the haj. c BernaIlla
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HARIA~ 5~1ETRO
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Absorbcpsthike,
develo'pers
told
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The miniSter said while he
had the powerto terminate sale
and "purchase agreements.IPOH:Itousingdevelopershll,ye such a movecouldonlylie tak"
to honour sale .lIJld..purchase en ifboth parties, the develpper
agreements signed with house and fuebuyer, agreed to.it '.
bUYers,includingthoseforpro"
Onthe increa.sein the price of
jects )hat ate under construc- building materials by between.
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tObe abandoned, we will deftnitelywant to intervene, and to
-do so'at an.earlystage."
'On the steps being consid:'
,ered to.",reduce construction
costs, th~ .mfuister Raid tp.(}li.e
includedloweririgimporttaxes
and stamp duties and request-
28and34percent,Ongsaidtpe ing s.tategovernmentsto offer
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Housing and Local Govern"' ministry would.check to. see if
lanq at a cheap~rpremit.qp:
ment Minister DatukSeri Ong. "housing developeJ.;swer~.gen- - ". On another matte~, Qngsaid
Ka Chuw said yesterday that
Uinely struggling to. complete- . it special cabinetconlltiittee on
developers could not use tp.e their projects.
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minimisingthe e.ffects~of
gloyal
higher prices ofbuildingmate,Hesaidthe.price hikewas npt warming wouldbeset up intwo '
rials as ail excuse to increase expected to cause many pro~ or three months~time.'the price of their tWits jects to be abaIJ:doned,adding"
To be chan-ed)iythe prime"
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halfway.
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that
"pevelopers should have
c°!l8idered factors of uncer-
tamty and bear some of the
risks,"he said after launchinga
meeting of senior town and
countryplanningofficershere.
housing'-';'}Jrojects
were
.ministei"IJr
his qel),uty, Yie ~om-
abandoned during the 1998 ft- " mi~ewillconsfderissues"such
nancilll cJjsis"becallse develop-
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ers had mcurred .losses from
th~ir involvemeiitin the share
market and other buSmesses.
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and encouragmg~euse ofenvironment-friendly vehicles
and publictransportation, said
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Advertiserswantlocal
councilsto be consistent'
'. By Azira Shaharuddin
, [email protected]'
SHAH AIAM: Adver,tisers are
concerned over recent decisions on banner and bunting
advertising made by Selangor
local councils.
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Selangor and, Federal Territories Advertisillg Association
president Goh Leng Angsays
the problem is confounded by
a lack of standardisation in decisions, made by the 12 'local
councils in the state.
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"For lllstance, 'each council . Goh calls for a uniform
has different procedures to method by local councils in
apply for perIirlts to put up ,Selangor.
banners. And the association
is questioning, tb.e Selayang !erfering with the associaMUnicipal council's recent de- J;\oIl'sjob.
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cisionto impose processing
The aSsociationis alsoques-fees and fees to put them up.
tiOning Kajang Municipal
. sociation and the state eXeCUtive councillor in charge of 10~al government and research
at thes,tate secretariat build- I
ing recently.
"We suggest the state government impose a uniform
process for all the local councilS.We also feei that advertiSing responsibilities should not
be given to single third parI
ties,"he said.
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State execuQve Councillor in
charge pf Local Government
'and'Research Ronnie Uu said
the state will not allow any monopolising ofbU:Siness activities ,which it considers to.be
contrary~to .free market prin..
ciples,ad~g
~t he will inv!'Jstigatei'
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Gohsays the councilhaSbe- Council's decision to engage and PublicRelati.ons Unit head
gun imposing a RMIO pro- the servicesofa singlecompa- 'SharimanMoh~Norsaid Aevi "I
cessing f~e aMRM20 for tb.e ny to map.agethe cOUncms Biz Sdn...Bhd'"'Y~ appointed
installation of each 'balJller bunting aild banner permits. 'duringtl1~ thefilliboard meetfrom June 23. The task was ing in1'fpV$mbiJ~,toprev.eqtthe,
and RMIO for everybunti!!g.
