Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Another Robbery within Kota Kemuning

Quoted from Kota Kemuning Doritis 1 website:

On 20th April, a book shop near the Yamaha Music School was robbed. This time, there was a single robber with, chinese in early twenties masquerade as a patron and rob both the store and some of the patron present. Suspect was using some sort of knife. We had a chance to speak with one of the victims yesterday, and suspect was said to be using some sort of martial arts sword rather than a knife. Suspect was last seen driven away in a black Proton Putra. The fact that this occur in a location so near to the Kota Kemuning pondok office is very disturbing.

Neighbour's Shrubs and MBSA Portal

Having problems with your neighbour's overgrown shrubs and bushes ... lalangs ... specifically those vacant lots. You either call them directly to clear or through their property agents (assuming that they have one of those banner around). One more option for you come May 2008. Call MBSA. What I heard is that MBSA will stick a notice asking the owner to clear / potong lalang within 10 days or so, failing to do so, MBSA will come in and clear it for them and then bill the owner of the house through Cukai Taksiran/Cukai Pintu.

Can someone confirm?

Btw, here is the MBSA webste where you can even file a complaint through their portal: www.mbsa.gov.my

Question on Land Title

Here's a question from one of our resident, Ms. Jennifer. Can anyone help ... with regards to the Land Title? Many thanks!

As for the MBSA - I would assume they will cut the grass and prune the trees.

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#1: Hi, I am one of the resident in Canal Garden, just wonder has any of the owner of the Canal Gardens received the land title? We have been staying here for 2 yrs,and I hv checked with my lawyer, the land title is still in "process" at the land office.

#2. Since the MBSA is taking over in May, will they prune the tree beside cutting the grass?

Monday, April 21, 2008

Milestone: 101st Post

This is the 101st Post for this blog. Just a little recap. This blog was created back in 4th November 2007. In the span of less than three months, based on the Google Analytics which was installed on 2nd February 2008, we have managed to achieved the following "readership":
  • From 2 Feb 2008 to 21 Apr 2008 (Approximately 2 months ++)
  • Total Visits: 963
  • Total Page Views: 2,668
  • Average Page Views Per Visit: 2.77
  • Average Time on Site: 5 mins 21 secs



So please keep reading as well as sharing your feedback and suggestions or even complaints. We want to use this BLOG as often and as conveniently as possible as a mean to communicate and collaborate within the community.

Banner for Our Canal Gardens Residents' Community Blog

Another feedback from Mr. Gan with regards to the publicity of our Community Blog. In fact, we are making one (banner) real soon. In the meantime, please spread/spam/share with your neighbours.

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Banner posted for all the CG activities (eg; monthly recylce, CG family day, Golf tournament,etc) at the entrance was effective and clearly noticed by those coming in & out daily. A banner showing the details of CG Blog should put in place as I believe quite a number of residents in CG does not know we had a CG Community Blog.

We should encourage them to access this Blog frequetly to get the most update infor of CG. When our CG residents appreciate on what CGRC has done, they will more than willing to co-operate and collaborate. By then, CGRC can be more recognize by the effort to make CG is a best preferred to live in Kota Kemuning.

Security SOP & Suggestions

From another concerned resident - Mr. Gan. Thanks for the effort and we would welcome more feedback and suggestion on how we can further improve our security. We would certainly implement whatever measure which keeps our community safer.

Please keep the feedback coming.

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Recent complaint on CG Blog was a good example and it really probe the weakness of CG security. In fact i seem it myself almost everyday during my entrance & exit of CG.

Proposed Solution:

1. Send a notice to all CG residents for SOP of CG access
2. At Guard House, we should have also include this notice so that all residents is fully aware on this SOP.
3. CG Blog setup was a execellent job, it can be become the main point for all CG residents to access and have a better collaboration between the CG community. With that, I believe CG SOP document should be posted in this Blog. Simply I believe there are a lot of residents didn't even have a copy of SOP.
4. We should start allocate the people in-charge to monitor day to day of this security concern.
5. Should start looking into implementing a proper visitor management system.
6. If we do not act on it now.. worst can become coz CG comprises of 600 units houses unlike other gated community. Typically others has around 200 units.

I sincerely hope my comments and suggestions is taking into the consideration from CGRC.

