Saturday, December 26, 2009

Meeting at SEA Primary School 9th January 2010

Dear Residents,

There will be a meeting on the 9th of January 2010
Time: 3:00 pm
Place: SRK Taman SEA, Jalan SS2/95. PJ

For Peace of Mind.....

Please be there and bring your neighbours along.

SS2 Protem Committee, Sub Sector D SS2 Utara. PJ

2nd Letter to the SS2D Residents

PERSATUAN PENDUDUK SEKTOR SS2 UTARA (No. Pend. 467)
23, JALAN SS 2/89, 47300 PETALING JAYA

Date: 21 December 2009

Dear Residents,

RE: SECURITY SCHEME FOR SS2 UTARA, SUB-SECTOR D, PETALING JAYA.

Further to our first letter to you, dated 20th November 2009, we are pleased to inform you that we are now proceeding to the next stage of our security scheme. They are:
1. The proposed date to commence the security scheme is 1st February 2010
2. The security scheme will be awarded to Perisai Bernas (M) Sdn Bhd
3. The recommended scheme will cost RM 12,050.00 per month
4. There will be 2 Supervisors and 6 Security guards on 24 hours duty
5. Subscription per household is RM 50.00 per month
6. To start off this scheme, we require a minimum of 241 households to participate (241xRM 50.00=RM 12,050.00). However, if we do not obtain the minimum of 241 households, we will continue with the security scheme but with minimum patrolling guards.
7. An additional of RM 50.00 as a start-off for the security scheme (towards the cost of drums, canopies, guard pondoks etc)
8. First quarterly payment is RM 200.00 (RM 50.00 per month for the 3 months plus a start-off cost of RM 50.00). Thereafter, the quarterly payment will be RM 150.00 (RM 50.00 per month for 3 months.)
9. The quarterly collection will be conducted by the Officers of Perisai Bernas Sdn Bhd. Please make the cheque payable to Perisai Bernas (M) Sdn Bhd. and insist on the issuance of receipt from the security company. After the payment is received, the household will receive one (1) house tag and 2 car stickers. (you can request for more car stickers if you have more than 2 cars but you have to pay for the additional sticker.We will revert to you on the cost of the additional sticker).
10. All payment received from the security company will be handed over to the Committee. The Committee will calculate on the amount received and will inform the security company on the type of security scheme to be implemented. (The security scheme will depend on the amount collected). The Committee will hand over the payment to the security company within a week after the commencement of the security scheme.
11. Request for Financial assistance will be made to the RT and Adun of Petaling Jaya

Attached is a sketch plan of the area covered by this scheme showing the side lanes and roads that are proposed to be closed/manned as well as an application form from the security company. Please fill up the form, together with the cheque and drop off at any one of the following house address mailboxes:

1. House address: 433, Jalan SS 2/2
2. House address: 53, Jalan SS 2/88
3. House address: 18, Jalan SS 2/90
4. House address: 4, Jalan SS 2/94
5. House address: 3, Jalan SS 2/97
6. House address: 12A, Jalan SS 2/98
7. House address: 36, Jalan SS 2/100
8. House address: 11A, Jalan SS 2/105
9. House address: 24, Jalan SS 2/107

The protem committee will organise a gathering for all the residents of SS2D, Petaling Jaya, on 9th January 2010 at 3.00 pm in the school canteen of the Sekolah Rendah Kebangsaan Taman SEA, Jalan SS 2/95. So, please invite your neighbour for this important meeting which will include the election of the Security Committee member to run the scheme.

Please be reminded of the regular residents’ meeting as follows:
Date: Every Sunday
Place: Blossom Deli Cafe, Jalan SS 2/103, Petaling Jaya
Time: 3 pm

Please visit our website: http://ss2dresidents.blogspot.com/

You can write to us at our email address: ss2dresidents@gmail.com

We look forward to seeing you at the meeting as you would agree that our neighbourhood urgently require security scheme.

FOR A PEACE OF MIND...........................
Thank you

Yours Sincerely,

(Bobby Chan Protem Chairman, Security Committee, Sub-Sector D, SS2 Utara, Petaling Jaya)

2nd Letter with details out

Dear Residents,

The 2nd letter with the details are out and are being distributed.
I will post the letter and application on the blog soon.

kind regards,

SS2D webadmin

An Updated Sketch of the SS2D area in Colour


Seasons Greetings

Dear Residents,

Wishing you all a Happy Holidays and Seasons Greetings !
SS2D webadmin

Minutes of Security Programme SS2 Utara, Sub-Sector D Meeting with Residents 8/09

Minutes of Security Programme SS2 Utara, Sub-Sector D Meeting with Residents 8/09
Date: Sunday, 6 December,2009
Venue: Deli Blossom Cafe, Jalan SS 2/103.
Time: 3.00 p.m.