Tb.e council has lJlso begun previouslyund~rtaken bythe uncoordIDated1nstallation of
installing advertiSing bunting Councilitself, with.input from adve~~g "',"parwer-s ,.and J
and banners in the district all members of the assoCia- bunting.
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Advertising companies.say
ing a-dvertising companies for
the service.
tb.is is unfair as it is crellPng a
"Previoilsly we offere~ this monopol~ . ,
"This is. against the prin~i-'
as a complimentary service to
our clients," he said, adding pIes of a free market," he said
that this is tantamount to in- at a meeting,between the,as-
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"lfthere lire parties wllo are
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not satisfiedwitqthis decision~
tpey coUld sUbq1it tl1eir suggestions to MPKj,"he said.
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SelayangMunicipalCouncil
will comment on the issue later.
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A1 ,jAA.a IJ{'",
ERIK wonderswhy the slip.road at Jalan PJS 9/26,
Bandar Sunway'has been
blocked by a barrier.
Instead pf connecting
to theLDPhighway
at
KM17:7, the jl1nctiqn h(:ls
become a deAd, end. As'
a result, residen'i:sin the
area,lI3.vetq'.ir1ake a big
tur,n to geLto the LDP
Highway. ". .
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With fuel. .IIlore expensive now, it's not economi"
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caljformot()JiststQjtr~y~1
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tlj~closuretiollis
furtheIi'witp.qJit:)f~~~q:i\";'1\E$of4be'1a,~e
1~!ldin~f\-olU
says. "Thisblocked.jl1nc:'~
,PJS 9/26to.J;DJ:?,was.Jl0t
tion s40uld,be;pp~ne<J., for
don.e by Litrak. There,are .
the sakeoftheresidents
hI' two different setscofbar-
sbortcut connecting.,to LDP Highway. It
was 'opened four years
ago but there hnd been
.JJ.1any a,ccidents and ,tbe
the area;"
decided
1>lo,f~{tbe junctiOll.
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LITJlAKHol~ing'
Bbd
':firs!", 'a,!f of.~tIie)unction
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tI1emat:.
commu,n.icatio~'!
in,.an.-coveriJIgtl1'e
ingress.
ter is under Litrak, we
agerBhavaJ,1i;Kris'bll~
,..J,\1eanwb:ile~ Subang
will write to tbem. on
Iyer says,,;Li!rak£losedJ'aYa,.
Mu,n.i~ip~l Council
tbis matter. We will also
the Inneleadingint~,.~JS
"a~si~tant public relations
monitor the location and,
'9/26 sowe,'twoyear~'ago
officer;Zamir'
Ufubraassist
Litrak:iftheyn.eed
for safety reasons."
Sahimi, says:"'QIe juncbelp from us," be says.
MALAY MAIL
2008
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Dirty Puchon~gcoutlets
shu,t,downBy T.H. TEOH
FANCY having your meal at a
restaurants where you're kept company
by cockroaches running around and
the occasional rat scampering in the
kitchen just beside you, while'dry stuff
like onions, packets of instant noodles
and even uncooked rice are stacked on
the dirtYfloor?
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That's the sight that greeted' an
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by council health officer Dr Roslan workers' general cleanliness was not
Mohamed,Husiri, and three councilors taken care' of,".he said.
- Norg.esni Ismail, Hamdan Ismail
1\zfarizat said improper disposal of
and'Mohd Nasir Yusof.
rubbish and leftovers was also another
Of 14 premises ~h~cked, three were -, issue.
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ordered to cease business for the night
"Many residents have complained of
and had their premises-sealed. TWenty rats in Puchong. The source is mainly
compounds for various offences were from all these dirty.eateries."
issued'in total.
,Unc;lerthe.
Food Establishment
Council public' nilationsofficer
Licenstng Byl,aw (MPSJ) 20~7,
AzfarizalAbdul Rashid said the checks' premisxs ..found' tp be dirty can" be
were being condu,ctedtokeep tabs sealed. Reopening the outlet would
on the level ot cleanliness in eateries ,depend-con how the operator cleans
around the municipality.'