Saturday, April 19, 2008

Wakil Rakyat - YB Shuhaimi Shafiei

Do you know that our Wakil Rakyat, YB Shuhaimi Shafiei blogs as well. And here is YB's contact information. You can direct your requests and/or feedback through the following channels:

YB Shuhaimi Shafiei
Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri - Sri Muda (N50) Selangor
Email: srimuda2008@gmail.com
Blog: http://srimuda.blogspot.com/
Telephone: (O) 03- 5122 1250, (F) 03-5122 1550 (readers can contact him at these numbers after Apr 20)

Also heard that YB is setting up an office right here in Kota Kemuning. Will keep all posted.


YB Shuhaimi, with our CGRC Steven (R) & Au Yong (L) during the recent visit to CG

Get To Know Our Wakil Rakyat - YB Shuhaimi Shafiei

Copy bulat-bulat from The Star which ran an interview with our Wakil Rakyat, YB Shuhaimi Shafiei. The article was published on 17th April 2008. Well, let's get to know our YB better ........

Full Name: Shuhaimi Shafiei / Age: 40

Party: PKR

Marital status: Married with a seven-year-old son

Hometown: Perak

Currently residing in: Klang

Education: Diploma in Computer, Accounting and Administration; Diploma in Manufacturing Management; will be taking Degree in Political Science in Universiti Malaya this July

Profession: Senior production manager (he has resigned to focus on his political career)Constituency: Sri Muda (under the Kota Raja parliamentary constituency)

Contact details: srimuda2008@gmail.com; (O) 03- 5122 1250, (F) 03-5122 1550 (readers can contact him at these numbers after Apr 20)

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FOR first-term Sri Muda assemblyman Shuhaimi Shafiei, good time management is very important as he juggles his time between his family and his political career.

“If we are in politics, most of our time will be spent outside for sure. But I make sure that I spend quality time with my family every weekend,” said the soft-spoken Kota Raja PKR vice- chairman.

“I take my wife and son shopping and watch movies once in a while,” he said.

Shuhaimi added that his wife was initially not so supportive of his intention of going into politics.

But after much explanation on his fight for the future of the next generationhis wife accepted his decision with an open heart.

The biggest challenge for him now is to make the residents keep their confidence towards the new leadership.

“More often than not, the residents want immediate action taken to solve their problems. But we need time to conduct detailed research before taking any action,” he said.

“I really hope that they will be patient and do not ask for changes overnight which are impossible,” he added.

StarMetro: Do you blog?
Shuhaimi: Yes, my blog address is http://srimuda.blogspot.com/. I started it before the polling day and I make it a point to update my blog every day. I post entries about my activities and photos. I plan to upload videos taken during the campaign period too, to share with the readers the overwhelming response we received from the people.

StarMetro: How much time do you spend on the computer each day?
Shuhaimi: About half an hour to 45 minutes to read and reply emails, update my blog and read articles by Datuk A. Kadir Jasin, Datuk Ruhanie Ahmad and Hishamuddin Rais.

StarMetro: Do you enjoy reading?
Shuhaimi: Yes, I always have four to five books to read at the same time. I read for 10 to 15 minutes before I doze off each night. I enjoy books on politics and strategies, such as Anwar Ibrahim's Gelombang Kebangkitan Asia, Dale Carnegie's How to Win Friends and Influence People and Dr Syed Husin Ali's Dua Wajah Tahanan Tanpa Bicara.

StarMetro: What languages do you speak?
Shuhaimi: Bahasa Malaysia, English and a little bit of Bahasa Banjar (a branch of Malay language widely spoken among villagers). I am not a Banjar but I was surrounded by friends who spoke this language in school.

StarMetro: What kind of music do you listen to?
Shuhaimi: I like slow-paced music and my favourite musicians are Kitaro and Kenny G. I often listen to their music when I need to think of solutions for my problems.

StarMetro: Do you play any musical instrument, dance or sing?
Shuhaimi: When I was young, I used to play traditional musical instruments such as maracas and tabla for a band called Kumpulan Sri Melor Klang. We often had recordings in a radio station for a programme called Asli Rama back then. I also know a little about guitar. During the campaigning period, there were times where we started off our ceramah with musical performances to pull the crowd. The response was good and I also hit the drums a little to show my talents (laughs).