In attendance: Bobby Chan (Chairman), Tan Beng Teik, Teh Lai Hock, Peggy Hoo, Chin
Khee Tow, Lo Sick Sang, Lim Khoon Eng, Lee Eng Beng, Harvard Lee, Tan Heng Choon,
Lee Teik Leong, Eddy Tan, Muk Chong Khit, Phang Cheong Yuen, Khor Teong Tien and
En Zulkuply b. Khalid and Puan.Rohayu of Perisai Bernas Security Company.

The Meeting commenced at 3pm.
The minutes of the meeting are as follows:

1. The Chairman briefed the residents present on the following:
1) Payment & collection The monthly payment will be RM50. To start off the programme, there will be an initial oneoff payment of RM50 which will be used to purchase equipments, etc., in addition to the first quarterly payment of RM150 (Total RM200). Payment will be by cheque made payable to the security company. As a safe guard and to protect the interests of the residents, the initial payment will be retained by the Pro temp Committee which will only release the monies to
the security company when the security programme commences on 1st February 2010.
Subsequently the company will appoint its personnel to collect the payment every three months (quarterly). Receipts in triplicate will be issued – the original to residents, the second copy to the Committee (for counter-checking) and, the third copy to be kept by the company to enable it to keep track of the actual number of participants in the scheme.

Drop-off points
for the cheques and the letters of participation will be identified and made known to the residents at a later date.
The Chairman noted that should the total fees collected from the residents exceed that of the payment due to the security company, these excess funds will be used for the employment of additional guards and/or the activities of the residents of the sub-sector.

b) Letters to the residents
A second round of communication will be issued to the residents, comprising of a covering letter (in English and Mandarin) from the Committee and a consent form to join the scheme (from the security company). The form also requests for residents’ basic particulars, i.e. address, names of persons in the household, contact and car numbers, etc. which will be keyed into the database of the security company.
A third letter will follow, asking all residents, irregardless of whether they are participants of the scheme or not, for their consent to the closure of the side lanes in the zone concerned.
This letter is crucial as consent from over 85% of the households is required before the Resident Association can write in to the Police and MBPJ to request for the closure of the side-lanes.

2 c) Launch date of the security scheme
The residents were informed that the tentative date for the commencement of the scheme is 1st February, 2010.

d) Annual General Meeting (AGM)
An AGM, the first for Sub-Sector D, will be held on 9th January, 2010. Representatives from the Police and MBPJ (Petaling Jaya City Council), President of the SS2 Residents’ Association, Tuan Haji Magirin, and ADUN, Dr Cheah Wing Yin will attend the AGM. An election for a permanent Committee to run the security scheme will be held during the AGM.

2. En Zulkuply b. Khalid of Perisai Bernas briefed the Meeting on the following:
a) Company profile and personal bio-data The company was established in 1978. It is registered with the Kementerian Dalam Negeri (KDN) and is a member of the Security Services Association of Malaysia. It provides security services to the Robert Kuok group of companies, and also has experience in guarding condominiums and housing estates.
En Zulkuply told the Meeting that previously he had served as an officer in the Police Special Task Force (Unit Tugas Khas, Polis) and that he has close rapport with the Police and local authority. He had even met up with the Police Officer-in-charge of SS2 to ask for cooperation from the police and had secured an undertaking from them to have more frequent car patrols.

b) Security services provided:
Patrolling
He indicated that the type and scale of services to be provided will depend very much on the response of the residents. An acceptance rate of at least 250 houses will be needed to provide a minimum basic service of 6 guards patrolling on a 24-hours basis. He will provide 2 or 3 dogs to accompany the guards on foot patrol. The other guards will go around on motorcycles at half-hourly intervals. These guards will have to log into punch clocks that will be set up at strategic points to ensure that they do the rounds. The guards will also be provided with walkie-talkies to facilitate communication. The whole area will be divided into 2 or 3 zones and each zone will be placed under a specific guard. He stated that only local guards
will be used. In respect of the guards, he urged the residents to inform him should any of the guards fail to perform. Complaints can be forwarded to him through the Committee or vide the website.