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up the place Within the. stipulated
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enforcement team from the health
department of the SubangJaya
Municipal Councilafter visiting outlets
in Puchong Jaya.
"Our raidingpa.rty found 'workers tiine. Compounds of RM1,OOOcan
A total of 21 eateries were inspected who had not been vacCinated. Food' , also be issu~d for dirty outlets and for
by the 30-strong raiding team led items were left; on the floor and the polluting drains.
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NEGARA kam~ negerikami. Sudah
lama kami berbakti. Kami tetap di
sini. (Our country, our state. We
nave long served. We are still here.)
So reads the"banner draped on.the
fence ofa playground in Bandar
Bukit Puchong3.
After ahnost rn;-oyears of squatting onpubhc land, the
Ba:tldar Bukit Puchong 3 Umno
branch finally received an eviction
notice from the state government.
Its cabin was among about
40 owned by Barisan Nasional
component parties occupying
playgrounds and playing fields that
received eviction notices from the
Selangor government dated June 23.
The letters among others stated
that the state government would
be demolishing these structures
and advised the operators to vacate
them.
The notices underscored a
promise by Mentri Besar Tan
Sri AbqulKhalid Ibrahim in an
interview with theSun in April tha,t
the illegal cabins would be removed.
"They are not our immediate
truly believe that a different set
of laws applies to them merely
because.they are card-carrying
members ofctheruIingparty.
Thus, iUs incumbent on
their leaders to do what they
failed to do earlier - rein them
in and tell them not to cause
al!y proble}lls and let the law
tak~ its course. It may be hard
for them to"acCeptthat the
honeymoon is over, but it is
.time for a reality check.
As for Abdul KhaJid's
adminlsttation, one hopes this
is not jiIst h popul&rity stunt.
While it must be applauded
.for doing what its predecessor
refused to do, the Pakatan
Rakyat government must
also be brave enough to
tear down illegal billboards,
shut down thriving illegal
business operations, review
questionable conttacts and do
everything necessary to ensure
all decisions are by the.book
and with the,people's interest
atheart.
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Already, it ha&experienced
bumps and gone off ttack in
the vetting and appointment of
local-councillors, The general
consensus now is that "it can't
. get any worse thim before".
For our sake,'let us hope
that this is true.
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t~mporaryoccupatiol!aI
priority, butwe will be
dealing with it,"he had
l~t;nces were issued and
said.
e state government
And within a month
vetped th'edecision of
the bulldozers will
"unicipal cotincils to
move in to do what the
r~inove these structures.
",Protests by residents
previousadministtation
should have done a
o*er the loss' of their
field were met with
long time ago. For
inQrnidation by thugs
political inileage and not
masquerading as
wanting to risk losing
cOJrnnunity leaders"
grassroots support, the
Down2Earth
"The police recorded
thenleaQ.ership turned
byTerente Fernandez sf4;t~J;Ilentsfrom boUt
a blind eye to the illegal
&ig~s,but no action was
occupation.
While it went op. a "zero
. "
taken.t
An"
'People's might
squatter" and "zero opposition"
drive, the leadership allowed
prevail
eyvoted ina new
gove
tj(' ch they believed
component party branches to set up
could bring '!pout the changes they
offices on lana meant for the public.
so desire~~'
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With the sttoke:\of ape_n,
W'~
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An.dtoday, the long arm of
the'1aw has caught up with
these privil~ged few who
had tlie iuIes .belit in their
favour. '!'hey will now lose
their offices.which are in fact
exclusive clubs disguised as "pusat-perkhidmatan (serviceV
centre)". As in the case of
BandarBukit Puchong 3,
- first the cabins ~e,
then
the flagpoles, party flags and
Jences, followed by a futsal
court and barbecue pit!
After all that, they can
still claim a right to the field
by virtue of their "khidmai
(service)". On top of this, they
now claim that their communal
rights have been breached.
