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kan kemudahan awam yangdibina sebuah syarikat pen-giklanan selepas mahkamahmenolak permohonan injuk-si syarikat terbabit.

Difahamkan, pihak ber-kuasa tempatan (PBT) itumendapatkan pandangan se-lepas melaksanakan kerja-kerja menurunkan 67 papaniklan 'billboard' milik syarikatpengiKlanan itu

YangDipertua MPSJ,Da-tuk Adnan Md lkshan ber-

kata, kes perintah inju1;:sidi-pohon syarikat itu ditolakmahkamah dan dianggap su-dah selesai.

"Kesemua iklan milik sy-arikat itu sudah diturunkan

dalam operasi dijalankan be-berapa minggu sebelum ini.

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bina syarikat itu termasukpondok bas, jejantas danpondok teksi akan dibuat se-lepas mendapat pandangandaripada peguam kami da-lam tempoh dua minggu darisekarang;' katanya selepas

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ta-merta selepas Mahk.fmahTinggi Shah Alam mengete-pikan permohonan injuksidipohon syarikat pengikla-nan berkenaan,

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dan rompakan kerana padamasa ini pelbagai masalahjenayah berlaku di sini.

"Kami bukan mahu menueduh mereka melakukan je-nayah, tetapi eloklah kita ber-jaga sebelum ken a," katanyaketika ditemui di PangsapuriAngsana Hilir,.

11enurutnya, penambahanwarga asing di kawasan itumembimbangkan kerana me-nyebabkan jenayah kecil se-perti kecurian berlaku hinggamenakutkan penduduk teru-tama wanita.

Peniaga, Nasir 11ohamad,45, berkata, walaupun ke-datangan setinggan tidakmengancam penduduk, iamemberi kesan pada masaakan datang kerana merekaberani mendirikan rumah

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dua tingkat diperbuat dari- bandaran Subang Jayapad,a kayu. (11PSJ), Azfarizal Abdul Ras-

Katanya, kawasan tebing su- hid berkata, pihaknya akanngai diteroka boleh mero- membuat siasatan peruma-

Isakkan ekosistem air kerana han setinggan sebelum tin-mungkin mereka mengguna- dakan sewajarnya diambil.kan sungai sebagai punca air' Katanya, perumahan itudan melakukan kegiatan ha - mungkin baru kerana Subang Irian. Jaya bersih daripada seting-

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mereka memberi kesan ke- dipindahkan ke perumahanpada pelbagai pihak dan me- yang disediakan.minta pihak berkenaan me- "Pada masa ini tidak se-ngambiI tindakan segera bagi patutnya ada setinggan ke-melegakan hati masyarakat," rana dasar inflasi sifar sudahkatanya. . menghapuskan semuanya

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Difahamkan, pil1ak Majlissebelum ini tidak dimaklum-

kan berhubung kerja yang di-jalankan bagi mengalil1kankabel bawah tanah di situ.

Pengaral1 Jabatan Kejuru-teraan MPSJ, lr Ismail Shafie

berkata, pmak terbabit sepat-utnya memaklumkan kepadaMajlis berhubung kerja-kerjadijalankan mereka.

Katanya, pihak kontrak-tor hanya memaklumkan ker-ja-kerja dijalankan di tempatlain dan bukannya di laluan)alan )engka itu.

"Kita mengetahui projeksecara keseluruhan tetapi diJalan )engka memang tidakdimaklumkan jenis kerja yangmereka (kontraktor) buat.

"Mereka hanya me-maklumkan tentang perkaraitu kepada Majlis pagi tadi (se-malam);' katanya ketika mela-wat tapak di sini, semalam.

Ismail berkata, Majlisjuga tidak mempunyai kuasamemberhentikan kerja yangdijalankan tetapi apa yang bo-leh dibuat adalah menasmat-kan mereka membersilikan

apa yang sepatutnya.