StarMetro: What is your contribution to environmental conservation?
Shuhaimi: I don't have any specific contributions in particular but I am into gardening. I have planted chilli, turmeric, lemongrass, putat and other herbaceous plants in the land behind my house. I like to eat ulam and I like to pluck them fresh from my garden before mealtime.

StarMetro: What is your hobby?
Shuhaimi: I like to collect traditional weapons such as keris and I have been stopped at immigration a few times for bringing in the items into the country. So now whenever I go overseas, I have to declare my intentions with Bukit Aman Police Headquarters. I have about 50 items in my collection now. I also like to collect foreign coins and money.

StarMetro: Are you into football?
Shuhaimi: Yes, I was a football player for my primary school. I wouldn't say no to any invitations to play football. Although I have not played for a very long time already but I would say that my skills are still with me (laughs).

StarMetro: What other sports do you play?
Shuhaimi: Badminton, tennis and golf. I started golf four years ago due to work commitments but I must admit that I am not really into it. Nonetheless, I still play regularly at the driving range at Kelab Rekreasi Tentera Udara so that I will not lose my swing.

StarMetro: Got a nickname?
Shuhaimi: When I was young, my family called me Adik Mat, now my younger siblings call me Abang Chik, as I am the second son in the family.

StarMetro: Any phobia?
Shuhaimi: Yes, of toad. A toad decided to stay in my bathroom once. Whenever I caught it and threw it out, it would come back within four or five days. One day I saw it looking at me while I was taking a bath; I got fed up and covered it with a coconut shell. I totally forgot about it and went back to my hometown for a week. When I got back and lifted the shell all that was left was the toad's skeleton. I felt so bad and thus this phobia for toads now.

StarMetro: Favourite actresses? Why?
Shuhaimi: Catherine Zeta Jones. To me, she always appears as a caring and loving wife, who tries her very best to help her husband in her movies (laughs).

Thursday, April 17, 2008

Please Call Kesas (03-8025-0808) to Voice Our Feedback

Another good example where one of our concerned residents took the initiative to share our feedback with KESAS on the "new" contra flow which is affecting the residents of Kota Kemuning. We would like to thank Mrs. Yong for making the effort to help highlight the problems faced by all of us.

Please do your part and buzz KESAS Traffic Department (03-8025-0808) and ask to speak to Encik Zainuddin or Encik Khairy. We need more voices so that we will be heard and appropriate actions will be taken to help ease our morning "traffic pains". Thanks!!!

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Called Kesas hotline yesterday and they ask me to directly call their Traffic Department (03-80250808) and ask to speak to Encik Zainuddin or Encik Khairy. I did spoke to Encik Zainuddin yesterday afternoon to complain about the situation. According to him, they change the opening because there are a lot of people coming from the Klang toll complain that there are a lot of queue jumping in the previous contra flow opening. With this change, they plan to set up a meeting with the police to ask the policeman controlling the traffic light at Hicom Interchange to take in more cars from Kesas highway. They hope that by doing this, the jam at the Hicom Interchange will ease and they will monitor the situation for this whole week. I told him that it may not really work because the traffic jam at Hicom Interchange is happening all these while without any improvement even though using the previous contra flow. I ask them to consider other alternatives to ease the pain of the residents coming out from Kota Kemuning/Bukit Rimau and also ask him if the bad traffic jam still persists, then what are they going to do next. He told me that they will consider reverting to the old contra flow opening next week if the result still remains bad this week.

Wednesday, April 16, 2008

We Need More Feedback on Security Matters

We need more feedback from you especially on the security issues. This is one good example on how we all can contribute to help make Canal Gardens safer place for all of us. There are complaint / feedback forms available at the guard house. However, just to make sure that all of us are aware of the "incidents", do email us, just like what one of our concerned residents did here (please read the note below). Include the date/time as well so we can ask the security providers to "polish" their security team.

A big thank you to Jo Ong for the detailed feedback.

