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| Developer of abandoned project in SS2 told to clean up pond Posted: 20 May 2013 04:42 AM PDT DEVELOPERS of a stalled development project next to Damansara Bistari flats in SS2, Petaling Jaya, have been asked to clean up the site. Damansara Utama assemblyman Yeo Bee Yin said the approval plans submitted by the developers would not be processed until the site was cleaned up. "The site has been there for more than three years and has changed hands twice. The current developer is hoping to develop a 42-storey office block. Their application will not be processed until they clean up the place," she said. She said this during a visit to the site, which has now become a pond that is about 1.8m deep and is filled with algae. Also present were Petaling Jaya councillor Lee Suet Sen and several Petaling Jaya City Council (MBPJ) officers. Lee had received complaints from worried residents of the Damansara Bistari flats. Chairman of the flats, Abdul Samad Abdul Rashid, said the site was too close for comfort. "There is no hoarding and our children could fall into the pond," he said. Another resident, Shaari Osman, 59, said they had to put up with the foul-smelling pond each morning while praying at the surau, located in front of the pond. Abdul Samad said he had lodged a complaint with the developer twice but no action had been taken. Lee said a notice had already been issued to the developer in April but they had failed to act on it. "It was a 14-day notice and MBPJ has conducted several tests for Aedes mosquitoes and cleaned up the rubbish in the pond but the developer has to be responsible for it," he said. During the visit, Yeo also visited a collapsed embankment next to the flats that had not been fixed. The drain collapsed last year and the Drainage and Irrigation Department (DID) had called for tenders three months ago. "However, the project has not been awarded to any contractor. I hope the DID can speed up the process," she said. |
| KL city folk have high expectations of Tengku Adnan and Loga Bala Posted: 20 May 2013 04:42 AM PDT IT would seem that our newly-minted Federal Territories Minister Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor and his deputy Datuk Loga Bala Mohan have a lot to live up to if city folk have their way. Both Tengku Adnan and Loga Bala will have their hands full dealing with vocal and empowered city residents. They certainly have a lot of expectations to fulfil. Apart from ratepayers, both men will also have to deal with Kuala Lumpur's nine newly-elected Pakatan Rakyat MP's who are sure to keep them on their toes. Although both have pledged to do their best for the city and resolve some of KL's perennial woes such as traffic congestion, floods and lack of affordable housing, Kuala Lumpur residents do not only want good service. They are demanding for accountability, transparency and good governance in Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) and other government agencies. Residents are also pushing for local government elections to be implemented in the federal capital. "They need to engage in healthy dialogues with the people and that means including us in the decision-making process," said Bukit Bandaraya Residents Association chairman M. Ali. "Don't finalise policies and only then come to us to have a dialogue about it," he said. Ali added that if the new administration was not able to do that, then they should implement local government elections. "It is much easier and is the way forward for a city like Kuala Lumpur," added Ali. Brickfields Sector B Rukun Tetangga chairman S.K.K. Naidu wants the new leaders to make good the promises made by the previous administration. "I want City Hall and the FT Ministry to keep all the promises they had made to the residents. "We want the full-fledged police station promised to us. "We also want a solution to the worsening traffic situation in Jalan Sultan Abdul Samad, Brickfields, and we want our green lungs preserved," said Naidu. He agreed that implementing local government elections would bring about accountability at the local government level. Masjid India Action Council deputy chairman Syed Akbar Ali, however, did not think that local government elections were all that important for now, but stressed that the city needed to resolve the worsening traffic situation and issue of cleanliness. "Take Masjid India, for example. Many of the inner roads have been closed. This causes traffic congestion," Syed Akbar said. "Cleanliness is also another major problem here. The rising number of foreigners operating illegal businesses in Masjid India have contributed to the filth and rot of this once lovely place," he added. At a press conference on Friday, Tengku Adnan vowed to look at ways to resolve the traffic situation, flood woes and housing issues in the city. |
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