"Mereka juga dinasmat-kan membuat papan tandadan juga menitikberatkan ke-selamatan di tapak. Kerja-ker-ja dijalankan bukanlah tidakmendapat kebenaran tetapiada sedildt masalah komuni-

kasi yang wujud;' katanya.Terdal1u1u dalam Mesy-

uarat Penuh pil1ak berkua-sa tempatan (PBT) itu, ANiMajlis MPS), Dr Loi KhengMin menyuarakan isu ber-kenaan dengan menyatakantidal, mengetahui kerja dija-lanl<an kontraktor terbabit dilaluan berkenaan.

Kheng Min berkata, sete-lah diperiksa, tiada sebarangpermohonan dibuat mana-mana pihak bagi menjalankankerja tanah di situ.

"Saya tidak tahu apa yangmereka buat dan tidal, tahu

aN berlalru di situ malahdapat meliliat kerja-kerja di-jalankan.

"Ia sedikit sebanyak me-nimbulkan kecurigaan danmenin1bulkan masalah ke-

selamatan pejalan kaki yangmenyeberangi jalan dan seba-gamya;' katanya.

Dalam pada itu, Yang Di-pertua MPS) ketika sidangmedia selepas Mesyuarat Pe-nuh semalam menegaskanmana-mana pmak perlu me-maklumkan dan membuat

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"Berhubung kes di Ja-Ian )engka, pmak Majlis su-dah menghantar surat kepa-da mereka dan memang tiadapermohonan diterima sebe-lum ini;' katanya.

Semen!ara itu, kontrak-

tor yang menjalankan kerja-kerja pengalihan kabel bawahtanah di )alan Jengka di sinimemaklumkan kerja dilaksa-nakan pmaknya akan siap da-lam tempoh satu minggulagi.

Pengarahnya, Datuk Mo-hamed Nazir Meraslam ber-

kata, kerja bagi mengalilikankabel itu sudah dimulakan se-

jak 10 hari yang lalu."Kita ada menghantar

permohonan kepada Majlisdua minggu yang lalu mem-babitkan keseluruhan kawa-

san projek yang terlibat."Tetapi di tapak di sini kita

tidak membuat permoho-nan kerana kerja dijalankan ditanah persendirian;' katanyabagi menjawab isu berbangkitberikutan Majlis memaklum-kan tidak menerima sebarang

permohonan daripada pmakitu berhubung kerja dijalan-kan di )alan )engka. ;,,'3l..!o

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Pengarah Kejuruteraan-nya, Ismail Shafie berkata,syarat ini bagi menjaminkeselamatan masyarakatyang melalui kawasanpembangunan berikutanpelbagai bahaya menanti,kerana ada sesetengah me-reka tidak mengikut pro-sedur ditetapkan.

Katanya, arahan dike-

luarkan keranaterdapat sa-tu syarikat menjalankanoperasi pembangunan uti-liti di depan Subang Paradetanpa kebenaran majlishingga mengganggu lalulintas dan membahayakannyawa orang ramai.

"Mereka sudah menja-lankan kerja selama 10 haridan hari ini (semalam) ba-ru memberitahu - majlisberkenaan kerja yang di-lakukan.

"Mereka tidak menitikberat keselamatan penggu-na apabila tidak membuatlaluan pejalan kaki danmenaikkan papan tandaberkenaan projek yang di-jalankan hingga menjaditanda tanya kepada se-

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Tinjauan ke tapak projekdibuat selepas MesyuaratPenuh MPSJ yang dipe-ngerusi Yang Dipertuanya,Datuk Adnan Md Ikshan.

Ismail berkata, MPSJmemberi masa satu hari

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BukitRahman .Putra7 Residents IAssociationchairman K.S. Ooisaid this bannerwasput up to

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TIIO, FRIDAY 29 OCTOBER 2010

Barriers not necessarYThe recently released Gated Community and Guarded Neighbourhood Guidelineshas raised some doubts among residents prompting the minister in-charge DatukWira Chor Chee Heung to clear the ~ir. LI -L I' "f~t. .f-\'4\i' v< '0'

Q.:Under what law are the guidelines providedfor?A: The preparation of the planning guidelines arein .line with Section 26 (1) of the Town andCountry Planning Act 1976 (Act 172), whichrequires the Town and Country Planning director-general to formulate and advise the governmenton matters concerning town and country plan-ning and the use and development of lands inPeninsular Malaysia.