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Yesterday on 15 April, my lady friend came to visit me at 8.30pm. When she stopped at our Canal Garden guardhouse, she was conveniently let in by the guards on duty without having to surrender any identification cards or even having to say the house address she was visiting. All she said was that she was going to visit a friend inside Canal Gardens. The guard did not even give her a visitor pass. I guess the guard was being 'lenient' as she was a lady, and driving alone.I then decided to test the guard and see how relaxed our security guards are. At 9.30pm, my friend and I (both ladies) drove out of Canal Gardens using the visitor lane. All we had to do was to 'angkat tangan' and smile and we were let out of the exit. No questions asked. A while later, we drove back in, back again to the visitor lane and again, we just 'angkat tangan' and said we were dropping off a friend. The guard (different guards each time) never asked a question and just raised the bar to let us in.Now - I'm wondering - just how secure is our Canal Gardens? And how much use is our monthly maintenance bill is put to good use? It doesn't matter whether the visitors are ladies (may seem harmless) or not, security should check everyone and follow procedures before letting anyone in our Canal Gardens. This is seriously a slack in security. I hope someone can look into this, and highlight this to the security department.

Contra Flow at Kesas Highway

Quite a BIG number of us, people from Kota Kemuning, were affected by the recent change of the contra flow opening from Kota Kemuning towards Hicom interchange. Due to its "new" position, the new opening only allow cars coming from Klang, via Kemuning Toll, to go in and all of us residents coming out from Kota Kemuning/Bukit Rimau through the second interchange are unable to go into the contra flow. This makes us stuck in the jam near Hicom interchange for at least half an hour or more every morning (unless, of course you travel before 7am or after 9am), although all we wanted is to go towards KL to work and not to go into Hicom interchange!

Would appreciate all affected residents make a call to KESAS - 5633-7188 - to lodge our feedback and ask them what-on-earth are they trying to achieve?

Sunday, April 13, 2008

Thanks for the Support - Recycling Day - April 2008

Two thumbs up for those of you who have turned up and supported our monthly Recycling Day. We have improved our collections thanks to all the good responses. For the month of April 2008, we have done relatively better, collected more than RM629.00.

Our Recycling Day is typically organized on first Sunday of the month (except for this month due to the Qing Ming Festival). So if you would like to play some part, contribute to the community as well as helping mother earth, bring your recycables like newspapers, magazines, cardboards, plastics bottles, aluminium tins / soft drinks / beer cans. The drop-off point is at the Gazebo near 2nd Exit. There will be a bunch of friendly volunteers who will help you with your recycables, from 10am - 3pm.

See you again next month!



Robberies in Bukit Jelutong

Just wanted to share some other security alerts which we came across in Bukit Jelutong. The description seems to fit the robbers who hit Anggerik Doritis. Three parang wieding men, Chinese!?

Again, we would like to remind our residents to be more watchful and vigilant. Look out for your children/neighbours. Please make sure that the contractors/renovators do not stay beyond 6pm. If you see any suspicious people, just call our security to check them out: 603-5121-5076.

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Of late, there have been a spate of break-ins and attempted robberies in the area. Three Chinese-looking men with parangs have been terrorizing the area. These men attack enclaves where there is only 1 or no guards at all. They come in a red-coloured Toyota bearing the registration number WQH 6213. The most recent cases are as follows:

23rd March, 10.30pm, Jalan Adang U8/18 – 3 men attempted to break in. The quick-thinking owner locked himself in a room and called his friend who in turn called the call centre. Call centre informed our Officer who happened to be with the BJRA president. They rushed over (with some friends / neighbours as well) but could not locate the suspects who had fled the scene. The Special Branch arrived minutes later followed by the Police patrol car.

25th March, 9.30am, Jalan Serambi U8/25C – House was robbed by three parang wielding men, believe to be the same gang who attempted the robbery in Adang. There was only 1 guard on patrolling duty. This is a non-member.

25th March, 10.30am, Jalan Jendela U8/20B. House under renovation attacked. Threecontract workers tied up. This area has no dedicated guard as only about 20 houses are members.

25th March, Jalan Tiang Seri U8/73E – Alarm fuse was stolen. Possibly by the robbers who planned to attack the house.

26th March, Jalan Jendela U8/20B – The same house (case 3) was attacked and robbers tried to steal the car but failed. Fled with the Smart Tag.

Robberies & Burglaries in Kota Kemuning (Anggerik Doritis & Aranda)

There was another robbery on Jalan Anggerik Doritis 31/161. In the incidents two parang weilding chinese men stormed the house and threaten to harm the occupants if they do not cooperate. It is believe that the robbers may had been waiting outside the house for some time. There may also been a third person waiting in the get away car. Suspect were last seen driven away in a black proton, license plate unknown. Suspect did not wear any mask like the last incidents, however, both of them speaks hokkien. The incident took place on 8th April 2008, around 6pm.