Trust them to play the race
card when checkmated! When
on earth did breaking the
law become the right of my'
cqmmunity or individual?
-, Even the-primeminister
t
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,j
f
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who is the Umno preSident had
reiterated time and again that
no one is above the law.
So, the sad part now is that
while the residentS can rejoice
in reclaiilling their field, there
is the risk of ugly scenes whep.
the bulldozers appear. This is
because there are'some who
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Terence is deputy news editor
(special reports & investigations).
. He can be reached at terence@
tluJsundaily.com
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:Terowongberah
tump~uan
..remaja,
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Pasangan
kekasihpilihlaluanpejalank9kibuat'projek'
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»Oleh MohdJamilulAnbia. pengunjung pusat beli-be~
lah berkenaan..
MdDenindanSyarifah
Dayana
SyedBakri
Lebihmenjijikkanapabila
am@hmetro,co!:f1.my
ada pasangan remaja terbabit tiqak segan silu berERDANG:.Mengaibkan
pelUkan dan berkucupan
S apabila laluan pejalan dalam terowong 'terbabit
kaki berhampiransebuah
yang bersebelahan terusan
pusat beli-belah terkemuair menuju sebuahtasik.
ka di sini, menqapat joSeorang pengunjung pulokan, 'terowong berahi'
sat beli-belah, MoJ:lamed
apabila ia menjadi lokasi FaizalMohd Noor, j8, bergolongan remaja 'berasmakata kegiatan yang diangra sambil melakukan iide- gap tidak senonoh itu digan 'ringan-ringan'
me::.. kesan ketika dia menaiki
lampau.
sebuah bot. rekreasi yang
disediakan khusus untuk
Terowong yang ,dianggarkan sepanjang lebih 100
meter itudigemari
pasangan kekasih untuk melakukan 'projek' berikutan
.
suasananya suram selain
jauh daripada Ilan9anga,n
mendakwa teruja menyusuri kawasan tasik di selatan pusat beli-.b~lah itu.
"Sebaik bot berkenaan
bergerak'memasuki
terowong terbabit, anak perempuan saya yang berusia
Jujuh tahun tiba-tiba berkata 'ada orang tengah ciurn multit kat situ'.
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"Saya dan isteri lantas memandang ke arah laluan pe-'
jalan kaki di tepi terowong
berkenaan dan melihatbeberapa pasangan kekasih sedangduduk bercengkerama
tanpa menghiraukan pepelancong. .
rlinnpang bot yang memanDia yang menaiki bot dang," katanya.
berkenaan bersama isteri .Menurutnya, ada pasa~
dan dua anak berusia lima ngan memangku kepala
dan tujuh tahun pada jam kekasihnya di riba selain
6.39 petang Ahad lalu, ada pula asyik memeluk
pinggang pasangan.
,
Menurutnya, .ketika itu
dia dapat melihat dengan
jelas. seorang lelaki berusia
20-al1 mendakap erat. kekasihnya sambi! membelai
rambut gadis yang longlai
dalam pelukan.
"Aksi tidak senonoh itu
amat memalukanberikutan beberapa pelancong
warga Arab dalam bot turut menonton perlakuan
tidak senonoh anak tempatan yang secara berani
menunjukkan aksi panas.
"Saya yang berasakan
perbtiatan golongan remaja itu keterlaluan dan sempat inerakamkan beberapa
aksi menggtinakan kamera
telefon bimbit," katanya
ketika ditemui, semalam.