For the guidelines on guarded neighbourhood,no specific law governs its operation. Furthermore,local councils have no authority to approve theapplication in setting up the schemes, which hadtaken form in an ad hoc manner.

Q.: Would the local councils be held liableshould any untoward incidents happen as aresult of the gated community and guardedneighbourhood schemes?A: Consideringthe erecting of structures is underthe purview and responsibilityof the gated com-munities and residents associations, and theseactionsare voluntary, the localcouncilscannot belegallyblamed for any untoward incidents in bothgated communities and guarded neighbour-hoods.

Q; Some feel that the guidelines are inconsist-ent with the existing laws (Street, Drainage andBuilding Act 1974 and Road Transport Act1987) as clauses in these acts prohibit any formof restriction of access on roads, while theguidelines for guarded neighbourhood allowtemporary obstacles, such as cones, securitysiguboards and manual boom gates, as long asthe locations are stationed by a guard.A: The issue has been debated at length byCabinetandNCLGmembers,andthe decisiontoallow temporary obstacles was made after con-sidering opinions and suggestions from stake-holders includinglocalcouncils,residents associ-ations and the police.

The temporary barrier shall only be allowed ifthere is a 24-hour security guard to control thetemporary, non-stationary and non-dangerousobstacles.This does not contradict with the RoadTransport Act 1987, which prohibits dangerousobstacles. Furthermore, the guidelines also statethat a temporary obstaclecan only be consideredby the local authority on a case-by-case basis. Ifother residents disagree, the localauthority maydecline the installation of such obstacles.

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Q.: The guidelines imply that every entry-exitpoint must have at least a guard (as no perma-nent obstacle is allowed) but housing estates inthe Klang Valley tend to have many entry-exitpoints. It would be impractical to place a guardat every location.A: Firstly, the NCLG has made a decision thatthese guidelines are only applicable to newguarded neighbourhood schemes, and not theexisting schemes which are often unplanned andthus not suitable for operation as a guardedneighbourhood.

Secondly, the clause about temporary physicalobstacle is only an option, and not a condition.The residents associations can opt to operate theguarded neighbourhood through patrolling andother surveillance method without having to sta-tion guards at every entry-exit point. '

Q.:If the guards have no authority to deny any-one from entering the neighbourhood, howwill the guarded neighbourhood scheme beeffective at all?A: This aspect has also been debated at length atthe ministry level as well as the Home AffairsMinistry and the police. Residents operating theguarded neighbourhood schemes should beaware that only the police and other legally des-ignated personnel have the authority to stop, seekidentification cards or investigate people. Securityguards employed by residents have no power toseek identification or stop anyone from entering.

Moreover, from the perspective ofland owner-ship, the guarded neighbourhood scheme is just anormal housing scheme with individual landtitles, unlike gated community which is plannedas a private property.

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themselves with local residents and the inventoryof residen,ts' vehicles so that potential intruderscan be recognised and monitored. The guardedneighbourhood is just a loose concept to detercriminal activities. After all, guarded neighbour-hoods are an "afterthought" ad hoc action, unlikegated communities.

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Q; Does majority mean 51%? Wouldn't that betoo small a difference?A: Mathematically, majority means 51%. In poli-tics, two-thirds majority is often used. The spiritof this prescription is that it should be both fairand realistic.

Selangor has imposed an 80% consent require-ment and initially in Marchr the ministry hadproposed a 100% consent requirement beforeoperating the guarded neighbourhood. Followingthis, the ministry has received many responsesand complaints from the public and media sayingthat this regulation is not logical because it is dif-ficult to get 100% agreement from the residents.There is no law that prohibits a house owner, or agroup of house owners, from appointing securityguards to oversee their houses. With public wel-fare and public rights in mind, the guidelines haveclearly stated the condition that the majority rulewould only apply with undue force or pressure onthose residents who do not wish to pay for secu-rity services. In other words, those who do notwish to be part of the scheme are not obliged topay for the expenses.

Q.:Some commented that the need to apply forTemporary Occupation Licence (TOL) for per-manent structures on the road shoulder makesit difficult for those who genuinely need theguarded neighbourhood scheme.