Suspected this is the same gang that robbed another home (Jalan Anggerik Doritis 31/155) a few months back, read here for more info: 8th December 2007 - Robberies

In March 2008 alone, there were four (4) reported burglaries/break-ins which happened in broad daylight within Anggerik Aranda.

We would like you, the fellow residents of Canal Gardens, to help keep an eye and ear on our surroundings, be more sensitive and alert, take notice of strangers especially when there are renovations in your areas. Suspect anything amiss, hit the phone straight away if you need security help: 603-5121-5076.

Saturday, April 12, 2008

CGRC Meeting - March & April 2008

The CGRC (Canal Gardens Residents Committee) had our 5th and 6th Monthly Meeting on 14th March and 11th April respectively. Here are some of the key summaries of items discussed:

1. Canal
CGRC thanked the residents for the good turnout and superb support on 27th March 2008, and also the support from Datuk Bandar, MP, ADUN, PPKK as well as MBSA. MBSA has agreed to resolve the canal issues. We can look forward to a better and cleaner canal when we have floodgates and additional discharge points. Design will be released within the next few weeks. We will leave it to MBSA to deal with the Developer. We just want the canal to be the same “spec” as promised by the Developer. Read here for more info: VIP Visited Canal Gardens.

2. Grass Cutting
MBSA will take over the overall grass cutting responsibilities from 1st May 2008 onwards and they have apparently appointed Alam Flora to perform this job. We will publish the contact numbers for all so that we all can directly contact the respective parties for all future complaints and enquiries.

3. Lighting
MBSA is making rounds to “upgrade” the lightings from 70W to 125W/150W. Please be patient as this may take a few weeks to complete. We will request for better lighting for the Basketball, Parks and Central Park lighting.

4. Security
There was one incident on 24th March – shoes theft. We request all residents to give a helping hand by adhering to our security SOP (Standard Operating Procedure) by using the access card to get in and out of Canal Gardens. Please ask your visitors to register at the Guard House every time they visit. Please help to make sure our security guard do their jobs. If you find them slacking or lepaking, please lodge a complaint. There are complaint/incident forms available at the Guard House. Or send an email to us: CanalGardens@gmail.com. Read here for more info: Security Breached - Road L.

5. Family Day & Golf Tournament
Overall a very good turnout and support from the residents. The Family Day was a self-sustained event funded through the participants’ collections as well as contributions from our sponsors. For Golf Tournament, we managed to add some funds into our Canal Gardens Residents Community Fund. Read here for more info: Family Day and Golf Tournament.

6. PPKK Membership Drive
Canal Gardens Residents’ Committee was formed under the patronage of Persatuan Penduduk Kota Kemuning (PPKK). We have received superb support from PPKK. The recent visits by the VIPs, highlighting our plights are all done through PPKK. There will be an AGM next Tuesday 15th April at Kota Permai Golf & Country Club. We would like to see more residents of Canal Gardens becoming members of PPKK. Read here for more info: PPKK (Persatuan Penduduk Kota Kemuning).




Thursday, April 10, 2008

Coming this Weekend ... Recycling Day - April 2008

Our monthly recycling event is back on track and we will be organizing it this weekend.

When: 13th April 2008 (Sunday), 10am - 3pm / Where: Gazebo Near 2nd Exit

Join us for a good cause!!!

Friday, April 4, 2008

PPKK AGM - 15th April 2008 / 8.30pm / Kota Permai Golf & Country Club

Annual General Meeting Notice
Notice is hereby given that the 8th Annual General Meeting of the Persatuan Penduduk Kota Kemuning (PPKK) will be held as follows :

Date : Tuesday, 15 April, 2008
Time : 8.30 p.m.
Venue : Permai 3 Room, Kota Permai Golf & Country Club, No. 1, Jalan 31/100A, Kota Kemuning

Meeting Agenda
1. President's Address & Annual Report
2. To confirm and adopt the Minutes of the 7th Annual General Meeting of PPKK held on 24 March, 2007
3. Treasurer's Financial Report
4. Any Other Business

Following the AGM formalities, light refreshments will be served.