Housing,.
savingepensp'ace
onnewc,euncillo~s'.taskli8t
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worsenfp.gtrafficcongestioIl'" at hand:
severallinkroads to the m,ain
'The pressingissue he plans
highways "shouJd" ,be de- 'to address isthe delaysin the
veloped.,, "
"forma,tionof
the Joint Man"There, should_be a ljnk agementBody(JMB~.
goverrnnent toset up a fund t6
aid in the revivlll of abandoned
housingprojects.. "
SUBANG JAYA:Though fuex"It wn defInitely help,the
pedenced, three of the 'residents who have been pay,ne\Vly-appomtedcounCillors' ingyears ofint~restand loan
of the Subang Jaya MunicipaL chargesbutstill}lonot have a
_Cooocil(MPSJ)have aIfeady house to'call their°WIl;"said
identified the pre~§jngii,issues., "Chang,whOisal§()'theSecret$a,t need their i:n:!Wediateat" '>ary-general (jf-'the National
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road fromSeriIS-erpbanganto , - ,.,He said the JMBshmildbe
highways ',like./K!/SE)remban formed inuIiediately,uponthe
andI$L-Pllu;ajaya;"hesaid. j; -.,completi()I<of
'housing
He urged th~resideij.ts!o,l;i'e: schemes'bythe developer, ,i,
patient.!!-91i.to s~f:Jthe'~i,', ' ,"In"s
- Mes, ,the"JMB
tention.,
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pictureiirthestate's'em~
'~w¥ for"threeto.fIve
IIousebuyers Association.,
For 49-year-'
cillor- "The Illenteri bes,ar has: solve'thepI;Qble!p',, '.,; <..,X~NS
oj~ct's,com-,
"We a;re stilliIi'the mi(lsl ,fpletio
s,ersh~v(Jto
suggested<thaLinJi!.ture,
Chang Kim"[9
,owa,s
'e ofM the
selecte<!,Jrom'qf
the housesaie to,,b1;J
SO'?~to'buy- finding the .solution for the ,wait
traffic
situationin,Subang
invivi
l!Js])y~the
ers
only
after
they
are,
COI!)non-gov~l'~e
rg~§aJaya.Some of these solution!1 l!tndo
e"e s,
pleted. 1 think this is a,wise
tions,hismam
-,< ',iStore"Iamgpmgtqsiiggesttot~e
step that.shoJild be taken," he may be trafTic diversions that
vive all"the abandoneqihops-,
said.'
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could cause ID(}toriststo go a board "(of coUhcillprs)tnat
mg project~in SubangJaya:Meanwhile ,cooocillor,Chia
).ittte moreollt'oltheirwayjo
resiqents shQuld IJEJable to
"I hope to beassignE){},.the
form",th~, IN[B 31't~r'30p~r
zoneswpere'many.aban(ipned
Yew Ken, 32" is concerned by ease the bottleneck at Federal
bousing projects areJoood,' 1 the depIOJ;abletraffic' ,sitri~ ,lligh""ay," he satd..,
" cent,of}!)1e;puilgmg's'. strat!t
have identified areas like'Seri
ation inSubangJaya.
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, Chia, who OWIls'an engin- . titlesh~ve-;been6btained;';W~
should notWcaituiitil ill the,
"Weneed 'to set up a ,task eeringfJrm, .saidhewillJw;Kembangah" an,d ,PuncakJiilil
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where there are stillmahy00completed housing projects,"
he said.
ChaI\1g said I;\ouse buyers
are burdened with the payments an{}called for the state
force to oversee the.:infra~
structure and public amenitiesin Subang Jaya. 1wn.put
the proposlll forwar,dat'the
cooocilmeeting,"he said.
Chia said to redUce the'
ther discusstheissue withthf;J ,units have 'been giwn ;the~
c?oocil'sengi:qeeringdepart- strata title,s.,'Thiscould ~e
ment..,
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'Chong,saidby~ettiI1guptPe
Yip is anotp.er new cooocillor'JMB;,in~tQe'very,JJrstyear'
of
eager to 'get dbWIlto ~etask
'occuIfatiOJ:I,i
. problems
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between the residents and the
developer wOuJ.dbe preven,ted.