Call Centres
A call centre will be set up in each zone to ensure faster response to calls for help. The response time to emergency calls is 3 minutes. Participating residents will be provided with the number to call in case of emergencies, e.g. if they suspect that they are being followed by suspicious characters and need the guard to escort them to their homes. If and when problems arise, residents can also immediately contact the control centre which will in turn contact the guards on the ground to respond. If a participating resident plans to hold a party or gathering
in his / her home, he / she should inform the Control Centre so that assistance can be rendered in the form of traffic control and in looking out for undesirable or unwelcome guests.

3 Stickers
Participating residents will be provided with a house sticker and 2 free car stickers.

3. Question & Answer Session

During the Q & A session, points raised by Mr. Tan Heng Choon of Jalan SS2/99, Mr.
Harvard Lee of Jalan SS2/109, Mr. Eddy Tan of Jalan SS2/111 and Ms Chin of Jalan SS2/88 touched on the number of static guards; methods of patrolling; payment; cooperation from Police and MBPJ; response from guards to emergencies; closures of side lanes; parking of vehicles in the zone by tenants of neighbouring condominiums and the behaviour of such tenants; the securing of `black areas’ along SS2/100 (in front of former YAHAMA MUSIC SCHOOL) and the small lane from SS2/113 to LDP, as well as the side-lanes linking Jalan SS2/88 to Jalan SS2/72.
The Committee gave the residents its assurance that it will study the issue of the closure of the internal side lanes between SS2/111 & SS2/113 and, find ways to prevent vehicles owned by tenants from the neighbouring condominiums, from being parked in the areas around SS2/100 & the sides and back of Jalan SS2/72.

The chairman thanked the residents who turned up and expressed his hope that they will do their part to pass the information to other residents, as well as to try to persuade as many of their neighbours as possible to participate in the scheme. Residents can also contact the Committee through the website / blog.

The meeting ended at 4.45p.m. with a vote of thanks to the operator of Deli Blossom for allowing the Committee and residents to use her premises for the meeting.

Wednesday, December 9, 2009

SS2 C1 Utara folk set up gated and guarded scheme

SS2 Utara folk set up gated and guarded scheme
By CHRISTINA LOW (From the Star Nov 20th 2009)

ANOTHER gated and guarded community has been set up over the weekend in SS2, Petaling Jaya.

Residents of SS2 Utara (C1) who worry about the increasing number of break-ins and snatch thefts, have come up with their own security programme, hoping to give the occupants of some 270 homes in the sector a good night’s sleep.

Like their neighbours in SS2 Utara (B), they have also resorted to blocking backlanes and certain access roads with barriers.

Some were cordoned off at all times of the day, while others would be closed from 11pm to 6am the following day using plastic barriers and no-entry signs so that vehicles could not enter the area.

However, those living outside SS2 Utara (C1) who use these access roads to escape the jam as well as a shortcut to their housing area were not happy with the move.

According to SS2 Utara (C1) Residents Association chairman Mohd Ghauth Ghani, they had to take measures to prevent crime in the area.

“Certain roads have to be closed and most of the residents have agreed to it,” said Mohd Ghauth who had 86% support from the SS2 Utara (C1) residents for the closure.

Mohd Ghauth said the roads that would be closed temporarily at night were SS2/78, SS2/77, SS2/74 and SS2/91.

During the launch of the programme, residents wanted to know if they could proceed by closing certain roads and their question was promptly answered by MBPJ enforcement assistant director Tun Mohd Izliham Bahardin.

“Roads used by the public can only be closed by the police or the Road Transport Department (JPJ), even MBPJ cannot do such a thing.

“If we close one side of the road, it may block the access of personnel from the fire department and we (MBPJ) will be blamed for allowing such access roads to be closed,” said Mohd Izliham.

He said residents who wished to set up security programmes should ensure that they followed the guidelines set by the state’s Housing and Property Board.

According to one of the guidelines, it mentioned that boom gates are allowed to be closed only from midnight to 6am daily while security guards do not have the right to stop a vehicle from going into an area.

Besides that, 80% of residents must also give their consent to the setting up of a gated and guarded community.

“We have no problems working with residents and hope that they send in their application for such programmes so that we know of its existence.

“Their applications will also be looked into by the engineering and enforcement department,” said Mohd Izliham.