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SUBSCRIPTIONto security schemes in residentialareas often cause dispute among paying and non-paying residents.

While those who disagree with the schemesmaintain that they have the freedom of choice,the rest think the former are taking advantage ofthose who contribute to the monthly fees.

A resident in Bukit Rahman Putra 7, SungaiBuloh, who stopped subscribing to the securityservices, was unhappy that the residents.associa-tion put up two banners that read "Do not live onthe charity of your neighbour. Please pay yourshare to protect your family".

"No one can insult or humiliate us. We haveequal rights to stay here without prejudice, shameand fear as the rest of the paying residents," shesaid.

The resident spoke strongly against the actionof putting up the tri-lingual banners at theguardhouse to embarrass the non-paying resi-dents.

"It does not promote harmony within theneighbourhood and I certainly do not live on myneighbours' charity,"she said.

The resident said she opted to drop out from

the scheme as she was dissatisfied with the serv-ices provided by the security company.

She pointed out that a neighbouring residentialarea, Bukit Rahman Putra 6, also has a similarbanner put up near its guardhouse.

When contacted, residents association chair-man K.S. Ooi said the intention of putting upthe banners was not to embarrass the resi-dents and was not targeted at anyone in par-ticular.

"It's a general banner to create awareness andencourage the residents to join the securityscheme," he said.

He added that the fees charged by the securitycompanies increased when the governmentstopped them from employing foreign guards.

'The residents association faced the plightwhen there is insufficient subscription to pay forthe fees.

"Some residents take the security services forgranted as it is paid for by other residents," hesaid.

Ooi said he was upset over the,'sole complaintby the resident.

He added that out of the 348 houses, about 220were participating members.

"Last year, two or three burglaries happenedfortnightly. We are having the security service for

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the benefit of all," he said.Over in Taman Mutiara Puchong, the residents

association face a problem of non-paying mem-bers and visitors hitting the boom gates to enteror exit the neighbourhood.

The association has to fork out RM600 everytime the boom gate was hit, and it has happenedmore than 10 times. .

Gerard Lim, a association committee member,said they had lodged police report and even tookthe matter to the magistrate court.

In a residents association meeting, it wasdecided that the signs that read "You BangYou Pay" to be displayed on the boom gates tostop the stubborn ones from hitting the baragain.

The method has proven effective as no otherincident happened since then.

"The paying resident5 are given access cards toraise the automatic boom gates, while non-pay-ing residents and visitors have to register at theguardhouse every time they want to enter theneighbourhood.

"It is not fair to 80%of the residents to pay forthe non-paying ones.

"Our guards take care of the common area,such as the field, where children gather and play,"Lim said.

Residents can't be forced to pay for scheme- --- --. J> FROM PREV~US PAGE . ~ . IA: The ministry has no intention to causeunnecessaJ'y difficulties to the guarded neigh-bourhood operation but its objective is toensure that the guardhouses erected by theresidents associations are legal and in accord-ance with the provision of National Land Code1965.

This is also to avoid the guardhouses frombeing demolished by the land office, which hasthe legal right to demolish buildings which arenot in line with the National Land Code.

Q; The guidelines forbid the guarded neigh-bourhood scheme to be implemented inareas with public facilities but almost every .neighbourhood in Subang Jaya and PetalingJaya has common facilities.A: As explained, the NCLGhas decided that theguidelines approved i5 only applicable to newguarded neighbourhood schemes. It is not theintention of the guidelines that all neighbour-hoods be implemented with the scheme.

Only neighbourhoods that are planned to bemutually exclusive and have communal facili-ties like those of gated community are practi-cal because they should not have public facili-ties in their premises. It should also be notedthat the majority of the housing schemes out-side the Klang Valley do not have boom gatesand guardhouses, but only security patrollingin and around the housing schemes. The publicare free to use such roads and public facilities.