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. "JMBsshoulq,be. 'formed
quickly so ,that r,esidentscan
regulate' thepmnlJ,gement- of
,their'hQusjng)$chemes
and
ensure 'that.,lheservice they.
receive, is ;,}yortbthe ~harges
theypax,",'hesaid.,
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Chong also vpiced his'coh-,
cern' over "the,ogerispac~$'jn
Subang JaYJl.;th,atiare:;being
rapidly deplet~(i>
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':Many' qf,the'qpenspaces"
have been take:q!lPfor d~'yelopment purpose;,l,will raise
this issue afthehoard meetfug'and' finq out which au;thority had approved th,e de'
vylop.ment of these open
spaces:,"he\said.,
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'ChoIlgsaid ~,recent check"
with th~ PetaliilgLandOffite
revealed that ';'a one-acre
pieceLOfland'in UEPSubang,
Jaya ineant to,b~,an open
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spase has been converteMor
developmentpurposes.
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,(uti bersalin
90 haritetapdilaksanakan:
Hodziab
SHAHALAM~,Pemberian
C4tibersalin melaksanakannyabagi'menepati
janjl
selama 90hari olehPakatanRakyatCPR) niereka qalatn manifesto pilihan raya
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Terdahulu
ketika ,,'
Majli'S-
berkata dalamt~1npoh cuti tersebut,bayi
Perhimpunan Pekerja,ZoOSganWa~an.a, yang.baru labir akan,mula'menyesuai-,
kepada wanita yang bekerja,dalam sek- - umum lalu.,
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,,'Kegan,gsaan
ke-3'ijai1g.5erlangsungdi
torkerajaandinegeninitetapdilaksana- : ?"v¥~I!1Il11tRodziah,
pendeKataninidi- smlrlima, bu;Y1pegeri yaggditadbir
kan berdasarkansokonganfaktabebera- lakukan.bukan sekadar untuk memberi P,akatan'I{akyat pada dasaniya berpa kajian yang telah dilakukan terlebih 'pelmfug'kep~dag()longanwanita saha- sefuju unt\jk melanjutkan temp()h cuti
dahulu, kata Pengerusi Jawatanl.aiasa 'ja bagikembali prodriktifbekeda,tetabers(l.linbagi pekerja wanita di negeri
kan diri denganplengenali
ibu bapanya
dan kearlaaD.sekeIilingnya.
Beliau berkata adal~ wajar.jika si
ibu Wrada dirumah menjaga kebajikan anak:nya berbanding menghantar
bayitersebut
ke pusatpenjagaan bayi
Tefap Kebajikan, Hal Ehwal Wanita; :ptolehbeberapasebabangryuna'silgab,
masmg-masing: . " . - .
Sains Teknologi danInovasi,R9dziali"dan.ierbl1Jcti;k~p~rlmiill!ya, '",
,,;,:
Perkara-ifu bagaimanapun hanya: ,mahupun berada.di bawah penjagaan
Ismail.
"~r~ara hiiti~~ ak~q'di(itkukanse-:~'
akan'di.laksanakan
apabilapemimpinne- or,anglain.
. "Walaupun tempoh tersebutmungMenolakpandangan sinis dan ke-' caras!Jka:sukaseiia tanpasebap yang igeriberkenaan i~ituSelangor,Kelantan,
raguan BarisanNasional (BN)yang me- kUkuh,'KamiCPRJterIebihdahulu telah Perak;,Pulau-Pinang daqKedah duduk kin tidak memadai bagi seorang,b_ayiunngatakan perkara inihanyaakan mem- mene~litifill$yangada cllininel~an'~~m~jil
dan niemp<irh;Ihi~iperkarat~r- tuk menyesuaikan diri sepenuhnyadengan keadaan. sekeliling tetapi'tindakiin
bawa kepada penuIimaqproduktiviti
beberapakajianjang'di~akanperluHasebut'",
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'pekerja dan kerugian kepada keraja- lammembuktikaqkeperIuanper,~;lrall.Jp,+.R.°dziah 'yiffig jpg~:'f\hli Dewan PR ini setidak-tidakJ!yam:t;:mbarituk~an negeri, belia~ berkataPR akan'tetap dil$tkan, '~katany~:;" .~."
Wn4angan'N~geriJADUNI' BatuTiga' .,l~arga dari segi'ps~<?I?gi;II~~fanya.
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