Dear Residents,This morning, the developer and owner of the piece of land located on the playground of USJ 11/3 did the unthinkable! They chopped down all the beautiful pine trees planted by MPSJ many years ago just to get back at the folks at USJ 11/3.
Well, let me tell you what had happened. Yesterday, there was a hearing in MPSJ of which the developer, TOP SPEED were represented by the owners and management, while the team from the Resident's committee attended on behalf of the residents. It was presided over by the YDP of MPSJ and witnessed by our ADUN, YB Hannah Yeoh.
The hearing was held to give both sides a chance to air their views for the fresh application by TOP SPEED for some 2 1/2 storey houses. Of course, you have all signed the form (500 copies!) of which was presented to the YDP noting that a lot of the residents would like to keep the land as a green lung. The developer was very upset saying that the residents did not want to cooperate with them on the development of their property and that building houses should be acceptable and not questioned!
At one point, we have asked the owner of the land to upkeep the fenced area as it was becoming an eyesore and overgrown with lalang at some stage. It was only cut after much complain was lodged with the MPSJ. At that point, the owner was so angry and frustrated that he had asked the YDP if he could cut down the trees to which the YDP replied, he has no powers to stop him as it was his land.
Well, this morning, they did just that! All the trees in the piece of land are now chopped off. This was done in vendetta to the on-going objections by all the residents in the area for them to develop the land into some ghastly and unneccessary food court cum kintergarden, multi storey apartments and now 2 1/2 storey houses.
At this stage, we have managed to slow down the developer's quest to turn the land into some profit maximization frenzy without due regard to the resident's wish, living in the area, to keep that piece of land as a green lung.
The battle has now gone up one notch. And we, the residents will not be sitting down and letting this situation go without action. There will be an urgent committee meeting to be convened as soon as possible to fomulate a strategy to take this message to the developer to be more responsible and more emphatic in their approach with us. Perhaps, the developer is ignorant of the fact that the battle is no longer about a few individuals against some powerful and well connected corporations but against the entire community living in USJ 11/3!
(For the benefit of those who do not know, TOP SPEED is the developer who has built all these oversize structure in and around TAIPAN commercial area in pockets of vacant land which has now contributed to over congestion in that area and has caused an overspill of cars parked along the road shoulders in our area - all in the name of profit).
Well, we, the residents of USJ 11/3 will be joined by others in the SUBANG JAYA community to take on this challenge. Please look out for more action plans in the coming weeks.
2 comments:
Congratulation to the Protem committee for a job well done, we @ eleventrees really appreciated your tireless effort despite doing all on your variable time. With the completion of the two 5 story blocks in Taipan, the traffic will be worst, at present, cars have already spilled onto Persiaran Bakti and Jln 11/3Q. On that note, it would be good to close off the entrance (facing Taipan) into eleventrees from Persiaran Bakti. Of course, it will cause inconvenience to us and also objection. To prevent shoppers visiting Taipan to park along 11/3Q, can I suggest we approach MPSJ to construct kerb along Jalan 11/3Q to stop these illegal parking that has killed all grass on the road reserve? Only concrete can work.
what a shame that the trees have been cut down. The developer has shown his ugly side by being so vengeful. This is not the first time that the residents have faced the unreasonable attitude of this particular developer. The last time was when he engaged thugs to guard the fencing. It is good to see that the protem committee and the residents getting organised and confronting the MPSJ to stop any development on this green lung. It is also heartening to see that this blog is now on line. It represents the best form of communication to the masses and serves to unify the community by broadcasting the message without having to send an email to each and every one of the residents which poses logistical headaches.
Well done and keep up the good work.
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