Q: The attached FAQstates that "Iegalisationprocess would not be done immediately andhastily", so the councils are supposed to letthe illegal ones go?A: What this means is that the illegal erectionand installation of guard posts, perimeter fenc-ing. boom gates and oil dmms, in existingguarded neighbourhoods shall be dealt with in. phases and using case-by-case basis with pri-ority on areas that compromise critical public

I services like ambulance and fire brigades.Focus areas also include guarded neighbour-

hoods that install boom gates, oil drums orother obstmction on public roads, or any otherpublic access that is used by other neighbour-hoods and by doing so, cause difficulty andinstigate the disturbance of public peace.

Q; Some feel that the guidelines were drawnwithout consulting the people on theground, hence some impractical clauses.A: The fact is that the guidelines have beendrawn up in consultation with people on theground. The study group from the ministry has

I made extensive consultation with variousstakeholders discussing the issues on guardedneighbourhood and gated community.

Within the two-year period that this guide-line was developed, consultation with morethan 50 groups of stakeholders were made,

including Real Estate and Housing Developers'Association Malaysia, developers, police, acad-emicians, residents associations and the pub-lic. Seminars and focus group discussions havealso been arranged for and analysed as input tothe guidelines. The ministry has also conduct-ed a special study to obtain responses from thepublic, involving 450 respondents in severallocal authority areas in the Klang Valley andPenang in formulating the guidelines.

Q: The Guarded Neighhourhood Guidelinesforbid the residents to fence up their neigh>-bourhoods but some felt that the fence is anessential P.i1Jj:of the scheme to preventstrangers' from entering and exiting theneighhourhoods freely.A: Roads and ba~Kl;mes in housing schemesare public roaos and are accessible to the pub-lie. It was because of the chauge in circum.stances pertaining to the security problem, themiuistry decided to do somethiug helpful byintroducing the guidelines. In the context ofliveable and social iutegrative communities,housing schemes with perimeter fencing orwalls that promote social exclusion would notsupport integrative approaches towards acommon cohesive society.

Moreover, fences and walls are aestheticallyunpleasing, exude paranoia aud can be visuallyintmsive. A home is not an army camp or agovernment complex. What would our couu-try be if the whole length and breath of this

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beautiful country consists of fenced up orwalled up neighbourhoods? Will it portraythat our country is an unsafe place to liveinand that there isno other option to address thesafety issue? .

dents together.Commons interests in safety (not necessari- I

ly walls or fences), such as community policingand community welfare have often brought

Ipeople togetheJ. The timeless and pricelessconcept of "love thy neighbour" should be re- Iintroduced by creative residents associations.

This goes way beyond the need for fences and Iwalls.

IQ:Respondents have urged the governmentto set up a similar administration to the .Conupissioner of Bnilding to oversee the

Iresidents associations in the event of dis-

putes. Can this be done?A: The guarded neighbourhood scheme oper-ates on houses with individual land titles andnot strata titles.

As such, there is no provision of a manage-ment corporatiou as with gated communitiesunder the Strata Title Act 1985. The guardedneighbourhood scheme has spmng out to mir-ror facilities in a gated community, but still hold Ithe benefits of individual titled laud. The mau- I

agement corporatiou to some extent relieveslocal authorities from the responsibilities of Idaily upkeep, maintenance and admiuistration.The ministry has no plan to set up a specialadministratiouto overseethe operationofthe Iresideuts associations iu guarded neighbour-hoods as at present, the capacity and resourcesof local authorities are limited and catered forthe iuterests of the wider community.

Q: The guidelines specify that perimeterfencing is not allowed as it is normally builton road reserve.A: Residents associatious should understand

that the constmction of perimeter fencing willinvolve road reserve, which; under the provi-sion of NationalLan~ Code, is legally under theownership ofthepublic. Roa~ reserves do notexclusively belong tomelI\bers of the resi-dents associations in guarded neighbourhoodschemes.

Q:The guidelines discourage gated commu-nity to be implemented .in.rural areas forfear of negative impact and soda1 di~ion.Does the ministry feel, that such schemescan cause social division among the peoplein urban areas? that the ~hemeshave actually br urban residentscloserin terms0 , g baudoin-handtomake the neighhourhood a safer, place foraiLA: There are cases that the schemes havebrought the resideuts closer. However, this ismutually exclusi extend beyoudthe walls andfe elghbourhoods.There are maiw fact can bring resi-

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